... a devastating dream over the weekend that our baby, who has long passed, was full of ticks (although in the dream, bizarrely, they appeared as tiny winged creatures; something akin to flying ants). i stood him in a bowl of water, with his head exposed, and the insects began to climb out over the bowl, onto me..

he stood there, calmly, waiting for it all to pass -- exactly the opposite of anything he would have done in reality

i awoke in a panic, googled instructions for removing ticks, and minutes later, dreamt that i told you all about this