Rememberance day & naidoc week

Dear Diary...

today is officially Rememberance day. The day of the first world war. Most kids would not give a hell about it. But for me it's different, My great grand father, James winter. fought well in the wars. until one day when he came home he was shot in the back. Witch later on led to his Demise. The very moment my school principal started the oath, it was as if time had stopped. there was a dead silence, And I'm my minds eye I saw vishions of how my great grandfather fought in the war. bombs, Guns, blows of blood dirt and smoke and fires. Then I imagined my grandfather coming back to his home. Then getting shot in the back, I just stood there staring at the floor my hair tied in a low ponytail with a scrunchie, While wearing white Nike shoes with a bright pink for the outlines. Black leggings, and my deep navy school jumper. I stood there for a few seconds Thinking about my great grandfather and what it would have been like if I saw it all.

Finally I was brought back to the present and sat down once the oath had finished. I started to cry silently and Kelly saw my upset and held me in her arms. "it's okay" she said. I don't normally let people see me like that but it was nice to not cry alone for once.

a few hours later right after lunch had finished I went to my class room 23. I coloured in a naidoc week page of the rainbow snake sharing Australia with its body. and a man in the middle of the picture. To me naidoc week is not just about being black and white. Or what white or black people have done to eachother, It's about harmony, respect, loving eachother no matter what colour we are.

but most of all, indigenous is not just a colour or certain people. it's a thing that lives inside all of us! We don't have to be indigenous to be indigenous. Becuse with out white or black there would be no balance to us humans or the world. Indigenous is not a race or a colour or not just in your blood wether if you have it or not,

"it is what lives inside us all and it is what brings us all together. no matter what colour or who we are. it's a day of all of us dispite what we may look like on the outside"

"we all bleed the same colour on the right inside."

Happy nadioc week and Rememberance day!

sincerely

- Hannah