Category Archives: Family

Indigo Cloth 2 Dye 4: Day 12/30

Fashion Is Language Sage Paul Cardinal was the first that I heard say that indigenous fashion is a language.  I witnessed what she meant when I attended my first Indigenous Fashion Week Runway Show in Toronto.  The experience was mind blowing and changed the direction of my art-making hands.  Indigo dyeing came back to TheContinue reading “Indigo Cloth 2 Dye 4: Day 12/30”

You Don’t Know What Love Is Until You Know The Meaning Of The Blues!

Reflections on the 3rd anniversary of my mother’s death, and the lessons I’m learning about living life with purpose.

Momma & Me: Indigo Blues & Slow Stitching

Sunday was my birthday and I had a writing assignment in my Loft Literary Center class to write a 26 sentence story.  I had never heard of such a thing but the idea is to begin each sentence with the letters in the alphabet, i.e. A, B, C etc.  The hardest for me was “X”,Continue reading “Momma & Me: Indigo Blues & Slow Stitching”

Walking Out Transformation

  Moments in life are full of unexpected changes. The older I get the less I understand about people and circumstances. I do know a few truths, one of which requires me to stay in the moment in order to walk out my purpose. Mat Randolph described four traps set for all of us inContinue reading “Walking Out Transformation”

Loving A Child

Some children are born under difficult circumstances. From the time we slide out of our mother’s, life is complicated. Children need love! At some point as responsible adult human beings, we are blessed with the opportunity to love, nurture, support and empower a child. Today, I celebrate my bundle of joy that came to me,Continue reading “Loving A Child”