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We need lump sum Now..! Work on your apology later….!
my mom went through the residential school system and within a year she left this world, the anger and shame she experienced as a result and then after years of trying to forget it was all brought up again. I am positive that the memories caused her to give up …. she and I talked about the abuse once and she would never speak to me about it again. as a result of her upbringing and the loss of her familial ties she became as lost as I did … in trying to discover a place or people’s to belong with. I am one of seven children, none of my family members were in contact with my mom because we were all ‘scooped’ by the authorities of the day. from what I discovered all the family members were scooped in the United states and then my mom left and came to Canada where I was born, and then after having me I was scooped at 18 months old and mom said that was the end for her. I was brought up in a number of non native foster homes and am struggling with many issues but I am still here. I brought up my four children successfully without any help from the ‘authorities’ and am now a grandfather of two …. what can I tell or share with them about my family? not a thing …. what can I tell them about my culture? not a thing … this information and history should have been shared and taught to me with my own …. not strangers, not teachers, not the streets, and not the system!
We need lump sum Now..! Work on your apology later….!
my mom went through the residential school system and within a year she left this world, the anger and shame she experienced as a result and then after years of trying to forget it was all brought up again. I am positive that the memories caused her to give up …. she and I talked about the abuse once and she would never speak to me about it again. as a result of her upbringing and the loss of her familial ties she became as lost as I did … in trying to discover a place or people’s to belong with. I am one of seven children, none of my family members were in contact with my mom because we were all ‘scooped’ by the authorities of the day. from what I discovered all the family members were scooped in the United states and then my mom left and came to Canada where I was born, and then after having me I was scooped at 18 months old and mom said that was the end for her. I was brought up in a number of non native foster homes and am struggling with many issues but I am still here. I brought up my four children successfully without any help from the ‘authorities’ and am now a grandfather of two …. what can I tell or share with them about my family? not a thing …. what can I tell them about my culture? not a thing … this information and history should have been shared and taught to me with my own …. not strangers, not teachers, not the streets, and not the system!