Ojibway – Maybe Swearing Helps

S4 Episode 7:

I have sat down and tried to write this episode over a dozen times. The words would flow and then they’d stop. How does one possibly sum up ten years into words? Ten years of missed milestones, ten years of laughter followed by tears. Ten years of working through grief, it’s a constant battle andContinue reading “S4 Episode 7:”

S3 Episode 8:

Growing up I was that girl in elementary school who sat in the hallway during the class’ Columbus Day discussion and craft project. Come November I took a seat in the hallway next to the jehovah witness kid during the class’ Thanksgiving party. It wasn’t because I was in time out nor was it doContinue reading “S3 Episode 8:”

S3 Episode 3:

I have been to more funerals than weddings. I have written more eulogies than I have maid of honor speeches. I have said see you later more times than I care to count. It seems this life I’m living is riddle with loss on all sides of the line. That loss hits especially hard whenContinue reading “S3 Episode 3:”

Season 3

🚨New Podcast 🚨

For thousands of years wisdom has been handed down to generation after generation through the art of story telling. The Ojibway are no stranger to stories and legends. Stories carry our beliefs, our history, and warnings of what not to do in this life. My dear friend Gary Johnson always had a story and heContinue reading “🚨New Podcast 🚨”

215

Listen NOW on Apple Podcast My heart sank when the news broke that a mass grave containing the remains of 215 children had been found in at a former Indian Residential School in Canada. I cried tears for the 215 children whose lives were cut short. Tears for their families and their communities. No onContinue reading “215”

{Life Lessons} Gary

Listen NOW on Apple Podcast At one time I never marked the Alaskan/Native American box on forms. I felt no one would believe me, I didn’t want to be seen as a fraud. 25% didn’t feel Indian enough. I’d hang my head when someone asked me if I was Native, I’d respond with a quietContinue reading “{Life Lessons} Gary”