Kevin's Dream States

  • Evening of March 1, 2022

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep Meditated badly for about 10 minutes. Was in a state of anxiety and distress. Went to sleep crying, missing Toby deeply. Went to sleep at about midnight, woke up to my alarm at 6:45am. Dream For some reason, I was an observer of a passage through time. Keanu Reeves appeared. He had come from the future (my present). He had an old cheque in his possession. He’d had it for a while, I guess. It was useless to him, but was compelled to hold on to it for some reason. But by traveling to…

  • Evening of January 12, 2022

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Dream I was at a social function, perhaps at a gallery of some kind. It felt like a modern space and well lit. I don’t think Emily was there. Everyone was dressed up. After drinks were served, there came some kind of sales display featuring a “facial creme”. Free samples were being given out. I was somehow convinced to try some. I had applied half to my face before rumours started circulating that the product, was in fact, Nair (a hair removal product). I went to the washroom to wash off the…

  • Evening of December 18, 2021

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Dream I found myself in a hospital setting. It felt a lot like Sick Kids. Toby had stopped breathing, much as he had done at home the night he died. But this was different. He started breathing again. More than that, he started breathing better than he had done leading up to the night he died. He had recovered enough in that moment that he was able to start undergoing further treatment. It was at that moment, a moment where in my dream I felt as much sadness and joy as I…

  • Evening of November 21, 2021

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Haven’t done so in a while. Dream I don’t remember where I was. But I was in a place that felt like a school, or a schoolyard. I was expecting to see “my youngest child” there. In my head I knew that child was Toby, but the name that kept coming out was Sebastian. I couldn’t bring myself to say Toby’s name, almost as though it had been forgotten from my lips. But I could see his face vividly. Suddenly, I recalled Toby’s name and realized he was missing. I started a…

  • Evening of June 27, 2021

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Was camping at the time, so was probably asleep by 11:00pm. Woke at approximately 5:00am and remembered several dreams. Dream 1 Me and Emily were going to a party in Toronto. We parked the car somewhere on Adelaide St. We witnessed a peaceful BLM protest that reminded me of Toby for some reason, and made me cry. We went to party, Emily got drunk. I wanted to go home, but Emily wanted to stay longer. I had college homework for some reason. I blew up about having to support meals, chores, etc…

  • Evening of June 18, 2021

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Went to bed at 12:00am. Woke up at 7:00am and remembered this dream: Toby was older, about 13-14 years old. His hair was longer (post-pandemic?) and he was wearing a blue hat. Contemplations and Connections I’m not sure what this means. It’s interesting to me that I was able to imagine what he might look like if he were able to get older. This version of Toby has some of Sebastian’s features, but with Toby’s face and stature.

  • Evening of June 15, 2021

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Went to bed at 11:30pm. Woke up at 7:00am and remembered this dream: Adela and Sebastian were both had red hair. Except Sebastian was going by the name “Striker”. I feel like there was another sibling there that wasn’t Toby. Contemplations and Connections I’m not sure what this means. I do think the name Striker is interesting from the perspective of Sebastian wanting to play soccer.

  • Evening of June 14, 2021

    Dream Goal None Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Went to bed at 12:00pm. Woke up at 6:00am and remembered this dream: I had a meeting with Wil Wheaton. I don’t know the context for it was. I remarked about how I remembered him from Stand By Me and Star Trek: TNG. And how I admire his relentless dedication to being a decent human being. He seemed very humbled and honoured to be regarded as a good human being, rather than his work. Contemplations and Connections What stands out about this is a parallel to a conversation I recently had with…

  • Evening of June 6, 2021

    Dream Goal To remember a dream Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Went to bed at 12:00pm. Woke up at 7:00am and remembered this dream: I was playing soccer with Mikael Colville-Anderson. We had some back and forth on the field. Initially, he was much better than me. But I got better as I continued playing. Eventually, I found that he became predictable, and I figured out how to surprise him a few times and actually compete with him. Contemplations and Connections While I do consider Mikael as something of a friend — or at least, a peer — I’ll never…

  • Evening of June 3, 2021

    Dream Goal To remember a dream Meditation and Sleep No meditation. Went to bed at 1:00am. Woke up at 6:00am and remembered this dream: I was on a walk with Adela. I saw a large Crown Victoria taxi cab taking councillor Paul Vicente and mayor Patrick Brown somewhere. They drove past us. Upon returning home, our home on Bartley Bull instead looked like my childhood home on Inglewood Drive. It turned out that the cab was going to my house. But Paul had decided to move the taxi for some reason, and in doing so, had crashed into the bathroom…