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Several months after my wife died, I had a dream with both color and smell. Unlike her, I have never given much importance to dreams, and seldom remember them more than a few seconds while waking up. They have just never been important to me. If asked what they are, my reply would be, "Something like defragmenting a hard disk, the brain's mechanism for discharging unneeded electrical impulses, lacking logic and meaning." But, that one dream really shook me up. We were standing, holding each other. I don't why, but we were both crying. I was struck with the memory of her scent, not perfume, just the slight smell of soap mixed with her skin. The remarkable thing was the pink nightgown she wore, one that had worn out years before. And, I noticed where my tears dropped, the pink turned to dark red. I think the dream was based on a real memory. Thirty days before she passed, the day we learned she had lung and bone cancer, we stood in our garage, holding each other and crying. I don't remember what she wore, but it certainly wasn't that pink nightgown. This is the first time I have written anything about that dream, but it has lasted in my memory. Cheyenne died five years ago. Jim
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