Peter Iredale is a shipwreck outside of Astoria, OR that has stood, planted in the sand for over a century.⁠
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Peter Iredale is a juxtaposition in and of itself.⁠
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In it, we are reminded of the past...our past...shipwrecks and all. The past is not always glamorous. Our pasts often contain the rusting, buried remnants of our own shipwrecks and brokenness.⁠
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And on the other side of the proverbial coin, there is beauty in our haunted pasts. Not the kind of beauty that avoids the rusted shipwreck - but the unique beauty that includes it. The kind of beauty that is enhanced by the brokenness that it includes.⁠
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This is the kind of beauty that reminds us that the brokenness of the shipwreck doesn't get to have the final say.⁠