Reflections on a Weekend at Red Lake

Lynn,

Here are a few pictures from last weekend. I had a wonderful weekend worked hard, ate well, and thoroughly enjoyed meeting Kevin and Karen and working with Tanya and Mike. Karen is a very gracious, hospitable, humble person. It would be so easy for Karen to get angry that the animals are in this terrible living situation on the reservation, but she seems determined to do what she can with the resources and help she has. She doesn't seem to "expect" anything, just graciously accepts help when it's offered. It's certainly an overwhelming situation, but I'm reminded of the starfish analogy --

"An old man walked up a short littered with thousands of starfish, beached and dying after a storm. A young man was picking them up and flinging them back into the ocean. "Why do you Bother?" the old man scoffed. "You're not saving enough to make a difference."

The young man picked up another starfish and sent it spinning back to the water. "Made a difference to that one," he said."

And that is what Karen and Red Lake Rosie's is doing. They are saving who they can. Because we can't help all doesn't mean we shouldn't help who we can.

Twyla