Adoption

Dear Peregrin,

It was a very odd dream in which my sister and I went through or around many obstacles in order to give her daughter up for adoption. Eventually I realized that I would much rather keep Anna than give her up. I guess sometimes I can be slow about seeing alternatives.

JRB

Boat

Dear Peregrin,

I was running with a bunch of people. Some religious leader, young blonde girl, couldn't know her name. We were trying to avoid "melt down" or destruction of some kind. Saw people get caught with metal cuffs around their necks when fried. There were boats, supposed to be a luxury. We managed to get food from "luxury" place and got on a ship that was restricted. The ship was very bare - nothing on the walls - stark (I think dark green color.) On one of the ships, a sign with lettering on it, and the lettering continued on the wall. The "clean" ship survived. And we found the other survivors, but then realized we had red bumps all around our neck/chest & back. We panicked for a minute thinking we were contagious - but the others weren't concerned. Where the bumps they had also had, there were now only some scars - like a skin tatoo - And we all looked the same. Relief!

The only thing different in my life right now is that I recently quit my job.

Media Gal

Dad

Dear Peregrin,

I have a recurring dream that as a young child I was running through a meadow that was filled with tiny little violets and as I was running through the field I was picking these flowers for my father. In the middle of this field was a huge garage that my father always did his mechanical work in. When I walked into the garage my father was on the other side of the garage and he had a huge engine hoisted up on a rope to the ceiling. This rope was attached to the wall next to where he was standing. As I was running across the garage to give him the flowers that I had picked for him, he reached up and unattached the rope and dropped the engine on me in the middle of the room.

Becca

Bomb Shelter

originally published March 21, 2003

Dear Peregrin,

I was in town and this siren went off. Everyone started to panic and started to run into this music shop. I didn't know what was going on... I ran with the people and they were going down stairs of this shop. They went into this big square mettalic room which looked like a shelter. I was scared because i didn't know what was going on. The siren slowed down and the mettalic dorrs shut. It was a nuclear shelter. A nuclear bomb went off then the shelter broke apart as it was not strong enough then it ended.

Please find out what this means!

Stefan

Speedboat Survivor

Dear Peregrin,

I am crowded into a large racing powerboat with a group of people, including my mother. As we speed along the surface, suddenly, a gigantic wave engulfs our craft and causes it to plunge underwater. Somehow, I manage to hold onto it, thinking that it will emerge from the depths because it feels so buoyant. As it rises to the surface, others try to hang on. Some can, but others cannot. I am worried about my mother and worried about running out of breath before we reach the surface. Finally, the boat pops out of the water, but throws us all overboard into the sea. There are dead bodies and debris around me and I look for my mother but can't find her. Then, I discover I am among other strong swimmers and we shed our clothing and swim to shore, fearing another large wave will crash over us and kill us.

Once on land, I continue searching for my mother, but discover she has drowned and I am filled with grief and start to cry. Those of us who have survived and are ashore find ourselves standing naked in a very quiet, wealthy seaside neighborhood. We wander around the empty streets for a bit before we enter a house, thinking it is unoccupied. I'm still feeling sad about my mother, when I hear that one of the swimmers has murdered the occupants of the house. It wasn't empty after all!

Through a window, I see a school bus stop outside and let off a teenaged girl and I start sobbing because she's about to find out her entire family has been wiped out by someone in our group. When the police vehicles swarm onto the scene, some of us retreat to the expansive backyard, planted with a lush lawn and tropical plants, including blooming birds of paradise and mature aloes. A man calls out to me to come to the end of the yard, which is a cliff overlooking the ocean. He dives in and I follow him, hoping to keep my hands in front of me to break the shock of hitting the water below. We survive the dive and together, we swim a short distance to a lush island that looks like Tahiti. A woman is there who doesn't care that we're still naked. Then I wake up.

Joan

Movies

Dear Peregrin,

I've had a number of dreams about the movies--usually I'm working behind the scenes, on the set or even behind the camera, but I wondered if you had an interp for what the movies might symbolize.

Teresa

Devil's Food

Dear Peregrin,

A few nights ago I had an extremely vivid dream about Satan. I was asleep in my bed when I suddenly felt wide awake. I opened my eyes to see a tall figure beside my bed. At this moment, I don't know how, but I knew it was the devil. He had the appearence of a human male and was holding this tray-thing (like what employees at American sporting events usually have hanging around their necks when selling hotdogs or popcorn), and it was full of chocolate bars (I dont have an eating disorder or wieght problem). He then held out his hand towards me. I blinked and he was gone and I was still wide awake.

A Fire Inside