Stay 731: Seasons

There is nothing beautiful about a neighborhood razed and left for kudzu and vines to swallow trees whole, while grass begins forming veins in the cracks of the abandoned streets. There is nothing beautiful about a lot tended only enough to keep back tall grasses. So when I say I love the patch of abandoned land called Westwood Gardens, I get that it’s kind of weird.

EssaysCourtney SearcyMarch 7, 2016Jackson TN, Tennessee, Stay731, #stay731, Courtney Searcy, Katie Howerton, Westwood Gardens, beauty, light, Midtown Jackson, shadows, trees, nature, home, 45 Bypass, seasons, community, place, friendship, friends, family, pain, mourning, loss, college, hurt, brokenness, restoration, Women's History Month