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Dreams After Death

The subconscious has its own way of saying goodbye

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Aimee Liu
Jan 26, 2023
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My mother died one year ago today, yet she remains deeply present in my life —  largely through our dreams together, which seem to be multiplying. Most of these nocturnal reunions skip into oblivion as soon as I wake. When a dream is particularly vivid, though, I try to scrawl its contours in my dream journal. 

Still half asleep in the dark, I’ll write b…

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