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.

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“Please, try it on for me,” Ms. Reed requested with professional courtesy. “I just want to make absolutely certain everything fits exactly right.”

I nodded and stepped behind the privacy screen in the corner. I removed my casual clothes and carefully slipped the dress on, feeling the cool silk lining against my skin. The zipper glided continue reading …