My goodness, Tara! I think I could feel the energy from that rally all the way down here in Texas just by reading your experience. Beautiful. I’ve been so proud to watch the 60 second clips that show up on my YouTube feed of Canadians standing up for and with the Freedom Convoy. I told my husband, “Look at Canada! They’ve had enough!!” We are standing with you all - the fight of and for our lives. ❤️
It's been wonderful and truly so unifying. I'm so glad that came through. I wish I could scoop up everyone, all the naysayers and people who are buying the narrative of corporatised media (let's stop calling it "mainstream" already) and show them for themselves. The sad thing is what everyone is being kept away from in their belief of what the corporate news sells them - the joyous union of humans wanting their inherent rights and freedoms returned and doing something about it. Glad you could feel that 🙂❤️
If we do not have freedom, we have nothing. So many people have let fear overcome their entire lives, that they have been willing to give up everything for an illusion of safety.
Is it not sad that now when I take my children somewhere in public with me, I have to worry about someone harassing us if they cough or sneeze? Not because they are sick, but just because that’s what people have to do every now and then.
People are disconnected from one another. We can’t see their faces or their smiles. Every person I pass with a face covering on looks tired, defeated, and joyless.
These protests are about so much more than mandates. Freedom is most important, yes, but we have forgotten what it is like to be human towards one another. And that is scary too.
It's such a heart aching state of affairs. So hard for adults to deal with that I just can't imagine what is going through the minds of little ones. If we don't get our freedom, we are lost. Love to you and your babes❤️
Oh Tara ... thank you so much for this. I have cried tears of joy so much in the last couple of weeks watching the Freedom Convoy from the other side of this country, wishing so much that I could be there. Your words and emotions brought me there. That Bulldozer ... that would have been my late husband, Dave. He was bigger than life and loved by so many, and he loved to drive his truck. Over the last couple of weeks I've been trying to picture him there and you've delivered that image to me. I can't stop crying, thinking about you, thinking about Dave and thinking about all of those incredibly brave men and women standing up for our rights and freedoms. Thank you so much!
Yes, I saw it, too!! It was excellent. Wow, a person that sounds like a real human being in parliament, not a robot. What a novelty! Thank you for sharing that here!
My husband and I were just talking about the rally before he left for work this morning. How encouraging it is to see more proof that we aren't alone, that we have like-minded brothers and sisters all over the continent. Praying for safety for you and your hubby and an end to this madness.
I've been watching Viva Frei's livestreams and crying with joy! The beautiful conversations happening on the street with people sharing their stories has been inspiring. I'm also impressed by Brian Peckford's case and wondering if any other countries will try something similar. Y'all are inspiring many right now.
Everyone should watch the Jordan Peterson interview with Brian Peckford (at least Canadians). I just watched some video of Australia and their protests. Wonderful momentum!
Lovely piece, Tara. The world needs a genuine hug and this is it. I hope more hugs will come forth and along with it a modicum of that much-needed common sense that those of us who grew up surrounded by hard-working, funny and dependable men, recognize as true worth.
You are so eloquent in writing! My father was a wonderful man that fought for his country, worked really hard, raised 4 children by himself. was generous to a fault and always stood up for kids in trouble. I like the part about people talking in loops! It seems like most politicians do that and never get anything done!
Oh thank you for your words - the division created by the "pursuit of equality and politically correct tolerance" has been a distressing thing to witness. I appreciate your calm perspective.
I have been having these exact thoughts lately. I grew up on a dairy farm. Went off to school and got multiple degrees and wanted to became a college prof but ended up in a corporate job. I met my husband when he was driving truck for a steel plant, and now he works a union job at a plant and supports our family. I feel I’ve walked between the blue and white collar worlds my whole life. I absolutely prefer the direct, honest, ball-busting qualities of the blue collar folks. It seems to me that since Trump, many of the “educated” (their word) folks are even more classist. They gobbled up all the media about the right and view them as a homogeneous whole. And for the record, my husband and I have always voted for the left here in the U.S. Not so sure about that anymore.
