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.

off the dress today after the final alterations.”

“Perfect,” Mark said with obvious satisfaction. “So you’ll try it on this afternoon, and tomorrow night everything will be absolutely flawless.”

We ate breakfast in relative silence. Mark scrolled through news on his phone, occasionally making brief comments about weather or traffic or politics. I nodded continue reading …