I believe emotions are like energy "messengers"... they richly inform us of what really, really matters most. What you have experienced is a parent's waking nightmare - a deeply vulnerable, helpless and fearful thing.Your dreaming mind's metaphor captured so poignantly those emotions. Sometimes though fear can get out of control, overwhelming and intrusive. How you make meaning of your experience, your emotional messages, and your dreams can prevent fear and vulnerability from getting too big to handle. Your dream consciousness can be used to transmute and requalify your experience too.

Ask yourself - what have you learned about love from this experience? What have you learned about how strong and resilient your daughter is - and that you are? What have you come to be grateful for having lived this? What can you give to your self, your child, your family and others who are afraid knowing what you know now? Focus on these things actively and mindfully and you will have turned fear inside out. Meditate on turning fear and see what you dream.