I've read that dreaming about deer is good, but what if one of the deer bit me on the elbow? I think it has something to do with a custody situation I'm in(stated below the description of my dream).

Here's what I dreamed: I was on a snowy, fairly steep hill with a bunch of other people, I didn't know them. It was crowded. We seemed to be waiting for a show to start(at the bottom of the hill) but nothing was happening, everyone was just standing around(I was near the back of the crowd). I got tired of waiting, and bored, and started skiing down the hill without skis, just wearing a pair of flat-bottomed brown shoes. People moved out of the way for me and were watching. They seemed to be impressed by my skiing and I was telling them that I could ski well(I can). I fell at the bottom of the hill the first time down(but landed on the ground sort of gracefully), the second time... it got blurry... I planned to stop perfectly and was going over in my head how to do it and knew that I could... my new boyfriend suddenly appeared in the dream, following me and trying to ski... he was also impressed by my skiiing and I wanted to show him my perfect landing on my feet at the bottom so he could also see how to stop when skiiing.

Next thing I know, I am walking off from the crowd and came across a family of deer. I saw the baby deer first and start playing and cuddling with it. I was worried that the parents would be near by and be upset by this. I then saw the father and mother deer. The father approached first and was very friendly, he started rubbing noses with me in an affectionate manner. The mother deer approached next and seemed friendly at first, but then she bit me on my right elbow, leaving a bright red 'S' shaped mark(it didn't bleed).

I left where the deer were and went back to the crowd, all still standing around, but they didn't seem to be waiting for something like they had been earlier. I don't recall seeing my boyfriend when I got back. I tried to show people the mark left by the deer and tell them that it bit me, but everyone acted like it was no big deal and just ignored me.

I'm wondering if the dream has something to do with a court decision that I am preparing to appeal(I lost custody of my 2 children after a 2 year battle). I've changed my life style somewhat to conform to what is acceptable by the courts. Although, I still believe that I have always been an excellent mother and should be allowed to live my life and raise my children the way I want to raise them as long as they are safe, happy and loved(which the courts agree that they were). They are claiming that my children are "at risk for" neglect or abuse because of my lifestyle.

I feel like the dream is a premonition of what will happen with the appeal, but I'm not sure what????!!!! Help!!!

That's a hard question to answer without writing a book here. I work for myself from my own talents and abilities.... if this requires sacrifices, so be it. If there is anything about my current situation that I don't like, I change it(considered unstable by many). I don't agree with having possessions that would prevent me from doing this.

I don't feel comfortable saying much more, this is the Internet and I am in the middle of a custody battle....

Hi Bobbilynn. I am sorry that you are going through such a stressful time in your life, and I hope everything works out for you and your children.

I'm not going to vote because I can't predict the future. The only way I could possibly make even an educated guess about what was going to happen would be if I had a good understanding of what the details of your situation are (I understand completely why you don't want to reveal that over the internet) and had a knowledge of the custody laws where you live.

I don't believe that dreams can predict the future; however, they can give very good advice and guide you toward the right path in life.

I will go back and study your dream in further depth later.

In the meantime, I think the best thing you can do is think about how you can prove to a judge that your children would be better off with you than with anyone else. I'm not an attorney, so I don't feel comfortable giving any more specific legal advice.

Good luck.

So, what does the dream mean?

Fair enough. But, what does the dream mean then? If it's not a premonition of the future?

I decided to go ahead and answer your questions, maybe it will help me work through whatever my dream are trying to tell me.

When you say 'sacrifices', do you mean towards your children?
I mean that I quit working outside my home to be with the kids full time. We have had to live meagerly, but I know a lot about nutrition, my kids never minded eating plain oatmeal or beans and rice and drinking water. They never went hungry and I made sure they had proper nutrition, but my refrigerator and cupboards were never full.

Are the reason the court thought there was risk of ‘neglect and abuse’ no longer there?
I don't even know where they came up with up that, it was phrased neglect OR abuse. It seems they thought I was too strict with them or expected too much of them, my daughter could sew at age 3, for example.

Yes, the reasons are gone, I suppose. They thought my ideas were crazy and unrealistic, but my Internet businesses took off and I can now live comfortably on the residual income, no more beans and rice. How can they still think they were crazy ideas when it worked? You really can make money by giving things away and I proved it.

Why do you want your children back?
I love them, since the day they left, it hurt, an undescribable pain. It's is said that time can heal all pain, but after these years, I still feel the same, like someone put a dagger through my heart and they just keep twisting it around in there. I am an empty person without them. My boyfriend says he only has about 1/4 of me.

Why do you feel they are better with you than where they are now?
I am their mother and they want to be with me as much as I want to be with them. I want to share the blessings I have received with them, take them places and teach them about the world. Right now, they are not being taken care of well, in my eyes. Their eating habits are terrible, my son has become addicted to video games...

Well, this message board is about dreams, seems we got a little off topic!