Groundhog Day

This day always reminds me of my brother Donald. He passed away from Cancer in late 2018. 

Back in 2000 when I was staying in the city to care for my Mother at the end of her life, Don would pop in every morning to say "Hi", Sometimes bring coffee and donuts, always mentioned "It's GroundHog Day." referring to the film with Bill Murray, and go about his workday. Apparently when my Dad was ill on the way out, ten years earlier, Don had likened the experience of repeating the same day over and over like in the movie. of course finally getting what to do correct would mean life was over.

Sadly, he went through the same thing, a  losing to cancer ending. And just a few days ago, his brother-in-law, family friend since grade school, same age Don got to, did the same thing. 

Last night I had a vivid dream, in bright colors, including Don for the first time since he has been gone. We were going to buildings in a Newton like place, knocking on doors. It felt like upper Walnut St. but full of buildings like West Newton Square. Of course, he is buried on upper Walnut St. 

He knocked on a door of someone I did not know, an old friend of his, yelled and argued with him until he let us in. we walked through the place out the back door, and observed a woman, I took to be this guy's wife, in the back yard, playing with things that looked like fluffy, bright pink, pinecones, some single and some in bunches. So bright and vivid! I had never seen things like this before, and I took photos of them. 

Then Don took off and I tried to go after him, through colorful rooms, hallways, and doors, but had no clue where he had gone.

After awhile I came to a huge, round, funnel shaped slide, and rode down and through it (Weeeeeee--!) Until it became small and I popped out the end of it, and woke up, remembering all the pretty color.

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Here are some dream definitions from petrix.com:

Door:

Access. Ready to enter or something to keep private. Happiness and long life

Hall:

Access. Privacy. Trying to find a connection with someone or something.

Pink:

Associated with tenderness and love. You can expect interesting developments in relations with opposite sex.

 

Orange:

The color orange in dreams indicates passion in every aspect of your life.

Purple:

Great aspirations and understanding of visible and invisible realms. Take advantage of your creativity.

Photograph:

Image. Record. Past. The way you see the world.

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Not sure what it really means, but running through old home town with my brother Don felt fun. I have missed hanging out with him. 

Not a thing like GroundHog Day...