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Jean's avatar
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I love the contrast of the three photos. How free and happy she looks in her regalia as a young woman. Her guarded gaze in the second photo. Her confidence as an elder.

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Jean's avatar

Sweet welcoming

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Dennis Martinez's avatar

Paying tribute to your mom iswonderful. My mother died when I was 5 so I don't remember her well but I miss her.

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lou J's avatar

She clearly has force.

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lou J's avatar

Thank you for sharing. jJul 1 is my Father-in-law’s yahrzeit as well. Lighting the yahrzeit candle, having it burn for 24 hours is one of my favorite rituals adopted through marriage. But now I think I should write a poem.

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Jean's avatar

Definitely

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Ginevra Blake's avatar

Lovely, Sherman. Full of life.

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Debra Sprague's avatar

So Lovely and wonderful feeling of being close to ancestors through the natural world - my dad loved hummingbirds and the morning he died we had one going from window to window and I smiled and said hello dad - thank you Sherman

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Rick Schmidt's avatar

Thanks Sherman. Makes me think of own my dear mother, realizing her life deserves a poem (never have written one, but...) or a book, some kind of celebration of her secret world no one ever knew.

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Johanna Renouf's avatar

Thank you - so beautiful!

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Mary Van Pelt's avatar

❤️

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How We Get Through This's avatar

Beautifully said and felt!

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Rose Clark's avatar

Great warmth with a few tears, thank you

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Ace Davis's avatar

I'm sure she does/will - what a beautiful woman and grateful you can treasure her beyond her struggles.

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Suzan Shown Harjo's avatar

Lovely, lovely. And of course she was your mom! Nea’ese!

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Marguerite Maronich's avatar

Such a wonderful poem. Just love the photos but the image and thought of the dragon fly with the message is so touching.

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Cole Rennix's avatar

What a beautiful image. Thank you for sharing this, at that decade “benchmark.”

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Sherman Alexie's avatar

Thanks, Cole

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