I had a dream last night where I cried at the end and actually woke up crying. The dream...in a nut shell...I was with my family (mom, dad, aunts, and so on.) We were sitting in a room together and my grandma was not physically sitting next to me but I felt like she was there. (My grandma passed away this past February and we were pretty close.) Anyway, I got into an argument with my mother. Ironically, (in real life) four years ago on Easter I was at my grandmas house where my mom and I got into an heated argument in front of my family. My grandma was sitting next to me and helped to try and resolve the issue. In my dream from last night, the argument was real intense as well. At the end of the argument and the dream I started thinking about Christmas coming up, the first one without my grandma and I just started crying. Then I woke up...crying. I have never had a dream like this before. Any thoughts on this? If you need more information let me know.

Welcome to the forum!

Since the dream mimicked what happened in reality, this could mean you have some unresolved issues. Have you reconciled with your mother? Resolving any issues that can be would be a good start to the new year and make your grandma proud. You'll have sweet dreams too!

Yes, my mother and I have a pretty decent relationship now. It just sort of happened. I got married a few months after the Easter blow up and we have gotten along pretty much ever since.

The blow up was due to my grandma telling my mom that she had been paying for my college education. My parents didn't pay for me to go to college and my grandma picked up the bill and when my mom finally found out what had been going on (right before I graduated) she belw up.

I read somewhere that grandparents that appear in yor dreams who have passed represent protection. I am really interested in the crying part and how I woke up actually crying.

It's not that unusual for the emotions in your dreams to spill over when you wake up. Maljonic has sometimes woken up laughing because he was laughing in the dream ha just had. Sometimes I've woken up extremely angry, and I have no memory of what I was dreaming or why it made me angry. So it wouldn't be strange for you to sad/crying in a dream and wake up still crying.