What does it mean when you dream of your dead father and his grave is empty?

Dreaming of a loved one who has died is a normal part of the grieving process. The subconscious mind tends to create stories and scenariOS that excuse the loved one's absence, in an effort to convince one's self that the death is not real or perhaps only temporary. In this dream, the mind has created the image of an empty grave as a means of denying the reality of the father's death.