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Tubman and Tapscott
Dear Rita Mae
Brown,
Today the
internet search engine Google begins the first day of Black History month by
honoring Harriet Tubman (c.1820-1913). Born a slave in Maryland, she was the
best-known conductor of the Underground Railroad, the secret network that
helped fugitive slaves in the south reach freedom further north. I’m sure I
don’t have to tell you that. Hopefully though, others are out there around the
world reading this and a bit of background is helpful to them.
She was in
her thirties then. Initially her intention was to help her sister and two
children escape slavery. That’s how we operate. First there is a tug at the
heart, a connection that becomes a mission. At the time she may have been
deemed foolish, insane for attempting the impossible, for bucking the system.
On another
note Teddy Tapscott sent me an article she wrote about gratitude and here is an
excerpt: “Gratitude
and celebration dance hand in hand and every day we are invited to join the
party. When we do it helps us find that
silver lining, that golden thread that weaves it all together and makes
everything worthwhile.”
Regardless
the shape of our challenges, that silver lining is there. Hand in hand, one by
one, in ways small and great, we are finding it and together we will ALL celebrate.
Best wishes,
Loraine
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