How to see dad in my dream

 I have found out a way to see my dad in my dream recently.

I have my dad's picture at my bedroom mirror.

I have small LED candle lights that will flicker that I bought from Amazon set up near the picture.

I have placed a small plant near the mirror.

Before going to sleep, I will turn off the light in the room and turn on the LED candle lights and close the bedroom door to make sure it's all quiet.

I will remember the great times I have with my dad and say it out these happy times and thank him.

I will thank him for his love and for being who he is and for my happy childhood.

I will thank him for being so generous with us, which is something I should learn from him now that I am a mom.  

I will tell him I love him and I wish him well even he is no longer in this world.

I will let my tears flow and I will fill my heart with gratefulness and love for my dad.

I will stay quiet for some more time and just let myself immerse in my thoughts of him.  

When I am ready, I will turn off all the LED lights and go to bed.

That night, I indeed saw my dad when he is still in good health.

My mom, my brother and I took him to somewhere as we checked-in to a hotel.

He was wearing a suit jacket and he was telling me now he's not used to wearing a suit top, even though he has been wearing one during his 40 years of corporate life being a Director in a Japanese company.

I told him this suit like top is much thinner and softer so it's not really a suit top.  And it looks good on him.  

We kept on walking and went to a restaurant inside the hotel to have Shabu Shabu.  Or was it Sukiyaki?  I could not remember.  But it was some good family time!!

After that, we walked to a place, also within the hotel, to what seemingly a reserved appointment for sauna and massage.  Something my dad has always loved!  I thought I have forgotten about that but subconsciously I still remember that and it appeared in my dream to remind me!  How amazing our subconscious could be!

While my dad went in for this appointment, my mom talked to the lady there who seemed to be the owner.  She is maybe 5-10 years younger than my mom and was very hospitable.  They talked about something from the past, their experiences when they were younger.  

Then I remember my brother saying, "The beef we just had was not the best."  (That's actually how I remembered my brother was actually in my dream!). My mom was so smooth that she quickly changed the subject with the owner maybe worried that she also own or know the owner of the restaurant.  She moved on to talking about her experiences in Japan.  

I think I have everyone right in my dream.  What they are like and what they will say... well, at least according to me.  

I have also dreamed of my dad multiple times before that, while my mom said she has not even once saw my dad in her dream after he passed.

The following are some short memories from my dreams:

1.  I saw dad waiting at a bus stop near my brother's primary school with a bunch of other people also waiting at the bus stop.  I did not talk to my dad but more like an observing from some distance seeing the scene.

2.  I dreamed that my mom and I were on a road trip with dad to visit an older couple.  After the seemingly long drive, we arrived at their house which is very open, very Japanese, wooden countryside like with large openings with not glass as the windows.  We sat with them and chat over tea.  Then my dad fell asleep (as he used to do in his late years) and we just kept on talking with the couple and let me dad sleep.  

3.  In my dream, I saw dad asking me why his forehead's skin is peeling.  And I saw indeed there are white dry skin peeling on his forehead.  He tried to rub off the dried skin but they it started to thinned the skin and turned red and bloody.  I felt so sad and woke up still feeling sad.

I hope I will see my dad more often in my dream.  I regret I have not told him how much I really love him and how much I want to thank him for being my dad.  But I hope he will feel and sense it in another "world" and is "living" as his younger, stylish, intelligent self.