This year, a poem will be etched on Nasa’s spacecraft, which will travel 1.8 billion miles to the second moon of Jupiter. “In Praise of Mystery” by Ada Limon, America’s poet laureate, describes what connects us to one another in the dark expanse of space.  She cries,

“O second moon, we, too, are made
of water, of vast and beckoning seas.

We, too, are made of wonders, of great
and ordinary loves, of small invisible worlds,
of a need to call out through the dark.”

On this day of storytelling, poetry, silence and a simple art expression, we will explore the wonders we share as women veterans.  As we reverence the wonders of our resilient spirits, we will continue to illuminate the “moral injury” we hold with our dark-shadowed world. We will call out our presence and our truth in the darkness of our times, recognizing that “to point outward is also to point inward.”

This program is offered free of charge.  Some transportation assistance is available.  Please contact programs@cranaleith.org.