Sometimes in dreams the strangest things happen. And I’ve never attempted to interpret them, or try to figure out what they mean. But this one?
My sis and her husband, both having grave medical conditions, have a car with a dead battery. Now, that’s true.
And I talked her into taking it to NTB which stands for National Tire and Battery, to replace the battery. Once I got it started, that is, with my handy dandy Halo starter switch.
When we got there, in the parking lot, there was her plane, a WWII wreck that could still pick up off the ground and fly briefly now and then. I’ve no idea why it was in the NTB parking lot! I just knew she loved the plane so much, even if it was a wreck.
We were told by the technician, that the battery would be $300, and that would fix the car, and keep it running.
But she wouldn’t do it. Needed the $300 to fly a short distance, so spending it on a car battery was not an option. Not in her book.
We discussed, argued, and reasoned the issue, and in any event, the car had to make it back home with a bum battery, so I’d have to use my Halo again to get it started just for that. And then, it would be permanently dead. Unless she relented and made a sensible decision.
Now, they were both in bad shape, physically, and in pain all the time. Couldn’t even manage without a walker, and I couldn’t understand the stubbornness at all. The car was obviously more important to their actual daily functioning.
But the plane was more important to them.
Eventually, in the argument, she said, “You don’t understand, do you? The daily grind is just daily grind. Merely surviving! I’ve had enough of that for all eternity! That plane represents FREEDOM! That plane will lift me off the ground, and fly me around like a bird, and I NEED that plane! It’s my hope, my dream, my possibility of escaping this daily grind, and GOING SOMEPLACE whether or not I ever come back! ”
And I saw it. I saw the two of them climb aboard, and lift off!
What’s remarkable about the dream is I recall every moment of it when I awoke. That’s rare. And it scared me. We seldom agree on anything, but I love my sis.