My Dream:
My son was restless and not sleeping during the night- he’d gotten up a couple of times. The last time, at 4am, I brought him to our bed hoping that would help, but as soon as he got in it, he perked up and wanted to play. So, I took him back to his bed so I could get some sleep. When I came back in, my husband was already getting up for church- It was now 5 or 5:30 and time to get up.
I went into the bathroom and tried to turn on the light, but when I did, the floodlights in the backyard came on- not the bathroom light. I tried the light in the closet and the same thing happened. I couldn’t figure out what was happening or why the switches were turning on the backyard lights. My husband came in and said, “Oh, you need to do this.” And he flipped a large electrical handle. Then the closet light worked but the bathroom light still didn’t. I used a flashlight to look around and noticed that the bulbs over the bathroom vanity were broken. There was glass all over the sink. I also noticed the ceiling had a large hole in the top left corner over the sink. I pointed it out to my husband and said, “I think there’s a leak in the attic.” He dismissed the idea and I went to get my son up for Church.
In son's room, I noticed that several men were dumpster diving in our dumpster in the back yard. I pointed them out to my husband and we watched out the window- we tried to stay out of sight so they wouldn’t notice us watching. They dug out lots of old trash, mostly building materials, and carted it all away through and over our backyard fence. I said outloud that something felt “off” about this day and that something must be going on.
Then I was walking downstairs and stopped midway down because I was looking out the front of my house and noticed that the neighbor’s house was gone. There were lots of “volunteer workers” in my house and I asked one of them what happened to my neighbor’s house. They told me that a tornado hit our neighborhood last night and they were helping to clean and repair the damage. Then I noticed that the entire front of my house was missing. As I looked around, the whole downstairs (main level) of the house was damaged, but it was mainly the part that was along the exterior walls. It was like the house had been partially peeled away by the tornado. At that point I realized that all the strange stuff I had noticed was all part of the damage from the tornado. I felt in shock and relieved that nothing worse had happened, no one had been hurt. I also realized that it was the reason my son was restless all night. It worried me that he had noticed but we had not.
I went back upstairs and met some more volunteers in my son's bedroom. I thanked them for taking the time to come and help. One man asked me when I first knew something was wrong, so I began retracing my steps beginning with the light switch in the bathroom. Then, I woke up.
~When I woke up, it felt very very real and the dream seemed very tangible, like it was on the edge of my consciousness- like the man at the end was trying to get me to realize that it was a dream. But it also felt like a warning- I woke up feeling like I should check the structure of my home and I should pay attention to the weather.
My son was restless and not sleeping during the night- he’d gotten up a couple of times. The last time, at 4am, I brought him to our bed hoping that would help, but as soon as he got in it, he perked up and wanted to play. So, I took him back to his bed so I could get some sleep. When I came back in, my husband was already getting up for church- It was now 5 or 5:30 and time to get up.
I went into the bathroom and tried to turn on the light, but when I did, the floodlights in the backyard came on- not the bathroom light. I tried the light in the closet and the same thing happened. I couldn’t figure out what was happening or why the switches were turning on the backyard lights. My husband came in and said, “Oh, you need to do this.” And he flipped a large electrical handle. Then the closet light worked but the bathroom light still didn’t. I used a flashlight to look around and noticed that the bulbs over the bathroom vanity were broken. There was glass all over the sink. I also noticed the ceiling had a large hole in the top left corner over the sink. I pointed it out to my husband and said, “I think there’s a leak in the attic.” He dismissed the idea and I went to get my son up for Church.
In son's room, I noticed that several men were dumpster diving in our dumpster in the back yard. I pointed them out to my husband and we watched out the window- we tried to stay out of sight so they wouldn’t notice us watching. They dug out lots of old trash, mostly building materials, and carted it all away through and over our backyard fence. I said outloud that something felt “off” about this day and that something must be going on.
Then I was walking downstairs and stopped midway down because I was looking out the front of my house and noticed that the neighbor’s house was gone. There were lots of “volunteer workers” in my house and I asked one of them what happened to my neighbor’s house. They told me that a tornado hit our neighborhood last night and they were helping to clean and repair the damage. Then I noticed that the entire front of my house was missing. As I looked around, the whole downstairs (main level) of the house was damaged, but it was mainly the part that was along the exterior walls. It was like the house had been partially peeled away by the tornado. At that point I realized that all the strange stuff I had noticed was all part of the damage from the tornado. I felt in shock and relieved that nothing worse had happened, no one had been hurt. I also realized that it was the reason my son was restless all night. It worried me that he had noticed but we had not.
I went back upstairs and met some more volunteers in my son's bedroom. I thanked them for taking the time to come and help. One man asked me when I first knew something was wrong, so I began retracing my steps beginning with the light switch in the bathroom. Then, I woke up.
~When I woke up, it felt very very real and the dream seemed very tangible, like it was on the edge of my consciousness- like the man at the end was trying to get me to realize that it was a dream. But it also felt like a warning- I woke up feeling like I should check the structure of my home and I should pay attention to the weather.
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