What I learned at the Memorial service...

[Guest guest]

This morning, Raven and I got up early and Raven sang at a memorial

service at her Cub's school. One of Cub's friends and classmates, a

young girl, died of Spina Bifida.

It was beautifully done. All the children from the whole school were

there, and so was a priest. Mass was held and everyone paid their

respects.

Many of the children cried. Aboriginals are openly discriminated

against in Canada worse than blacks are discriminated against in the

US, but it was nice to see that the deceased girl's father, and of

course Raven, were not at all treated poorly. Indeed, Raven was

asked by the schools principal to sing.

The lesson I learned: In a society that is discriminatory against

those with disabilities (what this girl called, different abilities

while she was alive...and I think I will have to adopt that term

going forward) and against Aboriginals, for the length of one

memorial service, there was hope.

Tom

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