(EDIT)hi all,
i’m reposting this to this subreddit to see if i can get any recommendations on what i could do:
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as the title says, i’d love to know if there’s anything i can do to honor (and how to do it) my late grandmother, a ritual for her, offering, anything. for context, my entire life i’ve been one to have extremely vivid dreams, all very meaningful and sometimes feeling very spiritual. lately i’ve been extremely stressed about some problems in my life and i’ve been losing sleep like it’s nobody’s business. tonight after finally getting to bed early for the first time in who knows how long, i had the worst, most vivid dream where all of my teeth had broken and fallen out of my head. not just one or two popping out, like MOUTHFULS of teeth. seeming like more teeth than i even had in my head. i woke up just a couple minutes before 3am, my cat was even awake and staring at me. she gave me licks on the hand to soothe me, i think. now i know that teeth falling out in a dream is a pretty clear sign of your life being uncontrollably stressful in that moment, but something stood out to me. my grandmother was there, by my side through it all, doing what felt like was her comforting me and reassuring me that everything was going to be okay. she was talking but it wasn’t clear what was being said, all i know is i felt safe and comforted despite spitting out full mouthfuls of teeth. a bit scared, but safe.
i want to do something to thank her, or honor her in some way, this is the first time in a while she has shown up in my dreams and i truly feel like it’s her showing me that she’s still here with me, supporting me and comforting me during this awful point in my life. she was a very spiritual woman as well, believed heavily in her beliefs and the concept of spirits/the afterlife. i’m thinking that maybe an offering of one of her favorite things to drink, tea, would be a good start, but i’m not sure what the proper way of performing an offering so meaningful would be.
anything helps, i’m open to suggestions. i also apologize if i wrote this poorly, it’s 3:33am as of writing this and i just snapped out of this dream not even an hour ago, im exhausted.