Sweet Dreams Into Nightmares
Sweet dreams are so important to the well being of our being.
Well, my daughter says it is actually travel, concerts and celebrations in real life that are the ticket to fortified well-being.
It is not that I disbelieve her. It is just there is none of that in my life at present, nor is there anything on the horizon.
I have to opt for dreamland.
I read that nightmares are caused by dehydration and if you want Sweet Dreams you must go to bed fully hydrated.
I drank a half pitcher of clear, cold, pure water and retired.
Oh, my gosh!! The man I love was there in full and living color. He was, of course, old, while I was so young and, probably pretty. He was so sweet to me and he was thinking I was 20!
I secretly laughed wondering if it would be a deal breaker when he found out I am only 19!!!
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Then I woke up. Slowly
Reality hit like a thunderbolt out of nowhere.
O M G! I am 72 !
The living nightmare, the gap between 19 and 72, was so bad I suddenly knew why some people kick the bucket during their sleep.
What physical turmoil can occur when you awaken from a Sweet Dream
and realize you are OLD !!!!
Nausea assailed me.My heart raced.
My mind bent double back upon itself.
I survived that awakening. but I had a peek into why some people die "in their sleep". They don't die in their sleep! They die waking up from a Sweet Dream to the Living Nightmare.
Later I met my son for a diet coke at Del Taco. Our talk had died down into boring, so I told him about my Sweet Dream/Living Nightmare.
He laughed.
"Oh, Mom, don't worry. Someday you'll be 98 and have a Sweet Dream that you are 72 and wake up screaming in a panic because it isn't true!"
Well, life may be all about perspective, but let me tell you all this:
tonight I feast on Doritos before dropping off into sleep.
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Let the well-hydrated have their Sweet Dreams.
Living Nightmares are not all that bad as long as they don't appear suddenly and without warning.
Oh My Gosh! I am 72!
Loving life in a terrifying way
and loving you for visiting,
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