Arizona
Arizona holds canyon country in the north and the Sonoran Desert in the south, and the people who live there learn to read the sky. How you have made a life in this landscape is worth putting into words.
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Where were you when the first monsoon storm finally broke after a long dry spell?
A photo of the Grand Canyon never quite captures what you felt at the rim, but your words can. ToldForward asks one question each day, and you can type your answer or dictate it on your device when typing feels like too much. Little by little, your Arizona takes shape, held privately until the people you name receive it.
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Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park covers more than 1.2 million acres, and the Colorado River has been cutting down through the Colorado Plateau there for five to six million years. Some people see it once. Others keep going back, to show a friend, to hike a little farther, to watch the light change on the rock. When did you first stand at the rim? Who was beside you? Describe what you felt, because a photo never quite captures it, and your words can.
Every summer the monsoon arrives, bringing thunderstorms, lightning and the chance of flash floods, and the season runs through September 30. After a long dry spell, that first storm can feel like a party. What do you remember about storm season? A flooded wash, the lights flickering out, a porch where you sat and watched the lightning? Details like these make your Arizona unmistakably yours, and they are a joy to read years later.
On both sides of Tucson, Saguaro National Park protects the nation's largest cacti, and saguaros grow in only a small part of the United States. If you have lived among them, you know each one seems to have its own shape and personality. People are the same way. What shaped you here? Who helped you put down roots in the desert, and what do you hope the generations after you will understand about it?
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