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Last night was the first time (in years) that I told myself, 'remember your dreams' as I feel asleep last night and actually did, some. Before I get into what I recall from my dream, I had spent quite some time poking around on this site yesterday and came across a Dream Telepathy forum that talked about looking for golden/glowing objects in your dream. So, not sure if this was just a coincidence from having read about those objects or if I was able to discern it more clearly because it had been brought to my awareness... Either way, I came across such an object last night but, being that I am a novice, I had no control to look deeper or to distinguish that I was even dreaming in the first place. The first bits are somewhat fuzzy and come back to me more as feelings than visuals. What I do recall, however, is being with my mom, step-dad, and younger sister and I think we were in a room. I sort of have an image of my mom giving me an unpleasing stare. Next I remember walking out into a rectangular patch of field, perhaps in someone is backyard, and it was fall since there were dead leaves and fallen branches. It was dusk and growing darker so I started to fidget with this small, wiry light which consisted of small lights at the end of the bendable wires, spreading the wires more apart so that the light would fan out some. I was setting it up to distract the bugs (mosquito's) from me while I worked. As I was placing it in the air, my old roommates dog was snapping at the air with his teeth as though trying to catch and eat the bugs. *I had also read in the DT forum that dogs make wonderful dream 'stalkers' to alert of things you should be paying attention to. Next, I picked up this tree branch that had fallen and was fanned out with the tiny branches and dead leaves so I could swat at the bugs and spiderwebs. I then noticed my younger sister outside with me and she warned me of a giant spider around me. I was swatting and swatting and then woke up. During the last few moments of being outside, though, I felt the presence of a man standing off to the side, watching. Perhaps, my step-dad? Perhaps, my boyfriend? Perhaps, someone else? Anyhow, I am not entirely sure what any of that means but I look forward to seeing more glowing/golden objects (if that was such a one) and having the wherewithal to know what to do. Also, I welcome anyone who may have some insight on this to comment, thank you. Practice makes perfect, right?