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The Rose by Wenona Gardner When I was 17, my Grandmother Gardner who was also Mohican, passed away. I went with my father to the Mohican reservation up north in Shawno county for the service at the Wilderness Lutheran Church where my family gathered. We sat in a circle and each one of us talked about how much Grandma Gardner meant to all of us. When it reached my turn I got the sudden urge to sing "The Rose" completely spontaneously. I hadn't planned on doing at all in advance and nobody else knew either. I tried my best to get through the whole song. I couldn't stop choking on my tears when I sang it and it was probably the most out of tune rendition I ever heard as I was sobbing the whole time. Later, after I thought I made a complete fool of myself, I placed a small hand beaded medicine bag filled with tobacco that I made for my Grandma Gardner in her hands. Just then my father walked up to me. He said to me, "Buffy, how did you know that "The Rose" was your Grandma's favorite song?" Funny, I didn't. All I knew that it was my favorite and that I had to sing it at that moment. After that revelation, I looked back down at my Grandma holding my medicine bag in her hands. I felt for a brief moment her spirit had reached out and touched me |
| Etched Roses by Wenona Gardner |
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| Table of Contents Page 1 Morning Star Page 2 Bask in the Glow Page 3 My Mother Page 4 My Dream for the Future Page 5 The Rose Page 6 Spirit Bead |