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Mississippi Pagan Pride Day
AutumnFest 2004
I just wanted to share alittle info with you and Why I push the PPD so hard.
many know me by my email. but this is what's Important to me.
I am a solitary eclectic female for the last 12 years, Until I jumped on the band wagon to volunteer my needed help one day with this Pagan Pride Day Event that was looking for volunteers back in 2002. A good way to meet other like minded souls, I thought to myself. I have met alot of friends and new friends through helping out in the communities and going to gatherings. I am quite, but if I have something to say, it comes from "ME"... from my heart and soul. I stand my ground in what I believe in and whats important to me, no matter how much my voice shakes. But what works best for me, may not work for anyone else. We are all in this "Community Boat" together. We all have thoughts & emotions... some just show it alittle more than others. But we All row this Community Boat together. We are all teachers as well as students. Life... it is our teacher and the Earth is our Mother we learn things everyday, wheither we acknowledge it or not. It is a learning process we go through every day for the rest of our lives until we pass over into Summerland,...Then a new journey begins.
Always be there or take the time to help another to learn, the rewards are very heartfelt and very gradifying. Take that time to teach them, We all started out "not knowing" but we were taught, and we listened and we learned. Pass all that knowledge on to another. Be Kind, Be Patient. Be Gentle with your words and actions. The "Sticks & Stones".. Words will scar for life. Even myself am guilty of that. But I learned from it and I'm still learning new things every day.
Speaking of Life....I had heard bits & pieces of a story that just happened 13 months earlier prior to September 2002. I searched & I found it. As I began reading I had this over powering feeling came over me and as I continued to read, I was so overwhelmed by this story... the silent tears that were rolling down my face . This young spirit had no friends and was alone. No one gave her a chance to explain her beliefs or even bothered to hear them, but day in and day out everyday the tauntings and name calling was just too much for one young spirit to endure. There was a page that had a pledge. Well I signed this pledge.. but I would do these things even without taking a oath or pledging myself ... however it seemed to be the thing to do when I read it.
It has been 3 years now, and I still feel the same way as I did when I first read this article. I never had the opportunity to ever meet her, But I wish I could have. Her Presence is always around me. I talk to her Mother often and I am a Active member of The Tempest Smith Foundation. The Pagan Pride Project is what this is ALL about. "Fighting The Fear" and it is Tempest , her story, her spirit that pushes me to keep on keeping on in what I'm doing with the PPD and that is paving the way for others to make sure that this NEVER happens again. Only if you hide in the shadows... You will always be in the shadows. "Never Again" Stand Up, Stand Strong, Be Proud This is all about who WE are and what WE BELIEVE in. With All of US Coming together WE can make a difference...
Many Blessings~
Peace, Love & Light, )O(
Carol Kyle / Winterfire (MSPPD Coordinator)
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