“You make everything glorious. And I am yours. What does that make me?”
– David Crowder
Here’s what I learned today standing on a beach in Fort Bragg, California: Even if time can’t heal all wounds, it at least can make even the seeming dregs of our lives beautiful. Just add water and an overwhelming force.
While it may seem unbelievable in today’s more environmentally conscious society, for many of the decades of the 20th century, the people of Fort Bragg threw their household garbage over the cliffs and into the sea. They threw their garbage and their old cars and appliances. And they threw their discarded glass bottles. Lots of them.
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