Dreams

I had a hard time falling asleep last night. I tossed and turned for quite some time before deciding to give up and read. My mind was churning with so many things, if only I could set my brain on "sleep mode" like I do my computer.

Early this morning I fell into a very deep sleep and had one of those dreams that seem to last for hours. I won't bore you with the details, but the overriding theme seemed to be "hello and goodbye."

This made perfect sense to me; the day had been filled with news of changes coming to the lives of family and friends.

At the end of the dream I turned around at the sound of my name, and my good friend Tammy was walking towards me. She was moving back to her hometown in Ohio. As we embraced she whispered in my ear, "you can do anything you set your mind to."

Dreams are funny that way; often just entertaining us during sleep like a mindless t.v. show, and then suddenly, a real message tucked between all that nonsense.

Tammy gave me the words I most needed to hear yesterday; there's still time to re-invent myself yet again. That's what transition is all about.