Nightmares

M’s been having nightmares about 2-3 times a week.  They tend to flare up when she’s under stress (such as going back to school).  I hate hearing that scream, running into her room, and finding her standing in the middle of the room sobbing.  Its just heartbreaking.

Tonight, I told her that I thought maybe she should write a story about her dreams (she loves to write).  Much to my surprise, an hour later, she showed up in my room with a four page long (front and back) story that she had written in the dark.

The first two-thirds of the dream, the entire family was working together to fight off the bad guys.  But at the very end, all of a sudden, L dies, and then we all die.

So I asked her – how come it was going so well, but then all of a sudden we die?  Her response?  “Because when L died, we all die, because we all go together.”

Wow, I thought.  Its a nightmare, and yet somehow, her subconscious has incorporated the idea of our family being together into it.  That seems pretty awesome to me.

To top it off, she then said, “and even that’s not so bad, because then we’ll all be in heaven together.”

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I’m sure the nightmares aren’t over yet.  But its so amazing to me to see how much progress she’s made, and how she’s come to see us as her forever family.  That its become such a strong idea in her mind, that not even a nightmare can destroy it.