CAI AND CLAIRE-AGES 28 & 29. BLISS, IDAHO
'Dismantle and rebuild (the urge to destroy is a creative urge, a natural reset) build a home in you, a home in me. Together home is always growing, always being redefined-dismantled, and rebuilt. We see each other; we
ALEXANDER AND GRACE AGES 26 & 28-DENVER, COLORADO.
'We hold this together with our bare bodies, hands, and hearts.
Lavishly and somewhat simple, we found this love between us one day, and we are grateful for it every day. '
ANNA AND RUBY-AGES 21 & 22 PORTLAND, OREGON.
ANNA, AGE 21
'As I move through each era of myself, I fall increasingly in love with the new version. Loving myself wholly and aggressively is the most radical thing I've ever done.
RUBY AGE 22
'I am fulfilled by the concept that love is a spectrum, whether romantic, platonic, or somewhere in between.
After a lonely childhood, I have finally found my place in this new chapter of life that gives me comfort and joy that I have never experienced before."
BECKY & DAVE AGES 65 - MADRID, NEW MEXICO
'We felt the weight of responsibility for our children for decades. Now we are on our own. Our empty nest has reawakened the joy of freedom we had as youths.'
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