My grandmother influenced me so deeply.
And it can be a way of healing.
My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.
The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.
So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.
I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.