I am a survivor and always have been. My story is the same as many others and haunts me to this day. I am a 55 year old disabled woman veteran and also an honorable Native American woman. I would like to say that I was born, grew up and became a fantastic person, but in spite of the people in my life that would be true. Life is never easy and someone should have told me that before. So here on these pages I will leave my feelings, insights, and passion. I hope that you will enjoy and be compassionate with the things you read here and understand that this is just my opinion and no one can ever take that away from me.
I have been through so many different things and some have even made me feel like I surely would not survive, but seems like that just made me try harder, The ups and downs of life have a tendancy to make up for lost time, time when you are lonely, or sad, times when you feel extreme joy and for no reason to be explained the life you have just dumps into the ditch and there you stand with mud and ulk all over you. The best thing to do at that moment is to pick yourself up and march on like there is no tomorrow.
There is also no way that you can please all the people all the time, so do not even try. I used to try to keep the peace around me and finally just decided that I was entitled to do things my own way and even though others may not like it or have a “better” way to handle it, the way that you choose for yourself is always the best. Just be honest with yourself and never deny your ability to know the real you. Several quotes state this perfectly; one being : “to thine own self be true” and the other being: “it’s my way, no highway option!”
This world drove the Eagles to the point of extinction and they came back with the help of people who knew the importance of the Eagles. They were hunted for things as simple as the talons on their toes by inconsiderate bands of non-Native people who then used them to make fake Native American wares and sold them for profit. The point of even mentioning this is that my life has at times been like that and I have fought one battle after another to keep my spirit safe and my person living. There are many things that can be taken from you, if you let that happen, but your life is yours and so is your soul. Never give either of them up for pennies.
