Especially with Native warriors, that's who you see most in history books.
I know that most people associate warriors with men who battle in war. But I think I've come to see 'warrior' as something else - as someone who will keep going, no matter the failures. "This experience here on Earth is only part of it." The warrior That door widens and you become more aware that the context of being human is huge. "Then when you get to my age, I think that's where you see a lot of women, especially older women, coming into their own power. When you get to my age, I think that's where you see a lot of women, especially older women, coming into their own power. They're naturally, absolutely who they are. Children are still close to that door, and they're naturally creative. Then slowly, through the early months, they can lose a lot of that. It's become very obvious with my grandchildren in how present they are. "They come with memories of where they've come from and who knows what other kind of memories. I know that when I've held newborns and looked in their eyes, they know why they're here and they come with memories. "We all come into this world and take breath. He's not somebody who cries, and I knew he was going through something." The door of knowing everything I've woken up nights and heard my son crying and he was miles and miles away.
And then there's the mother thing - all mothers have this thing where we know what our children are doing. The older I've gotten, the more I've appreciated and understood the gift of her intuition. She was actually born with a caul over her face, which is said to bring second sight. "I used to tell her that she had eyes in the back of her head. My mother was very intuitive. I can't separate my mother's kitchen from the music that was always playing on the radio and her singing or dancing along. It's not a dining room, it's the kitchen. I think of how a kitchen often functions for many of us as the centre of the universe - all the conversations, people come in and out. She genuinely loved people and her centre of gravity was in the kitchen. "My mother was very charismatic, very outgoing.
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