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The Beginning of the Eighth Generation and Seattle Chapter
I’ve been working at Eighth Generation since July 8th, 2017 ( Read more... ) -
Return to Hopiland
Tomorrow I'm flying from Seattle to New Mexico. I'll rent a car and travel to Ohkay Owingeh to see my father's brother Steve and his family who live there ( Read more... ) -
False Family
Let’s talk about some of all that fallout ( Read more... ) -
Hindsight being 20/20
My father died over 5 years ago and it's been a long, seemingly never-ending climb to the perch I now sit. Now that I am older it seems so clear to me exactly how much of my life and happiness I lost in September 2007 ( Read more... ) -
Life Lesson I wished I learned #2
"If you're afraid to fail,
you'll keep failing forever." -
Lessons I wished I learned
I wish someone had taught me that comparison is a thief of joy.
23 years old and I just realized that, what a shame. -
"Tell me who admires and loves you...and I will tell you who you are.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Every time we talk, I sit there in admiration, because I used to be jealous. I used to be jealous that you seem to have all these amazing experiences and perfect days and pure joys- and then I had this revelation- we can ALL be like that. It's not that you're this especially blessed person and I'm just unlucky- it's that you have this gift of ( Read more... ) -
On a Gray Day in March
I found this today in an old email from my Dad.
He wrote:
"Hi Sugar,
I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling blue, I bet it is because you cant be here with your dear ole dad in sunny arizona...I know that if you were here with me basking in the sun, you would feel so much better."
And I thought to myself
Ain't
that
the
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I Can't Wait For You...
Yesterday, I drove seventy miles into the desert to the place where he lays. I drove through wind and clouds of rain to lie down next to him.
I don't know how to explain it. When someone you've loved for all your life dies, its all you can do not to stretch yourself out over their grave and become a part of the earth that covers it. And the fact is ( Read more... ) -
I'm Supposed To Be With You Today
I have your number in my phone
And your comfort on my mind
If I called it now, it would ring 3 blocks to my right
It's springtime outside and its the perfect kind of day
That I'd love to wake you up to.
And I'd love to spend it with you.
So turn the corner and walk down the street
Hair disheveled and your hands in your jeans
Yeah that's the way it should ( Read more... )