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[Chrissi]

I had this really disturbing dream last night and woke up terrified, feeling like I should warn my DMIL. See, in my dream, DMIL is watching DS for a few hours while DH and I go out with some friends. We go back to her house and through the front door (which we never do in real life). She is standing at the sliding door in the dining room with the baby, watching something run across the yard. We come up behind to see what she's watching. It's a monstrous black bear raiding her neighbor's garbage cans. We think maybe it's not a great idea to be pressed up against the glass watching this bear, so we go back through the house and out to the car - which is now in the garage (which DMIL and her boyfriend are planning to build next spring in real life). I put DS in his car seat and DH and I get in the car before we realize that the side door to the garage is open. DMIL runs out to the car to wave good-bye just as the black bear comes sidling into the garage. It sees her and attacks! Then I wake up.

Except for a few discrepancies, everything in the dream is totally plausible. That's why I woke up so freaked out, feeling like I should warn her. Keep in mind, DMIL and I get along pretty well these days, so I don't think it's a vindictive, subconcious thing? Do you think it means something?

[GoofyMom]

Do you have prophetic dreams? I often dream terrifying dreams where family members are dying or terribly injured. So far, none of them have met an untimely end.

[Dumbo]

Not to scare you but....Several years ago DH had a bad dream about his cousin whom he was close to. A few weeks later the dream came true and the cousin died. [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img]

[TiggGrrrl]

That's a tough one Chrissi. As Donna asked, do you have prophetic dreams? If it's a regular occurance, I think I would mention it to your MiL at some point. If not, there may be some other reason you had the dream. Is her health compromised in any way that's causing concern? This may be your mind's way of manifesting your concern for her.

Also, A bear in a dream can be a sign of financial loss - is she starting a new venture? It can also represent a rival for a loved one, which is interesting.

Hope this helps!

[Tara O'Hara]

Gosh, Beaner! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I hope it was just a nightmare!! How scary! [img]graemlins/achoo.gif[/img]

[Brant]

Chrissi,
I had a dream about giant black bears too last night!!! This is on the verge of recent bear sightings on our campus and I was thinking a lot about it yesterday. It wasn't at nightmarish as yours, but I did get chased. Thankfully I believe dreams do prey on our fears, but are just thoughts. I know the future isn't already planned out, it's what we make it.

[Chrissi]

As a teenager, I often had dreams that had an odd way of coming true. I never thought of them as prophetic, but later felt that creepy dejavu feeling when it happened.

Black bears are always a concern for us as our population increases with folks from out-of-state, some of these folks actually feed the bears! The bears begin to associate people with food and a very dangerous situation develops.

DMIL is a born-and-raised local and is very much aware of the dangers. I'd like to tell her about this dream, but am worried she'll freak out if I tell her I think it's prophetic or even hint at it. She's a little old-fashioned, has definite opinions about the occult, and usually blocks out any mention of odd occurances. A new-ager she is not. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] I'm not sure how she'll react to me telling her to be more careful because I have dreams that come true sometimes. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[DisneyMomma]

Prophetic or not it was still a nightmare! How scary! You could always tell MIL about it as a point of conversation. Even if you didn't frame it as a portent, it might still give her pause and make her more cautious.

[patty c.]

Chrissi, I think it's all in the way you bring it up. I have had about 3 prophetic visions/dreams that I believe were from the Lord for the purpose of setting/changing a course of action. It was so firmly impressed upon my spirit that I couldn't NOT tell the person. Make sense? Each time, my "revelation" wasn't news to the person, but rather it confirmed something they had also been thinking about. I was a little nervous to bring it up the first time, so I said something like "This may sound really strange to you, but I think I'm supposed to tell you xxxxx. If that doesn't mean anything to you then I've just had a wierd dream that we should both ignore." In this case, the person started crying and said "that is exactly what I've been wondering about." I think there's a big difference in how you approach someone. You can take the "Maybe I'm crazy, but I just want to tell you something to get it off my mind..." approach, which is much more palatable (sp) than the "I've had a prophetic dream, now listen to me and heed the warning" approach. I hope I've made a smidgen of sense. [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]