Dreams

From his reading for one of his classes, K tells me that children around J's age start having nightmares because they are beginning to grasp the concept of mortality.

We are so living this right now.

J wakes up in the middle of the night from a nightmare with all too much regularity. He'll cry and scream, sometimes (not always) waking E up in the process too.

A couple of nights ago he gave me the most lucid explanation so far, even though he was crying and could only explain haltingly.

My best friend dropped into the water! My puppet, Tung (this was what it sounded like to me, I still have no idea what he was talking about), fell into water! Mom, how to get him back? He's my best friend, Mom! *followed by more wails*

For the record, we don't have a puppet named Tung at home.