My dad died about 25 years ago on Christmas Day, and although I think of him now and then, I have never had a dream about him until recently. I rarely if ever record dreams I have because I don’t consider them paranormal, but this was special since it was the first one I ever had about dad. Following is what I typed into my computer log.
“6/4/10… I had a strange dream which I can’t interpret. I was watching John Edwards on TV last night and they were talking about how your loved ones sometimes appear to you in a dream. Well, this morning I had a dream about dad. He was standing, almost kind of leaning, against a light colored, a little bit dilapidated brick wall. He was dressed to go to work. However, dad wore a plaid flannel shirt and green work pants to work but this dad was dressed more like he was going to an office job, not exactly a suit, but wearing dress pants and a dress shirt. He wasn’t saying anything, just kind of lightly leaning there, looking at me, but I knew he was accusing me of something. I didn’t know what but I felt like I should apologize, like I was guilty of something pretty terrible that I had done to him. In my dream I started to cry, silently begging him for forgiveness, then my dream stopped.”
For some reason I could never remember the dates of my parents’ birthdays… mom’s was the middle of July and dad’s was sometime the first part of June, so I always had to ask my brother around those times what the dates were. On June 8 I realized that I had better look up the date of dad’s birthday as recently I have begun to put mom’s and dad’s pictures on my coffee table on special days like Christmas and their birthdays, and I was afraid I had missed it. I found out it was June 4. I thought no, couldn’t be, and decided to check my computer log for the date of my dream and found out that it was the morning of June 4! My head almost exploded!
This was only the second time I had experienced anything which could point directly to my dad after he died. The first time was on Christmas Day a couple of years after he died, when my stereo mysteriously turned its volume up to full blast three times in a row; the third time I was standing in front of it watching the dial turn all by itself.
I put dad’s picture on my coffee table and hope that I have redeemed myself for whatever transgressions he felt I was guilty of.
Sent in by Sandy Fuersich, Copyright 2010
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OH MY! Same date…. GLAD you are remembering their birthdays now… it must have been him wanting you to not forget him or his birthday either one! I am a Christian and although I believe my own Dad has gone on to a better place (Heaven for dad would be in a fishing boat with his two good friends that has also passed on); but too many things have happened to me over the years that let me know that sometimes he come sto see me and check up on me too… thanks for sharing….
Since I had the dream the morning of dad’s birthday, I had the entire day to remember. So how did he know in advance that I would forget? Are spirits in a different time zone than we are? Can they see into the future?
i was wondering were you went.i thought about you 2day,to see if you did anymore research on the guy.im not rushing you.i dont want you to think that.anyways i am so very sorry for your loose.maybe in your dream your dad was upset with you because you forgot his birthday.im not saying its your fault.i know some people that dont remember birthdays.you forget sometimes.thanks for the story.how are you doing since his pass?
What a lovely story. My mom died the day after Christmas many years ago, and she often visits my sister and me in our dreams. This is a good thing! As for why on that date, since you stated you found it difficult to remember his B-day and always depended on your Brother, I’m sure he probably knew this and thought he’d just “drop you a hint”. Or, perhaps you subconsciously were feeling guilty about never remembering these important dates and you managed to pull it up from memory in your dream.There are many explanations that can be physiological or paranormal. W/ these types of stories however, I smile more when I believe in the “special visit”. Live well….
after my dad died, i had a dream that he was standing in the kitchen of the house i grew up in. he stood there and smiled and said “how the hell are you?” needless to say i tried to go to him to hug him and he disappeared. then i have had dreams of my parents together. mom said i love you and hugged me and then i turned to hug dad and he said i was a good girl. i’ve not really dreamed of them since. but i did have one last one of them walking in a beautiful park on a path. i was on a small hill in the distance. they were holding hands. that just tells me there together and happy! we will see them again one day! i’ve never forgotten these dreams because they were so realistic. just be glad he came back to see you and he is with you all the time!
nothing weird here i dont believe. you watched a show that night of how people can come visit you in your dreams. dont you know that stuff you watch at night can easily become a dream later. so if you watch freddy and then that night you have a dream about freddy…..would that be paranormal?
big barney—you know what im not saying this in a mean way so shes just saying what happened weather it is or not paranormal why do you have to rain on peoples parade?
I’ve had an experience with watching & hearing the dial turn up on it’s own before in my old house!!!