In a dream, she says to me, “Have I told you you’re wonderful, today?” But it is just a dream. When I am in my right mind, I am alone, and she is nowhere near. It is of mine, though, to dream that dream; this I have felt in my bones. Somewhere above, there was a command to me: “Try it: believe in something until it comes true.” And it was no easy thing that was laid out before me. At times I felt the doubt slipping in, the despair at the edges of my conscience. Perhaps I buckled at the weight of the uncertainty, once or twice. But I have kept the faith, as best I could, and I believe it still. The dream reminds me just of what I hope for, tells me this is no mere wish fantasy. It has been a long time I have held this, though only in my own eyes; in the eye of destiny, it has only been a blink since this was given to me. So what I must learn from this, may I learn. And keep on.