Oh god I just had the worst dream, I think I'd actually call it a nightmare and I haven't had one of those in forever.
At first, it wasn't bad. My was visiting my family, and my dad was there, all healthy (he died recently after a long battle with ALS where he ended up 100% paralyzed and unable to breathe without a machine), and my mom was apparently in for some routine procedure. My siblings were there, and my girlfriend, and for some reason my ex and her mom came over. In the dream I was aware our equitable distribution court date was next Friday, like it really is, but she was actually being really cool. She and my girlfriend met and everything was friendly, and she was being helpful around the house. I started to feel like maybe this was going to go peacefully and well.
Then we got a call and it was the doctor, they said my mom had suddenly died during the procedure. It was like a shock wave. I realized I had no parents anymore. My mom had died. My mom had died. I didn't get to say goodbye. I started crying my eyes out and just yelling No, no, no. I was running through the house and just consumed by grief. My sister and I were crying, I was saying to her that I thought we had so much more time, I never got to say goodbye. I was thinking back to the last time I talked to her... it didn't feel like enough. I thought about how I was the oldest person in the family now. I thought about inheritance and then felt guilty. It was so intense, the grief, it felt so real, unlike most dream emotions that feel distant.
Then I thought, wait a minute... how is it that my dad gave me this news? Why am I thinking he's gone but he is downstairs, healthy? I must be dreaming. Then I woke up and I was so glad I could wake up and have it be a dream.