I took him to Canada, my brother. I had promised him I would. To Kananaskis back country, that special place where eagles fly, snow caps the mountains, and the air is thin between here and beyond. It is where I go to release those who have gone before me. He would have chuckled at the ‘thin air’ thing and told me it was my spidey sense acting up again. He was my forever brother. The one I got to choose, had always wanted. I was the sister he never had. He officiated John’s and my wedding. We adopted each other as siblings soon after. He was one of the few who would understand what inviting him … [Read more...]
Abandoned Boy
I find it astonishing that whether we call it karma, the universe, or prescience, circumstances find you. Mine usually fall under the category of, “I will never do, or go, or experience – that.” Never say never. Occasionally, though, it’s merely ironic fate – the thing you want most not to encounter, you encounter; hypocrites in power, for example, standing squarely in the path of safety for a child. I have, on several occasions, been the advocate that took on a religious institution or powerful individual over sexual abuse, and in one case, child abduction. Those incidents found me, not I … [Read more...]
