Cherokee89

Grandfather Great Spirit All Over The World
The Faces Of Living Things Are Alike.
With Tenderness, They Have Come Up Out Of The Ground.
Look Upon Your Children That They May Face The Winds
And Walk The Good Road To The Day Of Quiet.
Grandfather Great Spirit
Fill Us With The Light.
Give Us The Strength To Understand And The Eyes To See.
Teach Us To Walk The Soft Earth As Relatives
To All That Live.

Can't express how sorry I am, this was so hard for me to believe and even harder to accept, so I can only imagine the pain his family has. JD was a great man, a great friend who made me smile with his letters! He wasn't a bad guy but just the opposite, this world needs people like JD. We will miss you...

I stand upon this sacred ground, while dusk settles all around.
I wait for night to come, with the setting of the sun.
The sun finally sets, stars appear, ghosts of chiefs past whisper in my ear,
"Look to the sky, way up high," and there I see their sacred fires.
(Dawn Evans '97)

My thoughts and prayers are with your entire family.

The Twenty Third Psalm
(An Indian Version)

The GREAT FATHER above a SHEPHERD CHIEF is.
I am His and with Him I want not.
He throws out to me a rope
and the name of the rope is love
and He draws me to where the grass is green
and the water is not dangerous,
and I eat and lie down and am satisfied.
Sometimes my heart is very weak and falls down
but He lifts me up again and draws me into a good road.
his name is WONDERFUL.

Sometime, it may be very soon, it may be a long time,
He will draw me into a valley.
It is dark there, but I'll be affraid not,
for it is between those mountains
that the SHEPHERD CHIEF will meet me
and the hunger that I have in my heart all through life
will be satisfied.

Sometimes He makes the love rope into a whip,
but afterwards He gives me a staff to lean upon.
He spreads a table before me with all kinds of foods.
He puts His hand upon my head and all the "tired" is gone.
My cup he fills till it runs over.
What I tell is true.
I lie not.
These roads that are "away ahead" will stay with me
through this life and after;
and afterwards I will go to live in the Big Teepee
and sit down with the SHEPHERD CHIEF forever.
may you at last find peace

May the Warm Winds of Heaven Blow softly upon your house. May the Great Spirit Bless all who enter there. May your Moccasins Make happy tracks in many snows, and may the Rainbow Always touch your shoulder.

It's ok I know all kinds of things happen which mean people need a little more time and space for themselves. Life is just works like that. I hope you are doing ok JD, take as long as you need

Just checking that you got my letter yet? Can't wait to hear from you back.

Yep, thats me doing that knitting, just thought I stop by and stir the pot, and see ya for a minute.

Hope ya don't mind me breaking in to say Hi !!. lol

Yep. I told her to make you a comfort blankie so you can take with you.