Hi @gbemidwolf. Thanks for sharing your story in The Ink Well. Hopefully you are getting acquainted with our community, since you are new here. Be sure to read our community rules, which you can find at the top of The Ink Well community home page. There is some important information. For example, we ask everyone who posts in The Ink Well to read and comment on the work of at least two other writers in the community.
Regarding your story, you might be interested in an article from our catalog of fiction writing tips, which describes why we do not recommend ending a story by saying it was all just a dream.
Welcome, and keep writing.