Do You Remember Your Dreams After Awakening from Sleep?

I have a rich dreaming life. I dream in color, in detail and sometimes dream lucidly, which means being aware that a dream is just a dream while it's happening.

I recently wrote about going to Price's store in Clover as a child, and soon after found myself dreaming about the store. In the dream I walked in the front door and out the back without stopping or speaking to anyone, but as I went out the back I turned to examine the screen door to see if it had changed over the decades. I then looked at the gravel on the back drive with dismay, remembering how hard it had been on a child's bare feet.

I was hesitant to write about dreaming because it's a subject not always taken seriously, even though we all do it. Some people say they don't dream, but do they dream and just not remember it?

Elias Howe's Invention Came From A Dream

I've read the story of how Elias Howe, Jr. who patented the first proper lockstitch sewing machine ever, got the idea from a dream about Indians. I've read two versions of the dream; a Childcraft Encyclopedia told the story of Indians throwing spears with holes at the end of them, giving him the idea for the needle.

But according to Alex I. Askaroff's "Home of the Sewalot Site" website, in his dream, Howe watched Indians shoot arrows through cloth and then draw the threads through. Upon awakening, he rushed to his workshop to work on the sewing machine, and ultimately became a wealthy man.

Whatever the details were, it appears the idea came from a dream. Howe had been working on the needle for years, so he must have had the idea in his mind; the dream just helped him to see the obvious.

What Do My Daughters Dream?

I often wonder what my daughters are dreaming, but since both are mentally disabled I have no way of knowing. Lindsay doesn't have the vocabulary to respond, and when I ask Megan she just grins and says she doesn't know.

I've wanted to get into Lindsay's head so much that I've dreamed I was Lindsay. In the dream as Lindsay, I had a seizure and people were trying to help me, and I wanted to be left alone, simply because people didn't understand what it was like. Of course, I was actually in my own head, not hers.

Common Dreams

I think most people can identify with common dreams such as flying or having all their teeth fall out. I dream quite often of spending hours in the grocery store, even though I have someone waiting on me. Actually, that sometimes happens in real life, but thankfully, not for hours.