Dream Journal
June 1, 2001
I keep dreaming about a huge crowd of women filling the streets. Each one of them has an air of bravery and courage as if they’ve been through a war and won. They are dancing and laughing. It’s a big crowd of women with good men surrounding them, like a protective shield. I wake up every time wondering where I was in the crowd. I never see myself, but I know I’m in there somewhere. It makes me think about my mother always telling me how important dreams are and the meanings they have. I’ve had that dream about five times now since January.
Excerpted from Finding Angela Shelton by Angela Shelton, Meredith Books, 2008.
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