THE DREAM I was walking along a pier with my husband and son. I was walking ahead of them. I assumed my husband my walking along side my son holding his hand, but my he was walking ahead of my son. My son wasn't paying attention to where he was walking and bumped into a post that was on the edge of the pier, lost his balance and fell into the water. The water was calm but my son was drifting away quickly. I screamed for my husband to jump in after him but my husband couldn't catch up. A strange man jumped off the bridge and saved my son from drowning.

THE REALITY The dreamers husband worked long hours and he was not really as close to his son as the dreamers wished he could be. She felt that he could make more effort with her son.

THE INTERPRETATION Most people look at a dream and get too involved in the factual story line. With this dream they might concentrate on the drowning. Actually a dreams meaning often links to the related emotions and thoughts. This dream revolves around the phrase "My husband is not there at vital times for my son." The dream invents a situation where the dreamers son gets into real danger and the dreamers husband is not in a position to help him. So embedded in the dream are themes like "My husband works hard but he hardly sees our son."

Most people might ask questions like "we don't live near a bridge like that?" or "Why would I dream about something like that when my son swims well anyway?" This story of a drowning is just a vehicle to express this emotion "My husband is never there at vital times."

DREAM MEANING The dream captures the following feeling within the dreamer - "I feel my husband needs to try harder with our son. I know he works long hours. But there are times when my son will need the help of his father. There are always moments when we cannot cope and need the guiding hand of a father"