Seeing It

Beauty

oH I do believe

Spring is springing here in Florida

as the Hibiscus are beginning to

"BURST"

so do the wonderful plants of spring

now coming up

in the yard!

Yes, COB made a safe landing in VA yesterday

she has decided early AM flights are much

to crowded

but

oh yes, she got her

fantastic seating in front of

Allegiant on the plane!

Before we know it,

she'll be on first name basis with the pilot

and

sitting right beside him or her

as she flies to and from Florida!

Sure am going to miss

my freshly made bed in the mornings

and my coffee and banana delivered here on the

lanai.

Tuesday morning is bright and beautiful

as

I sit and am reflecting on

"old friends"

this morning, after the post of yesterday

by a reader

"Ridgeway and LittleMoon"

Two old friends that I haven't seen in oh so many years, and I almost had to pick myself up off the floor when I read it!

My how wonderful is this thing called

Facebook

and the ability to

"re-connect".

As I went looking through the

"files of my brain" and the memories of my heart

I was filled with tender moments

of our last times together

the grand wit of my dear friend

Jane, now of

"Wounded Knee" South Dakota

with the tender soul and most remarkable gift of

humor.

Jane loved to sit down her cup of coffee

look at you with a twinkle in her eye

and say to you

"well, there ya go"

in a way that has stayed with me through the years!

Fun we had and much laughter we shared

at each others' tables oh so many

little and big moons ago.

Walter LittleMoon is a man who I have walked with in spirit since seeing him so long ago many times,

a gentle man, a man of the Lakota, a man of

Wounded Knee

a man of wounded spirit so long ago, a Lakota Man, a kind and tender man.

He and Jane have written a book now

a book that I am waiting to trade for mine.

It is a book

that needs to be read I am certain

as I will share here today, so you can order yours

now!

He is a man

to hear speak, and his is a story

that needs to be told.

Together so long ago,

Walter, Solomon, Jane and I

traveled to Capital Hill

to tell the story, to advocate, of

Life on the reservation

the poverty there, the BIA houses that were built and were sub-standard living for others.

The facts and the information fell on deaf ears

and blind eyes then.

His eyes were of steel as he spoke, his voice soft but hard at the same time,

his spirit broken through the years

as one who does not understand will never truly

"get it or grasp"

but he stood with grace and a fierce presence

I remember well.

And the suits pretended to listen, but we knew

they could care less.

 "You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round..... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours...."

Native American quote

South Dakota and the reservation

there is the poorest in the Nation of ours

The suicide rate and alcoholism rates, the unemployment rates, and substandard living,

 and the abuse of women rates

 are the highest in the world.

What is even more remarkable is

NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT

FOR

THE FIRST AMERICANS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY

i do not know of one

celebrity that has stood on National television

for a "telethon" to raise awareness or monies

or

one effort underway

to reach the youth there.

Now speaking across the country, on compassion fatigue, on loss and grief, I always remember

those who were the first

caregivers

the first Hospice workers

the first responders

the first to suffer PTSD

the first to have compassion fatigues

AND

yes

Once again

It was

the Native Americans

the

First Americans

We are all a part of spiders web

all a part of the circle

all that moves in a circle

each that touches the other

the greater circle of life

How wonderful and blessed that I would hear from my friend Jane,

and so it goes!

And then to know

that now she is

Jane of Wounded Knee

with

Walter LittleMoon

and they have written a book

"They Called Me Uncivilized"

 AND

this is a video you want to see

"Somethings Moving"

http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/watch/8/somethings_moving

You will see first hand

my friend

Walter Littlemoon

along with

the reason

that many are still walking wounded

around this nation.

BUT

we are still here

and

you can be sure

"something IS Moving"

and

the dance continues.

Here's a picture of

the book, snatched right off Amazon

for you to see!

Best of all things to you Jane and Walter,

I look forward to seeing you both again

dear friends, "to all our relations"

perhaps you will get to meet my

adopted sissy out there in Custer,

Kelly TwoWolves!

Wow how the circle is moving !!!

Thank

The fire is burning and the sage is fired up

With hope and thoughts on the wind to all who enter here,

Walk In Beauty,

DRSES

author of

Healing Heartaches, Stories of Loss and Life

http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/