Woke up in tears over a dream

Of course I came to the right place to post this and I’ll try to make it short. Last night I had a dream I was interviewing candidates for a job. I was walking the first interviewee out when I saw her. A previous work friend that had unfortunately died almost 4 years ago.

Even though I’m married, me and this woman became good friends at our job and we became close. When she died, it crushed me. She had a disease that finally took her life. I spoke at her funeral, choking on my words through trying to fight back tears.

In my dream she smiles at me and I give her the biggest hug and tell her that I’ve missed her. I felt this warmth throughout my body as if she was really present. She never says a word to me, but I get this feeling that she’s okay. Then she pulls away and I wake up crying.
I’m not sure what’s out there after death but dammit I feel better about it after this dream.

TL/DR. Dead coworker visits me in my dream. Felt real.

Also. No I did not have an affair with this woman, but we bonded over a shite job and she became my work wife. Yes my wife knew about her.