Michael Celebrates 38 Awesome Years
Thank you to everyone who has made me the person I am today. To everyone who has loved me and shared with me; laughed with me and cried with me; learned with me and lost with me - I am a mash up of everyone I have ever learned from and for that I am grateful.
Thank you to every land that has made me who I am today. To Shamattawa, to the North End of Winnipeg and to every community I have had the opportunity to visit with and experience. Thank you to the communities that have welcomed me with open arms, in celebration and in grief, in organizing and in visiting. Thank you all, kinanaskomitinow, for welcoming me into your families and helping me grow my kinship, my wahkotowin to include all of you too.
Photo by Devon Paige / Beadwork by Stan Saunders / Magic By Angie Lamirande / 2025
Since it is my birthday I am going to think of 38 things that I am grateful for, in no particular order (and I could keep going, believe me lol).
that you are reading this
my cat sushi
Grace
my Champagne Family
my Redhead family
the internet
music
tetris
Stevie Wonder
the Ininew language
the North End of Winnipeg
my first kids book, We Need Everyone
Angie
adoption
storytelling
books
poetry
art
theatres
plays
activists
helpers
rebels
advocates
grandmas and grandpas
architecture
occupational therapy, physiotherapy and respiratory therapy
sharing
choirs
knowledge translation
learning
swimming
dad jokes / lame humour
working with others
libraries
public speaking
cartwheels (even if I am not great at them)
this website
