It is the day this country celebrates its nationhood. We have a National holiday to take a day off to celebrate. I don’t feel like celebrating. These days I don’t feel the same connection to the mate ship that I used to enjoy. I set off to connect with a journey in one direction, then had others superimpose their stories on me. When it kept playing out at a speed I couldn’t handle, my reactions to the ongoing post trauma left me abandoned and alone.
Like the first peoples I am a survivor. I acknowledge that, in my aloneness.
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