I don't want to take a
joke to far but:
I woke up in a mild
sweat, grabbed the first piece of paper (old envelope) I found and a pencil.
Quickly I wrote,
" hands on hip with palms out," "man," "Alabama",
"head on ground", "round, smooth dark skin"," "Derby" "portly face", "lying flat on ground"
I then started to put
the pieces together.
The Dream:
My sister friend Carolyn,(who
had spent over 25 yrs off and on with my brother) and I were standing in a line
somewhere when I told her to look at that man in line over there.
He's standing there all
proud with his hands on his hips.
I giggled a little and said, he looks funny
with his hands on his hips and his palms outward like that. He acts as if he
does not want to touch the inside of his hands on his pants.
I giggled again and
wondered what he looked like from the front.
From the back he was
tall and slender, but those hands positioned like that threw him off.
Carolyn replied, he is
from Alabama I bet; all the men stand like that are from Alabama.
Alabama, Alabama!!!
why, I am going to be researching and looking for my folks in Alabama. That is, if
I ever get out of Texas with my research.
Me with my dumb butt
walked over to him to ask those simple words...who are your people in Alabama. :)
When I got to where he
was, all I could see was a head on the ground. No body just a head. What happened to the tall man?
Do you think I took
off running. Nope! not in this dream I didn't.
I laid down on the
ground facing him and asked, " are you from Alabama?"
The head smiled. He
had a fat portly face, dark skin and a deep smile with dimples. He had a hat on
his head that looked like a derby that men wore back in the twenties.
He then shook his head
yes and smiled wider.
Me again with my dumb
butt asked, 'who's your people and what was your mother's maiden
name?"
The head said, Jo
Hopkins!
That's when I woke up
and looked for something to write with.
I turned on my
computer went straight to Ancestry and tried to find a Jo Hopkins.
I had no luck looking
in Texas and Alabama but I sure tried to find that clue somewhere.
(I don't know what that dream meant but I at least looked at
it as a clue.)
That was on a Sunday
when I had the dream.
Monday's Conclusion I
Think:
On Monday, my
grand-daughter and I went to take care of a few errands, one being the Credit
Union.
I sent her in with my
card but she quickly came out saying that I had to come in because she was not
on the card according to their policy.
I went in, stood in
line, teed off because I had to get out of the car.
I will be durn if I
did not see a tall man with hands on his hips just like in my dream. His palms
were facing outward. I froze!
Me with my dumb butt
did not ask him if he was from Alabama.
Nor did I lay down on
the floor like a fool.
I stared at him for a
long time looking up and down from his face to his hands.
He looked nothing like
"the head".
The lady in the office
located next to the line came out and said that their system was down and that
they could not process anything for a while.
She had no idea when it would come
up, but she would be happy to do the paper work and input the information later.
I quickly ran into
her office. Not that I was scared mind you of the man with his hands on his
hips but eerily weary of what I should do.
Should I say, excuse me sir but....or... can
I ask you a question sir.... or... I don't want to sound silly sir, but... Whew
my head was spinning.
When I finished my
transaction, I glanced and saw that the man with the outward palm was still
there.
I went out the front
door, started my car up and left.
Now I am wondering if
that man was named Hopkins. Did I miss my chance?
I don't know but I
sure as heck didn't ask.
