Being a single mom is rough! Attending nursing school made it even more difficult for me. One day, I was alone in the house and felt alone in the world. I felt immense sadness and depression and I was overcome with these feelings as I sat on the floor in my bedroom. I leaned against a pillow and cuddled up in a blanket trying to find comfort. I soon fell asleep and began dreaming that I was in a house with my parents. My father (who passed away many years ago) walked into the room that I was in. I expected him to assign me some work to do around the house, but he did not. He came over to the couch where I was sitting and lifted me up. He encircled me in his arms and cuddled me close (this is not something my father would have done when he was alive). I felt bathed in love and peace. All of my loneliness and depression were washed away and I felt loved like never before. I awoke then, and all of my previous feelings and emotions of sadness were gone. I continued to feel the love and peace of my dream. I feel strongly that my Savior, Jesus Christ, brought me peace that day through my dream. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (John 14:27).
