Recurring dream of a sibling being shot

Thank you for your concerns, savypat. I really appreciate them. My older daughter is not psychic but did have a couple of "episodes" when she was a toddler. One in particular, she asked her grandmother (who was babysitting for me at her home) who the man was in the bedroom. Since my father had passed away when my daughter was just three months old, there had never been another man in my mother's house -- so she assumed my daughter was asking about a photograph of him. When she asked my daughter, "The man in the picture?", she got frustrated and said, "NO Grandma!" and pulled my mom by the hand to her bedroom. She pointed to one corner of the ceiling and said, "THAT man, Grandma... that man" Needless to say I got a phone call at work from my slightly frazzled mother LOL My mother, herself, did have many dreams that materialized. In fact, it greatly upset her because she foresaw an accident that almost claimed my father's life as a younger man and other such difficult things as the deaths of certain family members. So, while many people are inclined to brush things off as silly or coincidence, I do take a somewhat different approach. In any case, there definitely has been some conflict between the girls in the last year or two... but, oddly enough, it's gotten a whole lot better lately. Funny that she would start having these dreams now. Thanks again for your thoughts!

Now see, I did not know that. I've read before that you can ask questions of your mind before sleeping but I never thought about actually writing things down (and I'm a writer! How ironic!). I'm awfully glad I started this discussion because I'm finding the responses SO interesting! Thank you for your kindness

Well hang in there, that is all we can do in this life. You know you can ask your mind about things just before you fall asleep. Or even try writing them down and putting them under your pillow. Tell you daughter to try this, ask what the dreams mean or any other questions. Try to make the questions simple. Putting them under the pillow just triggers the mind that this is important. See if that brings any relief? Blessings

I agree with you, ShellyB, and thank you for your thoughts. I do believe, too, that having the same dream three times in a row is a way of making some sort of statement, warning, or simply provoking thought about something specific. The idea of betrayal is interesting to me. As I mentioned in my response above, the one having the dreams introduced a great deal of pain into our family last year particularly. Her sister is not supporting her in her choice of boyfriend and is, in fact, angry with her over what she has done to the family as a unit. Perhaps the older one sees that as a betrayal... would make a lot of sense.

Wow, this is really interesting stuff... and sure gives me a lot to think about! I'm honestly quite fascinated by the whole subject of dream interpretation and admit it is something I know little to nothing about. I think keeping a diary of one's dreams and later being able to gain more insight into them would be amazing. You're being great about providing me with information and food for thought, ShellyB! Thank you so much!

I wish you well. Every mother has her own cross to bear. But just have faith that everything will be alright one day. Just continue on praying for your daughter's enlightenment. We mothers just want the best for our kids but so sad they don't realize that until they became mothers themselves.