Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 |
I once found myself with a homeless man on the trunk of my car,apparently trying to get my attention because I didn’t “look at him”. I was stopped at a red light at an intersection when I noticed him on the corner by a Jack-In-the-Box restaurant. I saw him, then glanced the other way, waiting for the light to turn green. Suddenly, I heard a thud coming from my trunk and felt the back of my car drop. There, lounging on my car, was the homeless man - oblivious to the honks surrounding him. I ran out to get an explanation and persuade him to get off, and he says to me, “Oh, now you notice me.” Lesson number one: Don’t ignore the homeless.
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008 |
We are camped beside the Colorado trouble here again stalks us, why can they not just leave us be we are fed,housed,and clean?
No children were ever more loved even if we lived in tents, we are here for special reasons it is life lessons grandmother teaches. We are here for a gather kin are coming who were scattered,grandmother walks away to a small hill this time I can not follow.
I hear her voice raised in prayer singing softly very old words,even the heart and spirit of a child of four understands this is sacred.
Suddenly all is chaos everyone is running lights are shining in our eyes,a white man in uniform demanding to see everything in our camp.
Someone he said reported wild parties, drugs, and drinking, instead he found us a simple extended family here to learn from the Water. Grandmother stood proudly before this man who sneered at her,head held high she told him we are here for connections to our spirits. You will find no evil things here only love and caring, we sing and drum sending our prayers upon the wind with sage and sweet grass only. They gave us only three days then we must move on, they did not like our kind he said hanging around making messes,we made the good folks nervous.
You people need to live like humans give those children real homes, but not here in our town there are enough here on welfare already.
He could not see or understand our life was the better one, not cramped into a small house but free to share the wind and see Father Sky above us.
To this day I am thankful for the childhood grandmother gave us,we worked hard and asked no one for handouts we lived the way of our ancestors.
No,our path was not an easy one we faced many troubles,yet we lived in freedom proud of who and what we were and learning from all
spirits!
granny!
we “cry” freedom, when in truth we beg for chains
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 |
Two years ago i had gotten chroniclely sick. I was in seventh grade at the time. Terrible stomach pain and on going vomiting. I went from doctor to doctor and they all said the same thing “I am a mystery girl.” just what i wanted to hear right.My mom and dad pulled me out of school for the rest of the year. It was so tragic i could hardly stand it. I was so dehydrated so weak i was also losing a lot of weight and i was not fat to begin with.
School is out now and i am starting a new school for a fresh start. still sick and not eating all day i signed up for girls basket ball. What a mistake i was too tired to carry on. i felt bad for my mom and dad i felt like a terrible burden. what parent wouldn’t want there child to be 100% healthy? Well i also got pulled out of that school for the same reasons. That year passed i was home alone all day and it was really getting to me. lots of testing also but no answers. the doctors put me on lots of acid reducers but since i have been taking acid replacers i have been much better.
I am going to start a new school year and make lots of new friends. What i have learned from all this is to really thank god for your health, in one second everything can change. i had never of thought that i would have gotten sick for two years. So remember to enjoy life give lots of hugs and kisses and thank god for your health.
Eve
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008 |
Living in hilly snow country 35 miles south of Buffalo, New York is a colorful experience all year long. One of the best experiences was a particular winter morning. We had several feet of snow on the ground and an ice storm had covered everything.
As I waited for the bus to go to work, I admired the moon over the western hills as the sun crept over the eastern hills. I was sorry when the bus came because the scene was enchanting, however, the bus
driver closed the door and sat there watching the sky begin to lighten with shades of yellow, red, violet and light blue. Soon the ice on all the trees was sparkling as though they had been covered with diamond dust. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that God was at work as we silently communed with nature at her best. We carried that scene in our hearts and minds for a long time; for me it has been more than 40 years. No artist ever produced a more inspiring panorama.
I am sure we all went to work that day with a renewed outlook.
Marilyn Shie
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