About

My maternal grandparents Edmund & Agnes McGilvery were both residential school survivors. All their 15 children were residential school survivors. By the time my mother and her siblings left Blue Quills Residential School, they were young adults and adolescents. By the time I was born, my mother did not know how to be a loving parent. Most of my cousins, myself included, ended up in foster care. I have a huge family yet we are very fragmented. Ours is a story of intergenerational trauma but that is another story.

I am advocating for our deceased families and loved ones whom were residential school survivors. I intend to bring awareness and to raise funds to help a long overdue injustice into the light. 

My goals are twofold: 

1). I would like to help by making tiny moccasins for markers to remember and honour the children still currently being found in unmarked graves at former residential school sites; 

2). I would like to help by making tiny moccasins for markers for deceased residential school survivors whom lived and died and now too are laying in unmarked graves. 

Residential school survivors have suffered enough. Too many paid the ultimate price. 

For me, a great act of reconciliation would be to honour and remember residential school survivors by naming them (if possible) and marking their graves. I want 100% of the proceeds I make from the tiny moccasins to buy as many markers as possible. My greatest wish is to see every residential school survivor with markers/headstones. 

I am tired of being angry and I am tired of crying. It is time for action. We can do better. 

Teaming up with our proud supporter “Elegant Alternative Monuments”  who is offering residential school survivors and families 50% discounts on permanent headstones.