๐ฟ Lineage, Memory & Survival
When I was taking a Carving and Reconciliation course at Langara, some of the men laughed about dating when they were young — or “snagging” as they called it ๐๐.
They said sometimes you’d see someone you liked… and then your Aunty or Mom would step in:
๐ “That’s your cousin.”
๐ก Those teachings were protection. They kept the family lines safe, and they carried wisdom about lineage and balance.
๐ What Was Broken
But then came the F*CKING Residential Schools.
Family trees torn apart. Names stolen. Kinship systems shattered.
And not just here. Across history, humanity has seen:
- Cousins marrying unknowingly.
- Women forced into marriages.
- Slavery.
- Violence against women on a massive scale.
๐งฌ What Sperm Carries
Every act of violence, every broken lineage, every trauma — it doesn’t vanish.
Science calls it epigenetics.
Elders call it memory.
It lives in the sperm.
It lives in the eggs.
It lives in us.
๐ The Miracle
And yet — here we are.
Alive. Breathing. Continuing.
We carry scars.
But we also carry resilience.
✨ We are proof that survival is stronger than destruction.
๐ญ A Question for Today
What wisdom will we choose to pass forward?
What wounds will we choose to heal so the next generations don’t have to carry them?
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