I am posting a letter I wrote for an organization for which I volunteer because it contains information of general interest about the Pine Ridge Reservation. I have written often of my love of the Lakota people and the needs they have. I hope you will take the time to read this letter and consider [...]
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Pine Ridge Reservation Visit
Posted in Day to day, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Native American, Pine Ridge Reservation on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Depressed in No Man’s Land
Posted in Day to day, Family, General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Mental Health, Native American, PTSD on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just spoke to my friend on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, some 2000 miles away from me, for about an hour on the phone. (My husband will love that bill.) But there was no way I could hang up.
My friend lost her 16 year old daughter in mid-March. She died at a friend’s [...]
Writer’s Cramp
Posted in Day to day, Fibromyalgia, General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently took a volunteer position with an organization that finds sponsors for Lakota children and elders on the Pine Ridge Reservation. I’ll be matching sponsors to those who need one in two areas of the reservation.
Little did I know (and wasn’t told when offered the spot) that I would need to send out letters [...]
A Mother’s Grief on Pine Ridge
Posted in Family, General, Health, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Native American on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post is in memory of
Emily Ashmore
Born Oct 15, 1992
Died Mar 16, 2009
Monday morning – fairly early on the east coast – I got a call from my friend who lives on the Pine Ridge Reservation. It was even earlier there, in the central time zone, so this call was most unexpected.
I could tell she [...]
On Being Cold
Posted in Day to day, Family, General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the middle of summer, when we are suffering through a hot and muggy spell, we tend to complain about the heat. But if we were pressed for the truth, most of us would take the heat over the unmitigated cold of a difficult winter.
I sometimes think of what our ancestors had to go through [...]
Hope is Hard to Find — A call to Lakota youth
Posted in Ethics, Family, General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Native American on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received this from a website I subscribe to and it was so heartfelt and true, I decided I wanted to pass it along.
The Lakota youth need to hear and recognize these things, but we all need to know how difficult things are out on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Perhaps someone with more media “clout” [...]
Packing is a great work-out!
Posted in Church, Day to day, Fibromyalgia, General, Lakota, Life, Native American on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am exhausted!!
I went to a meeting this morning. But it wasn’t the meeting that was exhausting. It was the packing we did before and afterward.
It was the second meeting of the Mission and Outreach Committee of our parish. We currently have 2 projects in the works and needed to talk about the Thanksgiving and [...]
Blizzard silences “Voice of Lakota Nation”, online at least
Posted in General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Miracles, Native American on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been trying unsuccessfully to reach my Lakota friends who live near Allen, SD on the Pine Ridge Reservation ever since the blizzard hit western South Dakota on Wednesday. All I have been able to get is the rapid “circuits busy” signal. I know from a few other sources (Rapid City Journal online, Friends [...]
Hey America: Blizzard on Pine Ridge – Why don’t you help?!
Posted in Day to day, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Native American on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We all deal with unpleasant weather from time to time. Most of us do it in the comfort of our homes. I have been caught in the middle of a blizzard – the infamous blizzard of ‘78 here in Massachusetts. I tried to be the good person and offered a ride home to a co-worker, [...]
You thought the photos were bad?!! Listen to this . . .
Posted in Day to day, Family, General, Lakota, Lakota friends, Native American on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you read my prior post, you got to see the “new house” my Lakota friends have moved into as of last weekend. I showed the photos to one person today who was shocked by them.
I received an e-mail from my friend. (In case you’re wondering how they sent e-mail, they have to walk to [...]
