I spend most of my time writing.
I got well by talking. Death could not get a word in edgewise, grew discouraged, and traveled on.
It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity.
But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.
I prefer to have some beliefs that don't make logical sense.
There are ways of being abandoned even when your parents are right there.