They took me on a trip

My old friend Naji, the Lebanese American lady, one of the best friends I’ve ever had, came to visit me in my dream state last night. She comes fairly often from beyond the veil.

She usually comes alone. But last night she had her husband, whom she used to call, ‘Buddie,’ with her.

They had an RV and were going to take me on a trip with them. Bud and I were talking while we all packed up the RV. Bud, as I called him, asked me if I’d like to hear about their courting and their younger years together.

I sensed that he was going to confess some things about himself which he was ashamed of, or perhaps sorry for is more correct. However, he had been able to move past them and could freely admit to his shortcomings now.

Before I could answer him yes or no, Naji spoke up and said, “Oh Pa, nooo…”

Why in the world is she calling him Pa? I wondered.

But one thing I did understand was that she did not want to hear him speak of his past faults. She loves and respects him very much as he is now and it pains her to speak of his human faults. They are in the past; they are gone.

Life after death, shown to me once again, in my dream state.

They were my friends in this life. They were not perfect human beings, any more than I am. But they have entered a realm of learning and purification, I do believe. And they are together. And they are happy.

In this dream, I was vaguely aware that they had died many years past. However, I knew they still lived (though not in the physical body) and had come to share some time with me. Perhaps even share some lessons with me. I don’t remember if they did share any lessons. But I’m grateful for another visit and whatever they left with me.

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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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