The dream interpretation tactic that works best for me is based on the principle that it's the feeling you have in the dream that is important -- that's what connects to your real life. You say that this was a very emotional dream for you. That's a good thing. Try to go back and see what you were FEELING in the dream, whether at a certain, brilliantly clear point, or the pervasive feeling throughout. A lot of times, I can only get to what I was feeling in the dream if I am describing it out loud to someone, and I specifically force myself to speak about an event in the dream then say, "and I felt....(whatever the emotion was)." I'm telling you, it works every time -- whatever that feeling is always correlates directly to something that's going on in my life.

Let me know if it works for you.