Water is patient

April has come back from her road trip through the states. She worked on her quilt in the van while Andy drove. They went down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and then across to California and then north up to Vancouver. By the time they return to Montreal, they will have driven 20,000 km. She's getting ready to finish the edges.

Water flows.
When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress.
Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you.
But water always goes where it wants to go.
Water is patient.
Remember that, my child.
Remember you are half water.

from the Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood