Death and Dreams
A very tragic event occurred recently at UMBC. A friend of many and a true light of the world faded with the passing of one of UMBC's most promising, Jamie. You can read a rather blunt article in the Retriever Weekly. While I may not mourn as hard as other people, what I have noticed is that he has appeared in my dreams.
I had a very realistic dream in a present day situation. I knew he was dead and yet I saw him in front of me. He had his classic smile as if nothing was wrong in the world but didn't say a thing. Now, I'm not one to brandish my craziness so I didn't say anything and tried not to look but everytime I caught a glance, I was sure it was him. This is particularly striking to me because I have really poor vision -- even with my glasses. So sometimes, I'll think I see people and it's really someone I don't know. However, this was Jamie standing right next to me.
Needless to say, I was a little creeped out when I awoke that morning. Is this a normal thing, to dream about the recently deceased? Is there some deeper meaning to this dream I'm not yet aware of. The former is for the readers to answer, the latter I don't think I'll ever know.