Baba Ram Das wrote a book about being older. Think it was call Still Here. Read it about 6 years ago. This morning I had a thought about Christianity. Many people believe that in order to go to heaven you MUST be a Christian. Many believe you must be a bible thumping Christian. Then I thought about God telling me that He held me in his hands when my son died. Okay, now to pull this all together quickly. We are all held in the Great Creator's hands. He knows where your soul is 24/7. Everyone - bible thumpers, Buddhists, atheists, all of us. He loves us unconditionally. He gives us the freedom to choose how we wish to live and think. And still He holds us all in His Hands. Big hands. Jesus said that in his father's house there were many mansions. There is room for all of us. How do we stay there? Well, Faith in God's Goodness and unending Forgiveness and Love. There is room for us all. Is there room in your heart? Things to think about today. Namaste.

I have avoided writing here way too long. No wonder I was feeling depressed. I haven't spoken to my friends in ages. Well, here I am in Montana. Am living and working in Indian territory. Actually, I work for St. Labre Indian School (www.stlabre.org). We have approximately 760 students that we educate at one of our three campuses. Main campus is in Ashland (next to the Northern Cheyenne reservation and two smaller campuses on the Crow reservation. Been here since 2010. Love it. This is big sky country. The first year we arrived it snowed from Nov 17th through the end of March. Then we had our first experience with floods in the Spring. Lots of Rain. Mosquitos by the thousands arrived in early summer. (We live next to the Tongue River) They were quickly followed by more grasshoppers than I have ever seen in a lifetime. Let me tell you that every thing that was green and growing was eaten. The next winter was mild and dry. No rain in the spring. We had wildfires surrounded the school and the town. It burned to within 300 feet of my back door. Couldn't get out of town because the fire was so hot it melted the road going east and west. Last year we had an early snow melt on the creek which took out our bridge and in 24 hours totally filled all the area within my vision range. People were canoeing down the slough but right in front of our house the had to get out and carry the canoe over the high ground (about 3 feet) and then could get back in the canoe. My neighbor across the road put a sign at the end of his driveway that said "no fishing" Someday I will tell you the story of replacing the bridge. (a lot of common sense ingenuity here). This past winter we were just cold. Below zero most of the winter. You know that once you get below zero it is just cold.

Well, I hope to hear from some of my old friends. Love you all. I promise I am back. My heart feels light and free again. Namaste