I woke up mouth dry and heart pounding from a nightmare last night. It felt like a dream of a horrible prophecy directed at my dear ones.

My immediate action was to reach for my phone to see if Mom was online. She wasn’t so I messaged her. She replied shortly after and I called her immediately. She reassured me that nothing was wrong.

Then, still shaky and unable to fall asleep, I used my phone to keep myself occupied because the moment I closed my eyes, those images haunted my vision.

After an hour of flipping and turning, I reluctantly turned on my computer and did some work. then proceeded to catch up with friends who I talk to infrequently because of time zone differences.

A night of nightmare induced insomnia reminded me how much technology has enabled me to live abroad.