Re: Wow

Hi, Fountain of Youth

Thanks for responding!

I don't consider myself overprotective. And I want my daughter to be her own person and live by HER standards (see e-mail above yours? haha).

*BUT* I do have issues with her outspokenness and defiance. She is totally outspoken and constantly challenges me. This is a trigger for me. I guess I expect her to mind me as her parent but she often challenges me. So this is a lesson to ease up and let her be her and try to be a calm, impartial parent as much as possible. In fact, I realized a while back that she is merely reflecting what I am giving off, so .....like I said, she has been a major catalyst for my self-awareness.

I would say that's great intuition, Fountain of Youth, because she is on my mind a lot, and I hadn't thought about this aspect. This dream is obviously speaking to me about her. I'll have to turn it around and see what it says about me, or those characteristics I see reflected in myself.

Actually, she is the age now that I was when I had a life-changing moment and my mother married my alcoholic step-father and we moved to support his education. It was a real turning point that marked a few years of sad times.... Someone told me your children reaching a certain trigger-point age of yours can bring these issues to the surface.

You know what stood out to me about another detail: Freddie wouldn't confront me 'outside'. He ran away, in fact. Then all of a sudden he was 'inside'. So I took this to mean that he is symbolizing something maybe internal, and not such an external threat. I think I am right.

Also, maybe he came to me as Freddie to get my attention. It was almost real like the first time you see the first Freddie movie, you know, and you're real scared? Then when he 'got inside', the real issue came up: how I deal with aspects of my daughter. Then it hit me and I started crying when I realized what I was doing.

Wow, if we can just crack the code, I'm amazed how much information and insight we can receive. And dreams is just one piece of that, I'm learning.

Thanks for your feedback!!!!

Lori