was. she had on a long dark brown coat similar to one i’d seen as a child. approaching her i leaned over with a kiss. her face was cool and almost felt as if she had whiskers. i don’t understand it, but i know that it was my dream. i felt no emotions. dreams can be strange like that as we all know. she was smiling and i can’t recall, if any, the conversation. i mostly remember her smiling at me and the touch that i recall above. in that same dream sequence i saw a man who was a used car salesman and was showing me an old car 