Ursula Hegi

That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.

What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.