The First Time She Heard Niagara
Maria Esperanza had seen photographs her whole life. She had watched documentaries, read travel blogs, even purchased the tickets months in advance. But nothing —...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 29.
Maria Esperanza had seen photographs her whole life. She had watched documentaries, read travel blogs, even purchased the tickets months in advance. But nothing — absolutely nothing — prepared the thirty-four-year-old schoolteacher from Tucson for the moment she stepped onto the observation deck at Niagara Falls in July of 2019. She heard it before she saw it. A low, ceaseless roar that vibrated through the concrete railing and into her palms.…
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