Thursday, February 16, 2006

Two Dreams of Holly

One:

I am on a field of ice and snow. I see a few small blades of green grass poking through and I decide its safe to run across the field with abandon. I run and run and then look down and realize that i am on a frozen lake. And the lake is cracking! I call out to Holly and she comes running over to me. I hollar at her to stop before you reach the lake - I don't want her to drown too. Holly crouches down on the far side of the lake and reaches out to me as I crawl slowly across the perimeter, trying to reach safety

Two:

Holly is at a circus and I have come to visit her. She is getting ready to climb a tall ladder that leads to a plank. At her boss, Jeff's, request, she is going to jump off of this plank and take a nose-dive into a very small bucket of water. I am scared for her. I tell her not to do it. I tell her that its not safe. She says that she hasn't done it before but she thinks she can. Jeff takes her outside and when she comes back in she has decided to do it because a cutomer has offered Jeff extra money to see it and he is passing some of that money on to her. To my relief, there has been a cushion added around the bucket to protect her when she returrns. Unfortunately, the plank has been raised even higher...