Corral

I often say when it's time to leave a place: "I need to corral all of my kids!" I looked at the definition; of the multiple meanings, one is "to gather up."

Lately, I've been dreaming regularly of this beautiful brown horse. The horse is always on the loose, having always wondered from its stall. And in my dream, my task is always to get near to the horse and encourage it to return. Almost as if there's a magnetic draw, something "clicks" the moment the horse and I meet eyes, and the horse follows me back to its home.

Is this a message? A reminder of my role as mom? Certainly has been giving me pause.