I had this dream about us.......

Some time after I returned from dad's funeral I had this amazingly vivid dream in which the symbolism (for once) seemed clear.

So here it is as I remember it.

You and I were standing on the beach near the shore just beyond where the waves were breaking. It was a clear windy day. I know this because our hair was blowing around and we both had long sleeves on. We were standing about 8 feet apart with our arms crossed looking toward the ocean. We were not speaking. We were watching Dad out there snorkeling just beyond the sand bar. Remember how much he loved doing that? I guess we were watching him each lost in our own thoughts. I spotted something off to the right and it took me a minute to realize it was a pod of Orcas! I was so excited I immediately started screaming and pointing. Did you know that I have always wanted to see whales in their natural surroundings? Anyway.... I was trying to get Dad's attention because I knew he would be thrilled and I didn't want them to dissapear out to sea without him seeing them too. One of the whales broke off from the pod and was swimming closer to the sandbar toward Dad. Now we were both yelling out to him, you were frightened that he might be injured (inhaled?), I was afraid that he would miss the whale sighting. At this point he raised his head so that his mask was out of the water and looked toward the shore. He noticed us pointing toward the whale and looked in the direction that we were gestering. He saw the lone Orca heading toward him and the pod in the near distance, gave a huge smile and wave and turned toward the whales. The lone whale swam back toward the pod and Dad followed him. We watched for several minutes until they all dissapeared
Dad was gone. We were left standing on the shore arms crossed defensively across our chests, still far enough apart to prevent conversation.
And here we are in real life still standing just far enought apart to prevent intimate conversation arms crossed defensively across our chests.