Normally, when I dream at night, if awakened half way, the next dream would be different when I fall asleep again.

一般上，晚上睡觉做梦，若半途醒来，再睡下去梦境就会不一样。

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When I fall asleep at night, I turn away from gazing at my husband beside me to gaze upon the faces of our children, in plain silver frames on our bedside table (that is, unless one of the three of them has decided to invade our bed, in which case I am gazing at their faces from far too close up).

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All I did when they visited was cry in sympathy for their worry over me, or fall asleep, but after they left I missed them.

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