I have been reminded lately of a recurring dream that I used to have when I was a child, maybe 9 or 10. In the middle of the night, I would hear a baby crying outside the front door. When I went to the door, there was a baby, swaddled in blankets and wrapped in a small wicker basket, waiting for me to take him inside. Once inside, I, in all of my ten years, would proceed to care for this baby as if this baby was always my own. I think, in my dreams, I did have thoughts of “how did this baby get here” and “what should I do” and “should I wake my parents and call the police”, but there were also huge feelings of peacefullness and joy knowing that this baby was seemingly sent just for me. In the dreams, and in my young age, I don’t recall thinking of birth parents and the ramifications of a baby being left for me in this manner. In the dream, I remember feeling like I had just received a gift.
Has anyone else ever had dreams like this?
I also had one other recurring dream in my life of various men chasing me through subway tunnels with guns. I’m assuming that one is not a foreshadow of anything!
I haven’t told anyone but my husband this, but yes, I’ve had reccuring dreams about children, but in mine, it wasn’t about how they came to me, but that in my dreams for as long as I can remember, I’ve never had a newborn. Even babies that supposedly came from me (I never dreamed of a birth, only of coming home with a swaddled child), were old enough to crawl and sit up. And some were already toddlers and could talk! I was always baffled by those ones- how could I give birth to a child that talked?! lol!
That was the recurring theme- I always had lots of children, but none of them were ever newborns in my dreams.
I never gave it much thought until well after we started the adoption process. I was in awe when I thought back on it. Kind of like one of those moments that something just ‘clicks’ and you get goose bumps. It makes me wonder if I truly was meant to adopt all of my children (as far as we are aware- we can both procreate), and if I either knew that deep inside of me since I was a little girl, or if God was starting early by putting these thoughts on my heart even as a child.
(You can see why I haven’t told anyone besides my husband! People might think I’m crazy!) 🙂
I think your dream is wonderful. It made me smile as your description is so sweet.
I haven’t told anyone but my husband this, but yes, I’ve had reccuring dreams about children, but in mine, it wasn’t about how they came to me, but that in my dreams for as long as I can remember, I’ve never had a newborn. Even babies that supposedly came from me (I never dreamed of a birth, only of coming home with a swaddled child), were old enough to crawl and sit up. And some were already toddlers and could talk! I was always baffled by those ones- how could I give birth to a child that talked?! lol!
That was the recurring theme- I always had lots of children, but none of them were ever newborns in my dreams.
I never gave it much thought until well after we started the adoption process. I was in awe when I thought back on it. Kind of like one of those moments that something just ‘clicks’ and you get goose bumps. It makes me wonder if I truly was meant to adopt all of my children (as far as we are aware- we can both procreate), and if I either knew that deep inside of me since I was a little girl, or if God was starting early by putting these thoughts on my heart even as a child.
(You can see why I haven’t told anyone besides my husband! People might think I’m crazy!) 🙂
I think your dream is wonderful. It made me smile as your description is so sweet.
I haven’t told anyone but my husband this, but yes, I’ve had reccuring dreams about children, but in mine, it wasn’t about how they came to me, but that in my dreams for as long as I can remember, I’ve never had a newborn. Even babies that supposedly came from me (I never dreamed of a birth, only of coming home with a swaddled child), were old enough to crawl and sit up. And some were already toddlers and could talk! I was always baffled by those ones- how could I give birth to a child that talked?! lol!
That was the recurring theme- I always had lots of children, but none of them were ever newborns in my dreams.
I never gave it much thought until well after we started the adoption process. I was in awe when I thought back on it. Kind of like one of those moments that something just ‘clicks’ and you get goose bumps. It makes me wonder if I truly was meant to adopt all of my children (as far as we are aware- we can both procreate), and if I either knew that deep inside of me since I was a little girl, or if God was starting early by putting these thoughts on my heart even as a child.
(You can see why I haven’t told anyone besides my husband! People might think I’m crazy!) 🙂
I think your dream is wonderful. It made me smile as your description is so sweet.
Ah, definitely! I’ve had similar dreams all my life even going so far as to finding a newborn babe in the bushes at a local park!
Ah, definitely! I’ve had similar dreams all my life even going so far as to finding a newborn babe in the bushes at a local park!
Ah, definitely! I’ve had similar dreams all my life even going so far as to finding a newborn babe in the bushes at a local park!
I have had that SAME dream since I was little…..a wicker basket…a baby in a blanket…left at my front door. Thats so strange that I just read your post because I have NEVER told anyone about those dreams.
I have had that SAME dream since I was little…..a wicker basket…a baby in a blanket…left at my front door. Thats so strange that I just read your post because I have NEVER told anyone about those dreams.