Would be great to hear everyone's thoughts on my crazy dream.

Some background:

Michell is a born again Christian. She preaches to me almost everyday. She is a wonderful lady who cares about animals as much as I do. She also give Wendy and I a lift to work and back everyday. Wendy lives in one of the many houses on the farm where we also stay.


Dennis is my husband who has been unemployed since December 2013. We have a possible opportunity to relocate for a fantastic job for the both of us and a fresh start. Hayley and Lily are my 2 youngest daughters.


Francois is my biological brother. I was adopted when I was a little baby and found my biological mother and that I have a younger brother and sister.


Started with something to do with a ring and the main stone had fallen out and had rolled into the water, I gave the ring to a woman who I was familiar with but I could not see her face or anything so I don’t know who she was. I was going to go find the stone later for myself. It was a public place, with a man made dam with restaurants along the side of the dam. Francois was there and asked the woman where she got the ring. Then he asked me where the stone was, I said I didn't know. Even though I knew where it had fallen in. I said I would help look. And we were suddenly in a hospital looking for the stone from the ring. Then it cut to the dream of the river.


Michell was driving and taking Wendy and I home. In Michell’s car. The area was familiar to me (in dream) but was not the area I currently live or and area I know. I was sitting in the front with Michell, Wendy was sitting behind Michell. We came to a fork in the road, the one to the right curved slightly up. The one on the left curved slightly down and ran alongside a river. Michell stopped briefly at the fork and said "I'm trying to decide which way will be faster." The was lots of green grass all over and houses in front of us on the road to the left. She took the road to the left along the bank of the river. There was a box of puppies in the car, we had taken to the vet and a mommy dog (no idea where they were in the car.). As we started on the road to the left I looked into the river and saw 2 police vans driving and then sinking, one had a ladder strapped to the side. I turned to look at Michell and it was Dennis (I was not surprised and we were suddenly in the bakkie) I started to laugh and said "haha look at those stupid police vans sinking" I looked in front of us and saw we were suddenly in the river too. The water is swirling and muddy brown. I said "Strange that it’s so strong, we always cross here" then I saw another police van in front of us slightly to the left, floating in the water and start sinking. Suddenly the bakkie wasn't on the "ground" anymore and we started to sink. Our windows were open so the water came in quickly. Dennis had a little baby, very small I couldn't see the baby just the shape wrapped in a pink blanket, in his arms suddenly, he took her to swim to the surface, I shouted to Wendy to grab Hayley out of her seat behind me but she couldn't get the seatbelt unbuckled. (We were completely under water now) I grabbed Lily who was in her cot (she was under the water standing in her cot, her blankets and things in the cot were moving like they were under water) I realised was no bakkie as such, just Lily in her cot and Hayley sleeping strapped in her car seat behind me. I unbuckled Hayley while holding onto Lily and thought about the puppies I need to save. I "pushed" Hayley and Lily towards the surface (knowing they can’t swim as they are only 2 and 5 and never been taught to swim) and let go of them to turn back for the puppies when I woke up.

Water is often a symbol for the emotions. For example, if the water is calm, it reflects your inner emotional state. In this dream, the water is turbulent, swirling, and muddy. At first, you come upon a dam.
What this tells me is perhaps you are bottling up your emotions rather than releases them, or at least acknowledging them to the point of actually acting upon them in a positive way. The "muddy" water could indicate that you are unclear or confused about something. The fork in the road could be a symbol of this. You're not sure which direction to go in life?
You also lose the ring and the puppies in this confusion. Could these two things be representations of things you hold dear? Do you fear losing something precious or of value?