WHEN I AWOKE THIS MORNING

I was crying.                  (And craving popcorn?!)

That is NOT my favorite way to wake up in the morning.

Not that I wake up crying frequently...

or craving popcorn.

Honestly!

I was dreaming. 

Crying in the middle of a dream is bad enough but waking up with real tears?  That's worse.

Seated on a bench with a lot of extended family, I looked down the row and saw my grandmother holding a darling little baby on her lap.  She was smiling and cooing at what seemed to be a great-grandchild of hers.  I was so excited to see her!  Immediately I thought, "I have to make my way down the row to talk to her..., how can I get over to her without creating a commotion?"  It seemed at this point that we might be in church.  Realizing we were in church, I thought I would have to wait until it was over but I didn't want to wait.  Questions were swirling through my mind.  All the things I have wanted to discuss with her were flashing quickly before me.  Thinking that I could be discreet, I began to get up and quietly move down the row.  Just as I nearly reached her, I looked up to her again and realized she had changed and was now my aunt Mary.  

I would be thrilled to see my Aunt Mary any time.

But the dream seemed so real!  I believed I was going to have a conversation with my grandmother and I was so disappointed that I began to cry.

That's when I woke up, crying.

And craving popcorn.

The popcorn is easily remedied, I wish the conversation with Grandma could be as well.

.

But I have been wondering if there is a cousin of mine who might be having another baby?

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Off to pop some corn!

Comments

[Melanie Mounteer]

Can't wait for my mom to find out you cried when you saw her instead of grandma. I know she would understand though. I'd love to be able to talk to grandma again. Oh and Carolyn is having a girl! Could be the baby you saw.

[Jonathan]

Mar,

Love the new look of the blog!

What a sweet dream.

JD

[Mary Perkins]

I am crying too. At first I thought it might be my brother that my mother is holding. But...There are at least three of your cousins that age going to have babies this year. Carolyn, Tammy, and Debbie.

[Karen]

I'm always craving popcorn.

Seriously. Tyler and our popcorn popper make great popcorn.

It's interesting that you saw Great-grandma with a baby. I remember my mom telling me that just before my other great-grandma died, she said something about a little one coming to take her place--or something like that. Not too long after, someone had a baby.
(How's that for vague?)

Anyway, it sounds like it was a neat (if not somewhat sad) dream.

Thanks for sharing.

OH! I love how spring-ful your new layout is. It's beautiful!