Three Posts from a defunct blog called Native Influence
MMIW - October 21, 2023 I don't know what to call this post and I don't know how to approach the topic. I've written and redacted pieces on the topic before and I continue to struggle to find ways to say something meaningful and useful and informative without creating undue problems for myself and "putting out the fire with gasoline." THIS post is an OPINION PIECE. As such, I am NOT planning to cite ANY sources. AT ALL. My mother is a German immigrant who was born in the 1930s, so she grew up in Germany during World War II and its aftermath. AKA "Nazi Germany." I love my mother and have IMMENSE respect for her. I cannot overstate how much respect I have for this woman who lived through so much hell and continued to be kind and generous. But she certainly didn't get through it unscathed. Like with ALL parents, her unresolved baggage impacted the lives of her children. My maiden name is Irish in origin. My understanding is my father was ethnically Iris...