Rain
As ground turned to mud, sucking at my feet, I tried to return indoors.
It was going to be difficult, wading chest-high through the waters. I was beginning to panic . . .
. . . and then I woke up!
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
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I bit on your story. Good one.
ReplyDeleteAlways a relief to realise it's not true.
DeleteI'm glad the story had a happy ending.
ReplyDeleteIt's strange how some dreams remain in the memory - no rhyme or reason.
DeleteThe Texas flood might have been playing on your mind.
ReplyDeleteI dreamt this before the dreadful Texas floods. The horror of that is very real.
DeleteI was thinking that sounded a little like the rain downpours we've been having! I hate water dreams. When I have them it usually means I'm worrying about something
ReplyDeleteI always worried more about fire than flood, thinking I'd be able to swim, but of course, you can't.
DeleteI was always much more worried about earthquakes and frantic bushfires than flooding ...until I saw the Cape provicence in South African and Texan floods on tv. So many people died, including helpless school children, and so many people could not be located under the buildings. No wonder you had nightmares :(
ReplyDeleteI dreamt this before the Texas floods. I can't imagine the panic and the pain of those floods for so many people.
DeleteI think Texas was on your mind.
ReplyDeleteIt was before them, so I don't know what caused it.
DeleteSo many did not wake up from their nightmare.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the footage of the devastation, it's chilling to realise how many people perished. Floods are so powerful.
DeleteOh thank goodness you woke up! Wading through chest high waters is scary when it is from torrential rain. I have only ever had to wade through ankle deep waters while walking home from work one evening during a thunderstorm.
ReplyDeleteAnkle deep would be enough. When I was a child, the local river flooded and filled the streets with water. It was weeks before everything was anything like normal again.
DeleteScared, glad you woke up before you had to swim for it!
ReplyDeleteI foolishly used to think that I'd be able to swim my way out of a flood. Of course, that's impossible.
DeleteIt’s funny how dreams can feel so real until you wake up, soaked in relief instead of rain!
ReplyDeleteAbsollutely!
DeleteGood ending!
ReplyDeleteA relief!
DeleteHorrible... those nightmares always seem so real and linger for ages afterwards.
ReplyDeleteThey do last for far too long a time.
DeleteYou had me!
ReplyDeleteVivid dreams - the most exciting things I have most days. 😉🤣
DeleteAnd here I was worrying about your back issues and you're walking through the slogging rain. Thank goodness it was only a nightmare for you while still in bed instead of a nightmare outside, lol.
ReplyDeleteAhh, you're so sweet. 😊
DeleteI'm glad this was just a dream. I was a bit concerned there for a second.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your concern . . . 😊
DeleteI'm glad you woke up before the laundry needed rewashing again
ReplyDeleteIt's hard enough keeping up with the washing without having to do it all over again. 😟
DeleteAfter catastrophic flooding in one of the states in my country, many people lived through such a nightmare, but it wasn't something to be woken up from. Happy yours was only in your sleep (or your imagination).
ReplyDeleteThe floods in Texas have been truly awful. I don't know how people will recover from them.
DeleteAren't dreams strange !
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
No rhyme or reason to them.
DeleteNot a pleasant dream. Unfortunately, it sounds like reality for many of our neighbors these days.
ReplyDeleteYes, the reality is much harder to face. I had this dream before the Texas floods, so don't know where it came from.
DeleteWell, with all that's in the news now, I can understand how you'd have this dream. Up until the last sentence I was perplexed as you don't live far from us and we had no rain like that! :)
ReplyDeleteActually, we could do with some hard rain. We've had one downpour, but it didn't last long and barely penetrated the earth.
ReplyDeleteWhew
ReplyDeleteA relief.
DeleteWhat a relief it was just a nightmare! xxx
ReplyDeleteQuite so.
DeleteSome dreams can feel incredibly real. I often have vivid dreams that I remember a day or two later, leaving me to wonder if so-and-so really said that, or was it just a dream. Who needs to watch a movie? I essentially experience a new movie every night while I sleep.
ReplyDeleteGlad for you, it was only a dream.
It's strange that we so rarely remember our dreams, to the extent that some people believe that they never dream.
ReplyDeleteI remember my dreams all the time. I have nightmares almost every night. I hate being stuck in water type dreams.
ReplyDeleteThat's not nice, Mary. I would worry about going to sleep if I knew I would have nightmares. 😟
DeleteI was also thinking Texas was on your mind, but then I read in your comments that this dream happened pre Texas.
ReplyDeleteIt really is quite strange how and what we dream.
All the best Jan
Sometimes, the triggers are obvious, but at others dreams seem completely random.
DeleteHorrible nightmare and sadly for some, a reality. Glad yours was only a dream.
ReplyDeleteFlooding really is a nightmare and a tragedy for many.
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