bad dream

last night, my sister told me that my dad died. i said, “Oh my God, no!” but i was so tired that i fell asleep after that. when i woke up that day, i had so many things to do and i scrambled to do them all. at the end of the day, i was sitting on the couch all exhausted and suddenly remembered that dad died. and i started asking all these questions, “how come there was no news?!” “what happened?” “where’s my mom?!” i knew mom was upstairs, and as i scrambled to go up the stairs, i remembered that it was just a dream and all i have to do is wake up.

so i woke up on my couch, still in my black dress and all in a panic. i heard someone going down the stairs and it’s dad. i nodded to him and silently prayed,

O Lord, thank you that my dad is still here. please protect my father from all harm.