<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: tuchyner5@aol.com<br>To: group2@bluegrasspals.com <group2@bluegrasspals.com><br>Sent: Sat, Oct 10, 2020 10:50 am<br>Subject: Leonard's comments re: DeAnna for Sept work<br><br></div><div id="yiv7228718715"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">This is a fitting end of this series. </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Wasn’t<span style=""> </span>Lisa a proxy
for you? </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">I forget whether you mentioned that Lisa was blind. </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">But in this story, Lisa looks out the window of her airplane
and sees what is outside.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Maybe you didn’t pressent Lisa as blind, but if you did,
this would have been unlikely. </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">I only saw one repeated word and recommended one<span style=""> </span>additional comma.</span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">DeAnna’s sub for Sept 20</span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Coming Home</span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Lisa Swan stirred awake at the sound of the pilot’s voice.
She glanced out the window of the plane. In a few minutes, she would land at
Lansing’s Capital region International Airport and her brother Mike would be
waiting to pick her up. Mike was attending Mid-Michigan College –Mt. Pleasant
Campus. Her baby Brother, Ryan, was graduating from high school. Mama had
completed her nursing program at the mid-year. This week would be a time of
celebration for them all. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Lisa had skipped commencement at college, but had her
Bachelor’s degree tucked in her backpack in the overhead bin. Next week, she
would start an internship at the tribal office, working with the seven
generations program. Seven Generations coordinated programs to serve the people
providing meals for elders, enrichment classes for children and acted to
benefit tribal members. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Next fall Lisa would be entering graduate school to obtain a
Masters degree in social work. Mama had wanted her children to study hard
and get the most out<b><i><u> of</u></i></b> their educational opportunities.
She had taken classes at night to complete her GED. With the help of the tribe,
Mary Swan had set an example for her children, by entering nursing school. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> <b><u>How did the tribe help Mary Swan.</u></b></span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Grandpa Elijah had told them that schooling was the only way
they could climb out of the poverty on the reservation. They could bring honor
and pride to their people by proving that the Chippewa were strong,
intelligent, resourceful, and resilient. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">It hadn’t been easy to step from the safety of family and
friends who knew who you really were into a world where dark slightly tilted
eyes, olive skin and dark hair meant a person was one of those shiftless
alcoholic, lazy Indians. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> <b><u>That description fits oriental people as well.</u></b></span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">The doors opened and the soft June air filled the cabin,
Lisa stood to retrieve her travel case and backpack. Her long dark braids
wrapped in red yarn fell over her slender shoulders to reach her hips. The Swan
family had much to be proud of this June of 1970. They had a bright future
ahead and many happy memories of growing up “Anishinaabe” the name Chippewa
called <b><u>Shouldn’t there be a comma or something to separate the term
enclosed by the quotation marks and<span style=""> </span>the
next part of the sentence.</u></b>themselves. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Her childhood had given Lisa a strong set of values on which
to stand, when she had left home to attend university in California. She was
amused by how her long braids and moccasins had been misinterpreted as the
emblems of a flower child. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">The young woman who had graduated high school in the top 10%
of her class, had accepted scholarships and worked part time jobs to pay for
college. Lisa had no time to waste on experimenting with drugs or joining the
sexual revolution. The girl who watched her mother work two and sometimes three
jobs to provide for her children, never wanted to let that loving mother down
or cause her pain. The pride she saw in her grandfather’s eyes each time she
brought home top grades, was also a shield against taking the wrong road in her
young life. The baby girl given the name “Dogwood Blossom” by her Grandma Emma,
knew herself and her place in her world. She was not like many of
her classmates, raised in privilege, with the expectation of the life of a
fairy tale princess. </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv7228718715MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:New serif;">Lisa knew that hard work and determination and listening to
her own heart was the way of a different kind of princess. She had been 12
years old when she first stepped out onto the powwow grounds, wearing her
homemade jingle dress. She followed her aunt Martha and other girls as the 369
cones sewn to each of their dresses tinkled in time with their dance steps. To
be a jingle dancer, one must pledge to be pure in heart, mind and body in order
to bring a blessing on the people. To strive for balance in oneself, to be an
example of curtesy and to be mindful of the gifts granted by “the maker of all
“things,” kept Lisa from straying from her goal of getting an education. A soft
smile lit her face as she thought back over all of the mischief and adventures
she had shared with her brothers. They had never felt poor growing up. When
there is love, a home is a place of comfort and security.
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