Dear Lauri,
Last night I dreamed that my friends were waiting on me but I couldn't get my shoes to fit! None of them would fit as I tried several different pair. Then I bought a pair and they broke.  I just couldn't get my shoes on! What does this mean?   - Lori, Coucil Bluffs, IA

Dear Lauri,
I have been having lots of vivid dreams lately. Most recently was the other night when I was staying over at a guys' house I was interested in. It was a frustrating night but when I finally did fall asleep, I dreamt my whole family came over to his house and set up shop, so to speak. I ended up having to babysit my younger siblings while my parents were in the backyard having some kind of grill out with his parents and brother. When my family left they had more or less trashed the place, leaving me to clean up. Another dream, just last night, involved me picking up my sister from a bar. There was some sort of tension. In between picking her up, I went to the movies. - Noah

Dear Lauri,
Last night I dreamed of driving around a neighborhood and there were several circular depressed areas in some of the front yards exposing concrete and I thought, “Oh my, SINK HOLES everywhere!”   - Patti 55, St. Pete, FL

Dear Lauri,
I was standing in our kitchen (I am in a wheelchair).  I heard a knock on the door.  I could see a man was standing there. There was something I did not like about him but for some reason I opened the door and he shot me in the chest. I was thrown across the room and I started disappearing.   I saw another figure in a cloak who had a gentle feel about him and had come to collect me. Then I woke up.   - Saxon 62, Devon, UK

Dear Lauri,
I dreamed that my oldest daughter and I were in my kitchen washing meat. After a few minutes she asked me what kind of meat we were washing and freezing. I said I didn't know, then reached over and picked up a "human shoulder!"   - Catherine 36, Saltillo, MS

Dear Lauri,

Almost every night I dream that friends, family and co-workers tell me I'm going to die. But then in my dream I wake up and everyone is disappointed and sometimes mad that I didn't die! What is going on?         
– DeeDee 42, Salt Lake City, UT



Dear Lauri,


Last night in my dream I cut all of my hair off. I just stood there with a scissors, hacking away at my almost waist length hair until it was about 2 inches long. I wasn't even in front of a mirror to be sure it was straight. Strange. What could this mean?   – Barbara 38, Oshkosh WI



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