[IRCA] John Bryant R.I.P

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

My wife and I sat over a cup of tea talking about John tonight.  As some of you may know, my wife Wanda is Haida and has a very Native American spirituality.  She offered this thought about John:  "People like John don't ever die.  They remain with us, enriching our lives long after they leave this world".  She then referred me to a Native American (likely Navajo) poem (although when I Googled it, it's been attributed to many different people).  I know that John was deeply proud of his own Native American roots (Chippewa, I believe), and so in tribute to this wonderful man:


Native American Prayer 

I give you this one thought to keep - 
I am with you still - I do not sleep. 
I am a thousand winds that blow, 
I am the diamond glints on snow, 
I am sunlight on ripened grain, 
I am the gentle autumn rain. 
When you awake in the morning's hush 
I am the swift, uplifting rush 
Of quiet birds in circled flight. 
I am the soft stars that shine at night. 
Do not think of me as gone - 
I am with you still - in each new dawn. 


We'll never forget you, my dear friend......Walt and Wanda Salmaniw, Victoria, BC 

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