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patable2010I had the most vivid, strange dream this morning. Several people including myself and eight tow-headed kids of various ages and apparently siblings were taken up by officials and were being taken by boat across a lake to prison. I was indignant concerned with the kids being locked up appropriately and when no one else seemed attached to them or stepped forward I volunteered to stay with them as caregiver(?) and it seems this was agreed to.
On the boat the kids were on the front, I was 'placed' on a forward seat and guards were in the back with various others. When my attention returned to the kids they were bunched to one side of the boat somewhat out of sight around a 'butress'. When I called them out to sit across in front of me three were missing and a girl indicated (with some exasperation) that her brothers were on the side of the now briskly moving boat.
I could see the strain on the boys holding to a railing with legs and feet dragging in the water. Feeling hands securing my ankles and waist I was able to reach across the three to grasp the youngest which I held to myself while grabbing the next youngest and passing him forward before grabbing the last (barely in time) and the both of us being pulled back aboard.
At this point guards came forward, one for each of the seven older kids and I indicated to them they were safe with these people and to behave while I cuddled the youngest. At this point I came to the releaved conclusion the guards/warden were unhappy about the decision to imprison me and the children (and perhaps some of the other people, I have no idea how many or who they were) and that some sort of other arrangements were being made.
Throughout the dream I felt highly accurate, confident and comfortable in my actions. I was aware of adrenalin surge even upon waking. Please understand I am not particularly child oriented as a rule; any interaction I have with kids are more person-to-person when it occurs. I also have what I think of as a Very healthy antipathy fowards water and height (and this was a Very tall boat). Usually I can interpret my lucid, remembered dreams but this one has no relative meaning I can deduce. Any ideas?
On the boat the kids were on the front, I was 'placed' on a forward seat and guards were in the back with various others. When my attention returned to the kids they were bunched to one side of the boat somewhat out of sight around a 'butress'. When I called them out to sit across in front of me three were missing and a girl indicated (with some exasperation) that her brothers were on the side of the now briskly moving boat.
I could see the strain on the boys holding to a railing with legs and feet dragging in the water. Feeling hands securing my ankles and waist I was able to reach across the three to grasp the youngest which I held to myself while grabbing the next youngest and passing him forward before grabbing the last (barely in time) and the both of us being pulled back aboard.
At this point guards came forward, one for each of the seven older kids and I indicated to them they were safe with these people and to behave while I cuddled the youngest. At this point I came to the releaved conclusion the guards/warden were unhappy about the decision to imprison me and the children (and perhaps some of the other people, I have no idea how many or who they were) and that some sort of other arrangements were being made.
Throughout the dream I felt highly accurate, confident and comfortable in my actions. I was aware of adrenalin surge even upon waking. Please understand I am not particularly child oriented as a rule; any interaction I have with kids are more person-to-person when it occurs. I also have what I think of as a Very healthy antipathy fowards water and height (and this was a Very tall boat). Usually I can interpret my lucid, remembered dreams but this one has no relative meaning I can deduce. Any ideas?
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Date: 2009-03-18 12:18 am (UTC)You've just been handed a whole heaping helping of responsibility here in the last few months. Taking care of business after someone's passing is a lot like untangling yarn. The children represent the responsibilities that you've had to step forward and take on.
There have been some problems along the way, but you've "rescued" the situations pretty well. (Although you may have at times felt overwhelmed.) That would be the kids on the side of the boat, and you almost going over.
You've handed off some of the responsibilities to others (the guards), and they're now helping you. At this point, rather than those people being authority figures without much personality, you may be beginning to see them as more sympathetic figures who want to help you in this time rather than mindless drones just going through the motions because it's their job. I would say that you may have begun to feel more comfortable in dealing with some of the bureaucrats that you've had to deal with in dealing with the estate...
You're nearing the end of this business, and it seems you're pretty satisfied with what you've done and accomplished. Everything is going the way you feel it needs to, and although the journey has been stressful, and not something you really wanted to take on, you've almost finished with it.
Just my 0.02 cents worth.
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Date: 2009-03-18 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-18 07:38 am (UTC)