Sarah shares with us the final chapter in Isabella's story, bringing up many years into the future. Isabella is still living next to the big tree behind the dike, and the marsh is still there on the other side, stronger than ever. Her love for the marsh has grown even more over the years into a career, and it all started because of that little message she found in a bottle. What she doesn't know is that another letter is sitting in her mailbox, just waiting for her to come home.

Sarah and Connor are joined for this final episode by Pim to continue the conversation about the future of our salt marshes and to examine the metaphors we use when we talk about our relationship with the sea.

This series was developed and produced by the Story Engineer, Connor McMullen, as is distributed in collaboration with the Dutch International Storytelling Centre.

The Living Dikes Project is a consortium of Universities, research institutes, and Dutch Water Boards and provinces. In this episode we hear from Sarah Dzimballa, a PhD Candidate at the University of Twente and Pim Willemsen is a Researcher at Deltares with expertise in sludged coastal ecosystems, Nature-based Solutions and ecosystem services for climate adaptation and mitigation.

Special thanks to the sound artists whose Creative Commons sounds and recordings helped bring our stories to live. Most of the birds, animals, and nature sounds you hear in these stories are from the collection of Klankbeeld, the Dutch Sound Museum.