Dreaming It is the day before Annie’s birthday party. All of her presents are wrapped, and I’m making a list of what I have to do in the morning before her party, which is after school. On the list, I write: buy food, buy pink crepe paper and gold paper. There is a shed in the garden on the left; the shed is divided in half. The left half is empty, so I am going to cover the outside walls in the pink crepe…
Tag: Voice
Quest
I woke this morning feeling pretty awful, not ill or tired, just a profound need to be alone and retreat back into my world with nobody disturbing me. I took the girls to school, avoided making eye contact with anyone as I didn’t want to talk, got in my car and started driving. I was…
Competition
Dreaming There is a competition; I am one of six finalists. We are sitting in two rows of three facing away from each other. To my left are two men; to my right, a large audience. The female host instructs one of the men to sing; he does really well. The next man also does well. I don’t know why I have been chosen; my voice is nowhere near as good as theirs. I’m dreading my turn but think if I put the effort in I could be quite…
Underneath
Dreaming I am in the sea with Annie on my left. To our right is a male voice, but no visible male. Directly in front of us, crossing our path, is a train on the water. The voice tells us to go under the train, and we’ll come out fine on the other side. We are underneath when I realise we are under really big black rubber tyres and that it will take too long to go under. I know Annie won’t understand to take a big breath, and she will drown….