07/01/2025
Happy day of gratitude for the land on which we are blessed to live.
I refuse to say “happy Canada Day” because it’s such a strange thing to me to celebrate - the day of colonization, a day that represents the arbitrary establishment of a Nation, which already existed long before us white settlers arrived. A day for many that represents so much pain and intergenerational suffering.
So instead I wish you all an offer of gratitude for this land we get to share, this land we are so blessed to call home. Instead of dividing on this day, let us come together to honour the gift that we share in enjoying and cultivating this land, let us reflect on what it means to be good stewards of this land, and what it means to love the peace, the solitude, the resources, that this land provides us.
How blessed we are. 🙏 Many thanks to Creator for this gift, thanks to the Indigenous populations that existed gere long before us, who can teach us to how to love, steward, and live in harmony with this land, and thank you to those who defend our sovereignty as a Nation.
With love and gratitude,
Dr. B