Shutting up the kitten

Shutting up the kitten

Dream: There is a kitten that keeps meowing. I want her to shut up. I get so angry that I open her mouth a little too wide and I hurt her jaw. The kitten turns into a little girl (maybe 4 or 5). She looks so sad. I feel bad. I realize what I did. I say, “I’m sorry....
Sorry and joy

Sorry and joy

“The deeper the sorrow, the greater the joy.”  -William Blake Over the past few weeks I’ve felt deep sorrow and great joy. Deep sorrow and grief were expected but I did not know that I could also feel joy in the wake of the death of my father. On the day that Dad...
The holding place

The holding place

Like dreams, poems have a certain mystery to them for me. My Dad loved poems. He felt the mystery of them too. A couple of years ago, I was looking for ways to connect with Dad so I took a poetry class. One day, I invited him along and that opened up something new...
Taking a leap

Taking a leap

Dream: I’m on a huge slide. I slide down and when I get to the bottom there is a place where you are supposed to jump for the final excitement. It’s part of the ride. I’ve done it before but this time I stop. I’m scared. I look down and I can’t even see the bottom...
Juicy watermelon

Juicy watermelon

Dream: There is a wise Asian man that is showing me and another woman how to cut a watermelon to get to the juiciest, tastiest part – the darker red part deep inside of it. He’s got some special knowledge about it to show us. We eat it together, sloppily diving into...
Stepping on snakes

Stepping on snakes

Dream: I’m walking on a path. There are huge snakes on the path and somehow I can’t help but step on them. I am terrified.  The snakes aren’t moving – just lying there. Rodger asks me again and again what I feel when I step on the snakes. He is trying to help me get...