To understand what I have done these past few months, I would first have to take you with me to the wide sand beach of
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Here will you find: mistakes, bodies, nutrients, and silver. A column is an obelisk; do not expect this one to keep to the straight and sturdy qualities of its namesake. Likely, there will be foolishness, and on a good day, a point. I have lost my armor. I have taken up the pen.
Sister by Laura Jean Moore
“We have had our own power struggles over the years, but with her I know the pulls and tugs are just a part of how we move forward together. I think of us like two rocks tied by string and hurtling through the air. When we hit something, we go in different directions, but wrap quickly to the same point. Together, we are a weapon. Apart, we are just rocks. I do not mind being a rock, but it is more fun to be a weapon with her.” ~ Laura Jean Moore
A Dark Graceful Wilderness by Laura Jean Moore
“And so my longest running and most successful commitment in this life has been to myself. When I have had no faith in my country, in our culture, or in any place I have traveled or lived, I have had faith in me. When I have not believed a partner could walk beside me anymore, I have still believed that I could keep walking alone.” ~ Laura Jean Moore
Appalachia by Laura Jean Moore
“Homes aren’t always about origins, so much as they are about the place you return to know yourself. ” ~ Laura Jean Moore
Family by Laura Jean Moore
“I frequently think about family, and what family is, because the boundaries of my own family and my household are constantly shifting, and I know few people for whom that is not also their reality.” ~ Laura Jean Moore
Waiting by Laura Jean Moore
“The strange part of waiting for an end is that the waiting is not much different than waiting for a beginning. There is an overwhelming desire to cross over, to be in and past the moment of action.” ~ Laura Jean Moore
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