My husband is leaving me

My husband is in his final stages of life on Earth. Bed-bound, incontinent, very little speech, visiting with those who have already passed-on. Close.

Sleeping on the couch next to his hospital bed, I had a strange dream. Really lots of crazy stuff in it that just doesn’t seem relevant at this point. But I will share the one thing that sticks with me.

I dreamed that my husband, my oldest grandson and I were out in the wilderness (with our two vehicles — his white pickup truck and my 1967 Mustang, which I haven’t seen for 50 years! I loved that car…)

So my husband got into my Mustang and drove off, leaving grandson and me alone in the wilderness with his pickup truck. I was at first concerned because I knew (even in the dream) that he is not supposed to be driving.

Then I realized he was leaving us. I said, “It’s bad enough you’re leaving me, but did you have to take my Mustang?”

I suppose the dream represents my fear that as he leaves me in this life, he will take away all that is best in life for me. In a word, I will be stranded.

Believe me, I love this man way more than I ever loved my Mustang, but there was a time when it was the best part of my life. I’m sure that is what it represented in the dream — the best part of my life departing with my husband.

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As a toddler, Sue Baumgardner made up stories for herself looking at books she could not read and later spun tales for her younger sisters. After she had her own children, she told them tales and eventually wove a new pattern into the fabric of their lives. As the three sat together, one would begin with a story idea of her own. She spoke perhaps a paragraph or two or three, then pointed to the next who would take up the thread and continue with her own evolution of the story line passed to her, until she pointed to the next. The third person wove her own ideas into the story progression. After the three each had a turn, anyone could end the story, in their turn, whenever it felt complete to them. After her children were adults, Sue studied writing, first poetry and then prose. After six semesters in adult education, she was thoroughly hooked on the story art form. Sue continued with dozens of classes, seminars and writing retreats. She studied writing and publishing under the likes of James Patterson, Peter Behrens, and Mark Dawson. As a contributor to the Discover Maine Magazine, Sue received her first check for her prose. Her poetry has been published in The Aurorian. She has six of her paperbacks along with four ebooks published. They include fiction and nonfiction for adults and fiction for Middle Readers. Her very first publishing though began with Greeting Card Universe, where Sue’s greeting cards with verse are sold across the world.

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