I am a Full-time Child Protection Social Worker in a specialized ICWA Unit.  I am a licensed PATH foster parent.   My daughter Sara(24) lives on her own, working and attending college in the Twin Cities (2 hours away).  My step-daughter Alexandra(22) has recently relocated to San Diego to complete her Master's in Clinical Psychology.   Currently, I have one foster son, Randall (18)!  Ron-Harun(22) is living in Duluth.  Patrick (16) visits almost every weekend!  Andrew G(13) calls regularly from his home in the Twin Cities and looks forward to his summer visits!  Matt(20) lives an hour away now.  Andrew B(21) lives in White Earth.  Mohammed(23)  lives and works in Fargo, ND.    Fred(23) lives in Minneapolis; his former partner Sharissa has their adorable 2 year old daughter Kiarra in Duluth and I am blessed to have Kiarra most weekends!! Barb(24) and her partner Gord live in White Earth and welcomed their new son Gordy, Jr on April 20, 2007!! Crystal(24) and her husband Rick live in Superior with 20 month old  son Kellan Lawrence (named for her father Larry)!!  They also welcomed a beautiful daughter Celia Yvonne this July!!

Thought for the day: Be kind. Kindness is an essential action on the road of happiness. It is impossible for any one being to achieve happiness without including the happiness of all to which we belong. Life is a collective. Together we reach utopia; not apart; and certainly not at the expense of others. So be kind; be conscious in your actions that you are not in any way harming another's journey. Remember happiness is not a place at which to arrive; it is a manner of travel.
	A ROSE Sometimes I feel my life is unfolding like the gentle and delicate rose To patiently wait as each moment arrives and beauty through each moment grows. Sometimes I savor each little change as the bud so carefully blooms To make each day a reflection of me adorned in my beautiful plumes. Sometimes I lose sight of the day and yearn for tomorrow to be To see all the beauty I hope that I am forgetting I'm already free. Sometimes I forget that it is the journey through life that happiness knows To beautifully live each day as I go becoming a beautiful rose! MEg 7/9/92
The Precipice At the edge of the precipice I stand; above is blue sky, below is land; ahead you are waiting, extended hand. At the edge of the precipice I wait; a desperate attempt to rule fate; this moments arrival, seemingly late. At the edge of the precipice I cry; wondering if love's worth one more try; tears of life’s fountain to never run dry. At the edge of the precipice I call; my hearts song echoes above all; please promise to catch me when I fall. At the edge of the precipice I see; all of the happiness forever to be; all of the love your heart holds for me. At the edge of the precipice I dare; as I step forward into mid- air; my footing made sure because you are there. MEg 10/2000 Silent Wind Oh silent wind, sing to my soul reach into my heart find a way to make it whole rebuild the missing part Oh silent wind, you fill my ear with the music of the day find a way to keep it near discover another way Oh silent wind, you sing so sweet coloring all I see find the wings beneath my feet and sing with all that's ME! MEg 7/2/1992	A Day in the Woods A day in the woods just you and me the wonder of all the we can be to hear the wind rustle the tree find the flower with the buzzing bee pictures in clouds that flow so free the songs of birds playing happily such beauty to hear, to feel, to see A day in the woods just you and me MEg 6/11/1993

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