Author: jasminepitzer14

Today obviously the biggest thing we experience to day was cadavers that to most of us was pretty sketchy I mean for some it was our first time seeing that and in NY own opinion it’s way pretty amazing. I loved seeing things I’ve never seen. But this was a risk that I took to work up the courage to go in lucky to me I had a great group. Everything is about risk and chance if you think about it. You take a risk hoping there is a chance something good will happen and most of the time it dose everything happens for a reason and it may not all be good. However if you don’t take that chance and you just stay in your little  safety zone you will never know what yo are capable of doing. Like today I look around and I see people hanging out and doing things with other people that they weren’t hanging around yesterday. Because they took a chance to talk to them to put themselves out there an try to be their fiend and because they did that by the end of the day everyone was having fun and getting along I’m slowly seeing the small groups turn into big groups. I know many of us consider this a family already but I seen today that more people are warming up to it and its a beautiful thing to sit back and see and I am so thankful that I took the risk to be here in this program because what was a Scarry thing to do at first is now an amazing blessing that I will Cary with me for the rest of my life and I want to thank every single one of you for being so welcoming and for everything that has happened in the last 3 days

If I had to give one word for what I personally thought stuck out to me it would be RESPECT but not only for yourself but for everyone and EVERYTHING around you and knowing the value of what you see everyday, things we take for granted are sometimes the things we need the most in order to survive… Like for example a tree we see them everyday and we don’t think anything about it right ? Well think about what what that tree provides you with , oxygen, shade when you are really hot. A place for a hammock and tight rope something to climb and recite Shakespeare if you wanted to 😂 but yet everyday after we finish with it when we are all cooled down we have caught our breath ran out of sonnets… We don’t even think to thank that tree we just walk away… And I think that’s what is really the most part. And I can’t say that I say thank you to the tree but it’s something we should all think about….

So far this is a really fun learning experience I’ve made new friends and picked up a few new skills along the way. I cant wait to see why tomorrow has in store for us 🙂 let me tell you a little about myself, my name is jasmine, I am Paiute from Tule River, family is a really is a really big part of my life. I’ve been dancing from the time I could walk till now pow wow has always been a part of my life, I’m hoping to learn more about our culture and make new friends along the way