Several years ago I had a very close friend who was in the hospital with a brain abcess, Rick's condition was critical and he was in a coma. One night I had a dream where Rick came over and said he was going away for awhile and not to worry then he left. When I looked out the window, Rick was gone but his brother Ray waved as he went by on a bike. Ray had been killed in an industrial accident a few years before. The next morning Mike (who was about 10) told me he had a dream: he was playing in the field next to our place and Rick came by. They sat and talked for a bit then Rick told Mike he was going away but everything would be fine. Later that morning his sister called to tell me that Rick died during the night. As it turned out, his sister-in-law had the same dream as we did the same night.

Could that have been Rick's way of saying goodbye?