And many times something I would tell her would just bounce off her because she just wasn’t capable of listening. Only later I would find her to be embracing whatever idea or information I shared earlier with her like it was her own unique discovery!

Ha ha, this sounds like my gran, who has also passed away.

I don't know the complete meaning of your dream Cindy. But elements of it tell us somethings.

You're mother's excited adoption of steem could reflect either your excitement, or lack off, for steem. It depends how you view your mother 😉 Dream analysts say that 90% of the time the people in your dreams are actually just facets of yourself dressed up as other people.

The little kitschy gifts seem to refer to your thoughts about your contest:

As I drifted off I thought about my upcoming contest and toyed with amounts for the prizes and bounty I want to assign to the September contest round.

After all, what is a contest on steem, if not a way of giving back to those who've supported your blog. Your subconscious just painted the steem gifts, as kitschy gifts. What this means to you, I do not know.

🤣 Dream analysis over 😉

In fact, it was early this morning before I did finally go to sleep.

Lol, I'm writing this at 5am after waking from a nightmare that I wouldn't even put up on steem. Something to do with a mafia boss forging me to eat maggots 😳🤢

Did I tell you I write horror stories too 🤣
Gonna try and get back to sleep now.

P.s. in glad my post inspired you. There is no bigger compliment in this world for a writer than to have inspired someone.