The Night Before My Birthday, My Late Father Came to Me in a Dream and Said, “Don’t Wear the Green Dress.” The Next Morning, I Saw It — and Realized He’d Been Right to Warn Me.

“I want everyone to see what a beautiful wife I have. No other dress will do for this occasion. This is a special day, and you need to look perfect.”

I had laughed it off, attributing his anxiety to a desire for everything to be flawless. “Of course I’ll wear it,” I had assured him. “How could I not with such a thoughtful gift?”

But something in his continue reading …