Category: Christmas

• Happiness is yours to grab

  What Brings Me Happiness I come from a small northern helmet, Fort Chippewa, Alberta. It is the little things that bring me happiness. I am a proud Denesuline (Dene)  Happiness to me is when I feel the warmth of these little moments. They fill me with joy. It sparks a sensation akin to tiny butterflies…

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  April 26, 2025

  Christmas, family, Grateful, gratitude, Happiness, Indigenous spirituality, Life, Life Skills, love, Residential School

  family, gratitude, Life, love, writing

• Remembering Annie Mercredi: A Sister’s Legacy

  ANNIE 1946- Christmas 2024 Remembering Annie: A Christmas Day Goodbye and the Power of Forgiveness1946–2024 Annie was the sister who always wrapped me in the warmest, tightest hug when we greeted each other. “I love you, my baby sister,” she’d whisper as she held me close, her embrace full of comfort and reassurance. When I…

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  December 26, 2024

  Christmas, death, death, elder, family, Grief, Healing, Life, Stories

  death-loss, family

• Christmas in Doghead Alberta

  My childhood Christmas memories in Doghead are magical and precious memories. Like sitting in front of a roaring fireplace on a cold winter night. I felt cozy and safe. On Christmas eve. All of us walking to church for midnight mass was always exciting. The the moonlight bright, made the snow sparkle like tiny diamonds.…

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  December 8, 2024

  Christmas, Doghead

  blog, Christmas, family, fort-chipewyan, holidays

• A DOGHEAD CHRISTMAS

   Christmas Deranger style,In Doghead! Fort Chipewyan, Alberta I hold memories of my childhood Christmases in my heart, after we were allowed home for Christmas from residential school. When I first in residential school I remember receiving a gift and attending Midnight mass in the mission.   But my happiest memory is when we went home for Christmas.…

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  December 16, 2022

  2022, Christmas, Doghead, social Media