row row row your boat

It's scientifically proven all humans dream. But not all humans remember their dreaming. I'm one of those humans. I've probably had dreams I'm aware I've had less than 25 times in the last 8 years, and ones I remember? Less than ten. And most of those are my stories/Star Wars related. Things that I'm okay with.

When I was little, I did have dreams that I remembered often. But they either scared me or I just didn't like them.

"No," I probably told myself. "You're not going to dream about this, you're going to dream about this."

I picked and chose and rearranged and took my mild CDO OCD tendencies out in my own head till there was almost nothing dream-wise left to mess with. Sometimes, I feel sad about it. But most of the time? I keep in mind life is but a dream. Sometimes a nightmare, yes--but mostly but a dream. And one day, we're all going to wake up.

xoxo | annika

Belated

When I was little, I thought that on your birthday--exactly on your birthday--you leveled up. You got smarter, stronger, taller, just like that. I know better now. I know growing up is a gradual, yet quick thing. One minute you're ten, and then the next you're twelve. Or fourteen. It's crazy. 365 days gone in a flash; four, five, six times in a row. I also know that it's our job to make the most of those days, though gone in the aforementioned flash they may be.

So yeah. Happy belated birthday to me.

xoxo | annika