The Wonder in an Acorn

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
Dec 6, 2023
1 min read

Published in Issue 1 of From the Ground Up.

"Imagine with me: what if we offered the places where we live an unflinching, unfailing, unconditional love? The sort of love a mother gives her child. What if we then acted on behalf of that love?"

Read the full essay here.

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