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Cby

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Birthday: April 9

Gender: Female

Religion: Christian/Protestant

Location:
BEAVERTON, Oregon
United States

School:
Immacualte Conception
Seattle, Washington
Toppenish High School
Toppenish, Washington
Yakima Valley Community College
Yakima, Washington

Hometown(s):

Toppenish, Washington

Beaverton, Oregon

My Websites:
http://www.myspace.com/tipi503

Quote:
Walk not in front of me, I may not follow. Walk not behind me I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.

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Native American Comments & Graphics

Writing is a new adventure for me. I am currently taking a course through Longridge Writers Group to learn how to write articles for magazines and hopefully one day write my own memoir.

Interests:

My Native American culture is generally at the center of all that interests me. I am always eager to learn about Nature so I studied Biology. I am awed by the idea of Super Strings so I studied Physics.
I love prophesey so I read the Bible, and listen to the stories of all people. Recognizing that I am an Adult Child of Alcoholics I am eager to make a child smile and move beyond the nightmares and pain.
I have taught myself to knit, crochet and embroider. I want to learn to quilt, to draw cartoons.
I am a Deaconess at my SDA Church. I attend Women's Retreats twice a year, as well as the the Women of Faith Conference. I can be busy, or just putter around the house. It's all good.
My husband and I are raising a pair of hybrid wolfdogs. Their names are Max and Maya. They are teaching us many things while we try to entice them to be civilized. I've included a YouTube video of wolves here that you may enjoy if you admire the species.

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Young Hero

The spark of life that would become Gage was only noticed by his brother Matthew it seemed. The rest of us were totally unaware, even my daughter. It was September and we were strolling the grounds of Riverfront Park in Portland. The Bite of Portland" brought us down to experience food and fun on the rides, so when the opportunity to experience a bungee jump presented itself I encouraged my daughter to try it. I put up the $20.00 for the 4 minute ride. Matthew cried and pleaded with his mother to not go. The sudden hysterics were surprising to us. He was a year and a month old and we tried to soothe him while we cheered my daughter on. The hoist took her higher and higher until she was over 20 feet above us and then she dropped, bounced and dropped again. Once she was on the ground again Matthew reached out his arms and seemed so relieved she was on the ground once more. Gage was born eight months later.

The days have flown by and this year Gage turned 13. He faced surgery this past Wednesday. His surgeon said he didn’t see this kind of injury in someone so young. He broke his elbow as a result of a skateboard tumble and had to have a steel plate placed along the humerusbone and five screws put in to hold the broken pieces together. Aside from the obvious pain when they took X-Rays he showed little concern. He isn’t the sort of kid that needs to be coddled. He prefers to be cool. He’ll miss Football this season but his doctor reassured him he would be well enough to Wrestle in six months.

Maybe it was that first experience of free fall that makes him so daring, or maybe it is the solid family relationships that hold him together so well. To us he is a hero for taking life’s tumbles in stride and because he always looks forward to doing what he loves to do.

His team took the Championship with a 10-0 in football season in 2006. He took the 2007 year off so he could go to all of Matthew's football games. Matthew was a Freshman for Aloha HS. The brothers are close but that doesn't mean they aren't rough or loud. They are boys after all.

It hurts to shrug at the moment. His eyes tell us everything. His spirit isn’t broken and his bones will heal in time. Gage has the spirit of a young hero.

Added: August 9, 2008
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