"Nightmares By The Sea"
As I've mentioned before, I married into a family of Italians — some of them very old school. Along with the proud heritage, fabulous food and questionable customs (squid for Christmas Eve dinner, anyone?) comes a finely cultivated sixth sense. Even my otherwise sane wife — who, as a psychologist, is involved with a profession that is based largely on scientific study — occasionally claims to possess this trait.For years, several members of Stacey's family claimed to have experienced repeated visions of her older sister Susan's future offspring, which was surely just around the corner, they swore. But, despite this bankable sense of intuition, none of the family prophets ever had any visions of Stacey having a child, even though she proved to be the first sibling to get pregnant. No one besides me seemed to notice anything telling in this revelation.
But, in the past few weeks, I've had dreams about a subject about which I am terrified to consider to be in any way a premonition — Connor's drowning to death.
Gentle transition, huh?
About most things, I am not a chronic worrier, so I don't think I've developed a sudden fear of losing my son to powers out of my control, which scares me even more about these repeated dreams. We do live on the lake, and we are making a trip to the beach soon, so perhaps that's to blame, but I've had several dreams that revolve around this particular theme, and aside from him drowning, there are no other recurring motifs. I've "seen" him drown in bathtubs, the lake, et cetera, and it makes me sick when I wake up. Once, I even drowned him myself in a dream.Would it be cruel to have a lifejacket surgically attached?
posted by Carter at 9:45 PM
5 Comments:
Okay, good title. Nightmares by the Sea. I get it.
It's no accident that's a Jeff Buckley tune, right? Did I tell you that when Rachel and I were in Memphis, I made her go down by Mud Island at, uh, the spot. Weird, I know. Also weird that I read that book about Buckley when we all went to the beach last time.
I'm pretty sure everyone will be keeping an extra eye on Connor at the beach now. You'll be lucky if Steve and Linda let him leave his room now.
Maybe this isn’t the right forum but I’d argue that bit about you not being a worrier.
And, I'll be purchasing one of those toddler leashes at Wal-Mart today...and a life jacket.
I too saw the same vision as my children aged but except for the time Stacey (as a toddler) jumped into the pool at the Savannah Days Inn it was just imagination and the tricks of the sub conscience. Ask the Doc for help, I am sure the price is right.
dude..sounds like you need a vacation!
Maybe it's something that could, happen, but you're having these premonitions so that you are consciously aware of the situation, prompting you to keep a closer eye on him. And in that terrifying moment when he could've drowned, you actually SAVE him because without your heightened sense of alertness to the situation the nightmares could come true.
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