Stormy Dreams

[Lkb273]

Hello - I have been thinking about these two dreams I had last night all day long, and I would appreciate it if anyone could offer up some interpretation or insight as to what these dreams might mean. I usually have very vivid dreams, but these two last night stood out to me.

Dream 1:
I was in the house (Wisconsin rural-country area) I grew up in w/ my mom. It was night & she was washing dishes and I was sitting on the couch...it was stormy outside. I noticed this sound in the distance - like a consistant low-frequency heavy wind sound. The sound continued on and I finally asked my mom if she could hear it...and if she thought it was a tornado. She said "no" in a kind of 'it cant be' tone. I listened again, and said "yes, its a tornado." We then went to my bedroom which had windows that looked out onto the entire yard. Via the moonlight we saw that every single tree was down on the ground. We then pressed our ears to the window to listen, and we both heard a very faint tornado siren. We looked at eachother in acknowledgement & I asked her if we should go into the basement...she said yes. I gathered up my two dogs (which I have now in waking life), and my childhood dog (who passed away some time ago) and headed down the spiral stairs to the basement. Right before stepping onto the floor with my bare feet, I noticed it was really dirty and said out loud, "I'm gonna run back and grab my shoes." I turned around to see my mom behind me with a basket full of laundry. I stepped down onto the dirty floor to let her pass, and looked around the corner to see why she brought laundry down & saw that there were racks of neatly hung colorful clothing & shelves with neatly folded colorful clothes. It had the feel of an intimate dressing room/closet. I then turned and started to head up the stairs to grab my shoes. I then heard the basement door open from the outside which startled me, and I quickly turned around to see flood water about 4ft high move into the part of the basement where my mother was standing (changing her clothes). The water flowed around her, but she acted as if nothing weird was happening. I then heard men talking and saw 2 men wade up through the water. Then I woke up.

Dream 2:
I was in South Florida at the house of an old colleague/friend, Frank – much older than me. I have my 2 dogs with me and my childhood dog, as well, and they are all on leashes. Frank informs me that a hurricane is coming, which surprised me because I was keeping track of the tropical weather and there were supposed to be no storms. I somehow got the idea that the hurricane was coming from the west, which is why I probably didn’t know about it. Frank told me it was close, so I told him I need to get home with my dogs (to my Wisconsin childhood home) to ride out the storm. Frank said it was a monster hurricane & that his father/grandfather would take us where we needed to go. Just then, his father/grandfather walks into the house. He looks EXACTLY like my grandfather (who was like my father – he died when I was 14). In the dream I was aware that my grandfather had passed away. I stopped dead in my tracks and stared at this man in awe with a big warm smile on my face. He smiled back with the same big warm smile I was giving him. We had some sort of telepathic communication as we locked eyes. I smiled even larger, wide eyed, scanning every feature on his face, searching for something to verify it wasn’t truly my grandfather…and I found nothing. We stared at each other with big warm smiles, and I got the impression that he was telepathically nudging me that he was really my grandfather. I was SO happy.

He took us to this town and I remember being in a diner looking down at my hand to see I was wearing 3 rings stacked on my ring finger, and I was turning them with my other fingers looking at the rings. I remember my dogs coming off the leashes several times, but I got them back on right away. Then all of a sudden we were in this very rural area with old large colonial looking houses, but the area felt empty- like nobody lived there. We followed a trail to a bank of water where a nice looking, very old, stone castle (almost looked like a life sized sand castle) sat half submerged by water. The water was still and glass-like, and the sun was setting in the background and was reflecting off the water. It felt peaceful. The castle was very weathered on top, and it was empty.

Then Frank looked at me and I said, “so that hurricane is coming, I better get home. Is it really going to be that bad?” and Frank said, “yes, didn’t you hear? They said it has 3 demons in it!” I didn’t know what he meant – except for that it must be a really bad storm with a lot of destruction.

Then I woke up.

I would really appreciate any insight, input, or interpretation! Please help me figure these out?