I had a similar experience with my father. I think it is a common occurrence and a lot of the experiences are quite similar.
My father had a stroke and was not able to communicate during the final couple of years of his life. He was a good father and family man and loved kids (he was the father of nine). I had a set of twins six months before he died and I knew he would have thought that was really neat. I never knew if he knew that he was the grandfather of twins because of the state he was in before death.
About two months after his death he appeared to me in a dream and like you said, he was his stronger, younger self. The exact opposite of his condition during his final years.
He very briefly told me three things. He said he was happy where he was and not to worry about him. He said he knew about the twin girls and was very happy about them. And finally before he left he told me he loved me very much.
It was so real it was unbelievable. I’ll never forget it.
Isn’t that wonderful? Sometimes, I think they may know that we need a little encouragement from them, and God agrees, so for us weak ones, we are so blessed...
Your dream sounds a lot like mine.
Wow! Another fantastic story.
You two ladies need to read the book “Evidence of an AfterLife by Dr. Jeffrey Long. It has medical stuff in it, but a lot of the stories of near death experiences.
NDEs and their testimonies after coming back to life after being clinically dead.