The sadness is like a knife

[timeforteea]

I had the most realistic, emotional dream I have ever had last night.
I lost my Mum in earlier this year which has been awful.
In my dream I was walking past her house knowing that she wasn't there and she was out the front of her house pruning her roses. I was instantly shocked as I knew she had passed away.
She waved and came running over.
She stopped a short distance in front of me and blew me a kiss and then disappeared.
I can't stop crying, it felt so real and almost like a final goodbye.
I just needed to write it down 😞😞😞
I woke in a state and couldn't catch my breath, I was sobbing.

Oh time, I so feel for you. I lost my dad earlier this year too, and the waves of grief and dream visitations can be unbearable.i suppose the comfort is that you saw your mum happy (pruning her roses) and she waved and came to you. It’s so full of love.

I had a similar experience after I lost my mum. I dreamt she was sitting beside me. She told me she was fine but couldn't tell me where she was. It was so real I felt I could touch her. It gave me some peace as she had a horrible death from sepsis. My heart goes out to you

It's funny because since my dream I have almost felt peaceful. So many signs around that she's near. Thank you for your replies x

That's such an important dream for you Time, and I hope that it continues to give you peace.
We had my lovely uncle's funeral last week. I have stayed with my aunt a lot since he died, including the first few days. The second morning after he died, she told me that she'd 'felt' him beside her in bed during the night. She's not spiritual but it's definitely helped her to feel that he's around, especially as he died suddenly without the chance for goodbyes.
Your mum will always be with you in spirit

I had a similar dream recently where I saw my mum and hugged her and then woke up sobbing. It’s so very sad.

I had a very similar dream experience about my mum who died in March. She was in my Grans house (who also died a long time ago) and we sat and she told me she was fine and that I wasn’t to worry about her anymore. In my dream I knew she was somewhere else and I wouldn’t see her again. I woke up feeling utterly distraught, and I am generally coping very well as we had a very complex relationship.

Personally I believe it is some kind of spiritual visit, although others will say it’s just the brain having a clear out.

I think there are lots of things we will never understand.

I had one of these dreams a few months after my DF died. I dreamt I was back in my family home. I came up the stairs to see my DF standing at the other end of the landing. He seemed to give me a small wave then turned round and walked into the bedroom and disappeared. Broke my heart.

Sorry for your loss OP

My dream felt like she almost didn't expect to see me and that she was excited to see me with her reaction.
It really does feel so real.
The shock I felt when I saw her felt like such a true real life emotion.
I will remember that dream for the rest of my life.

Oh bless you.
I like to think of those kind of dreams as a real visitation. They are giving us a way to move on.
I'm not really woo like that but I've had one myself...

My grandma passed in 2004 and it took me a long time to process it. In 2007, I had a dream. Utterly magical... it was in the patio outside my GP's house but everything had like a golden, ethereal glow to it. And there she was. She told me that I needed to move on now and that she loved me.

I woke up utterly distraught and missing her like mad. But it almost gave me permission and a reason to stop mourning her.

I have no idea if there's a science behind it but I've never had a dream like it since. I know it was her.

I hope the dream ultimately gives you some kind of peace. It did for me. You will never stop missing them or loving them. But time is a healer and I always think they're watching over us (and giving us reminders of that every now and again too).

These stories are so sad but so lovely, thank you for sharing

While I don't believe in visitations, the comfort of dreaming about the dead is undeniable. Whenever I dream of my late DH, the narrative is always different but some aspects are always the same. In the dreams he doesn't know he's dead and he's crucially different in that he is impassive, remote or a bit dim, so very different from the vital, intelligent, lively man he was.

Oddly, DD has exactly the same kind of dreams, though with different narratives.,

I totally believe in dream visitations. My beautiful mum did too so I know that this is the way she would communicate with me.

I see her often and it brings me great comfort.