Father's Day
After my experience with viral encephalitis, I had many lasting side effects. One of the worst was a disrupted sleep schedule. Either I couldn't fall asleep, because as soon as I started to, I would panic and jolt awake, or I would wake up every hour or so throughout the entire night. I was tired all the time, and all I wanted to do was sleep. Waking up in the morning was tough too, as I felt like I could sleep the entire day. After a few weeks, things weren't changing. I was having trouble concentrating during the day, and I was becoming more and more panicked when I would fall asleep at night. With the whole ordeal, the middle of the night was when all the effects of the encephalitis had occurred. However, one night, things changed. I had trouble falling asleep as usual, but near morning, I had a dream. Now usually I don't remember much of my dreams, especially after I wake up for the day. But this dream was different. I was dreaming that I was with a bunch of family, cel...