Last night I dreamt about moving a couch and stepping in some little shards of glass. As I was pulling them out, more kept on appearing. –Patty, Oregon City, OR

Lauri: Moving the couch may mean you are rearranging your schedule. A couch is for relaxing, so are you trying to rearrange your schedule so that you can have more down time? The broken glass is likely something in your life or even someone in your life that is fragile. Has anything or anyone sort of fallen apart recently? Your foot is your ability to put your foot down and stand firm. Pulling the glass out suggests you are trying to remove something from your life or from your routine right now.

Patty replies: All of that makes sense. I just found out two days ago that I will be out of the house this next term, two nights a week. So I had to make sure my daughter would be taken care of before I registered. My son is fragile right now. He is 19 and is having some emotional growing pains. This also happened two days ago. He fell apart while I was at work. So while I tried to be supportive, I was very firm with him about getting part-time work. We sat down that night and made an action plan just for the next day. I told him we would do the action plan every night as needed. So not only am I trying to get used to my routine, I am also trying to help my son with his.