Simona Rosenfield 2023-03-10 Simona Rosenfield 2023-03-10

Uncle Ugly

I just had a Zoom meeting with the department of youth protection. They want me to work with the kids. It's a big emotional investment, and reminds me a lot of my own past, being taken away.

Emma McLaughlin 2023-02-10 Emma McLaughlin 2023-02-10

My mom

My Mom was not 60 years old when she passed away from an accident that she had with my father, a car accident. She was determined, because my father was getting older, that she needed to have a driver’s license.

Simona Rosenfield 2023-01-13 Simona Rosenfield 2023-01-13

Rubbed off

Way back when, I think the community was closer than what we are now. It’s still close, but there was more respect at that time. I guess we put money first, before anything else.

Simona Rosenfield 2023-01-06 Simona Rosenfield 2023-01-06

Greedy people

A lot of people, you give them a place on the land, their shares, but not everybody is happy receiving their area or money. They want everything.

Simona Rosenfield 2023-01-06 Simona Rosenfield 2023-01-06

An elder’s secret

When we were children, I was always in a hurry to grow up. The elders, the women, they would tell me, “It’s not as exciting as you think.

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The return of the doll

We moved so many times that eventually, I lost the Christmas doll. Fifteen years ago, I was at a scrapping workshop with a very close and devoted friend, Pauline Wiedow. We were all sharing our favourite stories, and I told my story of the doll.

Callie Giaccone 2022-12-16 Callie Giaccone 2022-12-16

Christmas doll

Christmas was my favourite time of year. When I was about six years old, they had the most beautiful Christmas doll in the display of the general store.

Callie Giaccone 2022-12-16 Callie Giaccone 2022-12-16

D’ailleboust general store

There was a general store adjacent to the church. It was called Louis D'ailleboust store, and this store had everything and anything.

Simona Rosenfield 2022-11-25 Simona Rosenfield 2022-11-25

Her doll

A few weeks after everything, she did call me and asked me if I could come to her house. She was sitting in the bedroom of her son. The way he left it is the way she left it.

Simona Rosenfield 2022-11-25 Simona Rosenfield 2022-11-25

Mothers

When our youngest daughter was five years old, she went to kindergarten in the community. We were told that one of the children in her class had an accident on the weekend, where the milk truck ran over her classmate. Here we go again, right?

Simona Rosenfield 2022-11-18 Simona Rosenfield 2022-11-18

Send the injun

I’m a mountain climber. Well, I used to be a mountain climber. As a matter of fact, I filmed the first Canadian ascent of Mount Everest, which was a flop.

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The fourth child

Growing up, I always had dolls to play with, and I used to have dreams about having my own children. Bringing them around the kitchen table and making sure the table was always full. When we had our five children, I was a stay-at-home mom.

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Only child

I had a brother. Thirteen years born after me, but he was stillborn. I had a brother for not even an hour.

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Family

After I graduated high school, I worked a year, then got married and had babies. I had three babies in a row. It was challenging at times, but I can’t imagine life without them.