More saddness

For the second time in less than a week death has struck our community. Last week a young man committed suicide and then on the weekend a skidoo went thru the ice and Noah Issac drowned. Salluit is a very small village and these events hits everyone deeply. Several families will be hurt by both deaths and the deep saddness invades the entire town.

This is very hard on the school children. Their homes are very unsettled at this point in time. Elders are busy and the children are left on their own too much. The school is closed to-day out of respect for the families . I have given my students a great deal of homework to keep them busy.

The weather is not helping. We are enveloped by heavy fog today. Perhaps this is in preparation for my return to Nova Scotia. The towel in the bathroom was actually clammy, a first for me in the North. ususally the house is so dry that I have two humidifers going at all times. Not these days.

The weekend was glorious, bright sun and no wind. I saw a robin on Sunday morning. I have also heard some bird songs that sound very much like down south. I had all the doors and windows open most of the weekend so I was able to hear all the different bird songs. This makes me anxious sto return to Nova Scotia.

Last night my Mum called. We have a very good and special relationship. We talked for over 90 minutes last night. Nothing earth shattering but we caught up on what is going on and what is important to each of us. My Dad was not home so we could really talk up a storm. She visited me in Salluit a few years ago and she tries to keep up with what is going on here. George and I put together photos of the two of us in places she would remember here in Salluit for her Mother's Day gift. While George was here we went thru the photos of her here that I had so it was a fun grouping of of her and two of her children in Salluit.

The school is closing out of respect of the death on the weekend so I must go.