I had a vivid dream last night. A friend and a former coworker asked me to help him present information for new Idaho lobbyists. We were going to present together in a tag team format. That was a common occurrence in the “old days.” However, when I woke up, it was back to reality. I do not make presentations like that anymore. Because of my strokes and my aphasia, it is simply not possible for me to do what I loved doing before. There is a song called “Silent Lucidity” from Queensryche . That song is haunting, and sometimes when I have dreams for some reason, I wake up and think of that song: “Hush now don't you cry Wipe away the teardrop from your eye You're lying safe in bed It was all a bad dream Spinning in your head” “Wide awake you face the day Your dream is over or has it just begun?” When I woke up from that lobbying dream, I was lying safe in bed. However, it was NOT a “bad dream.” It was wonderful because I was my “old normal self.” ...
I am a stroke survivor. My blog is about my recovery, family, and possibilities.