When My Mom Was Dying In The Hospice I Made A Mistake That Still Bothers Me 35 Years Later And I Don’t Want You To Do The Same

Of all the stories I have written on Medium this starts off very strange and is hard to believe, but I have no reason to make it up and so I assure is a true story . The question is what is the connection with someone you love when you have a dream about them that was happening before you went to bed and this happens thousands of miles away from you.

In 1984, the day after I dreamed about my mother, my father called me and said I have bad news and I said to him I already know so I will tell you what has happened first. He was in Seattle and I was in Michigan so there is no way that conversations interfered with what took place. When I told him he said how did you know and I said I had just dreamed it last night and he said it’s hard to believe and I agreed, and that is why I told you before you could say it. I knew that my mom had breast cancer and had been treated for it for years so when I had a dream that her face was covered with a stark white color I knew right away that it represented her imminent death. That part is not unusual, because we all know that many cancers lead to death and I would’ve forgotten the nightmare, but since my dad called me right away the next morning, it was fresh on my mind.

I had told my dad that my mother had taken a bad turn in her health and was in the hospital. He agreed and said that she had just been treated with chemotherapy to her…