She smiled kinda sadly at me and said "oh babe, I'm sorry, but I can't stay" and then I realized nobody else could see her. And then she just.... disappeared from her seat. The memory of this dream popped into my head tonight and walloped the breath out of my lungs.

We were discussing what we were going to order from Wendy's. I brought up that we could order the Big Bacon Classic, her and I's favorite thing on their menu. She agreed. The dream continued, everyone took their spots... and mom didn't have food. I asked her about her burger.