I have a lot of these same feelings and observations, Sarah. I find that now, especially with the ideologies planted in university/college institutions, the common sense seems to be pooled in those people who have taken other routes. We, too, feel like disenfranchised liberals. Their viewpoints and salivation over critical race theory and all of these other divisive theories have become almost radicalized. Don't know where we belong anymore other than in the woods. I think people are truly losing their minds.
I just heard Mila’s story on the Dark Horse and I had to come here. I’ve heard mentions and allusions, I knew she had passed last year but I had no idea how it why. I feel so shocked.
I don’t know you in the flesh or your family but I’ve read your writing for years and seen your photos. Stories about farm life and family. Mila seemed so alive, so engaged, bright, loved and loving. I am unspeakably sorry for your loss. Unspeakably.
I sit here in tears, my own young son still sleeping in the other room, thinking of you all, sending immense love and strength and solidarity.
I’ve not met you but I love you as much as I could love anyone. May she be at peace. May her memory bring you comfort. May we all not lot her death be forgotten. May we do what is hard and what is right in the world, at all costs.
Thank you for your beautiful letter. Thank you for coming here to give me such a kind gift. If you can keep a pebble of a memory of her in your heart, you have brought me more peace and love than you know. Thank you for your love and your prayers. Wish I could hug you. xo
Well said. I honestly don't understand how anyone can take what they hear/see on the news at face value. Every item, whether it be crime, the economy, healthcare, sports coverage, the arts, even the weather-- for crying out loud!--is presented with a political (politics = who gets what) slant. Who could be so gullible as to believe??? But then, I see that millions do, and it leaves me shaking my head in bewilderment. At one time I considered myself somewhat liberal, raised in a college town with "forward-thinking ideas". I dreamt of working on Capitol Hill. Public radio was my news source. This has all changed. Trump forever altered the American landscape, then Covid came along and widened the chasm. What is left are 1. The sheep who blindly follow The Powers That Be, bleating in fear, finger-pointing and name-calling and 2. The people who choose to think for themselves. Like you, I have lost faith in what I'm told is "right" and "true". No, that genie will never go back in the bottle. Lately, I have jokingly been telling my children, "...listen, whatever the people around you are doing/saying, you should do the exact opposite!!!..." Deep in my heart I know this is no joke.
I think this is why I need to spend so much time in nature. All of these ridiculous things just fall away. I can start at an abandoned bird nest and just marvel at the honesty of it. I don't know what's happening in this world, I suspect madness and division and separation from spirit have a lot to do with it. We believe in nothing, eat crap, don't move, live on screens. Zoo humans. It takes so much work to just live outside of the matrix, but what else is there to do?
Standing on Parliament Hill - Down-under, Canberra Australia
To dear Tara and all the Freedom Fighters in Ottawa Canada, firstly THANK YOU as you all have inspired us Down-under! We have heard and seen your courage to: drive, stand in the snow, rally together against Tyranny in your Canadian Government. You all are a shining light for the whole world and particularly all us Australian Freedom Fighters, we are following your lead. This weekend, Saturday 12th February 2022 we too will be standing on our "Fake Parliament" on the Hill in our capital Canberra, Australia: chanting, singing, hugging, spreading hope, joy & love, but most importantly expressing our Freedom messages against: Mandates, Coercion, Covid Vaccines, Lockdowns, Digital Passports, Fake News and Fake Government. I hope my words help you Tara, to know we stand in unity with you. Sending much JOY from the other side of the world.
We will be watching and cheering you all on! Please update us on how things go. I'm watching the Australian Rebel News which gives pretty good coverage but would love to hear it from you, too.
Saturday, 12th February 2022 - Convoy to Canberra, Australia, On Parliament Hill
Gidday Tara, Over 1 Million Australians joined together in unity, in a peaceful pilgrimage to our Capital in Canberra. We are everyday Aussies, driving from all over our vast country, from every state. We came together to peacefully let our Government know that we want our Freedoms back and the Mandates to stop. We participated in the largest protest in Australian history and listened to other Australians, on the stage and in person, who are struggling with all the draconian laws being forced upon us. The Convoy was a great success: peaceful, loving, our voices were heard and the love was seen and felt by everyone that was there.
The highlight of the day was hearing a recorded message from the Organiser of the Canadian Truckers Convoy. Monica Smit from Reignite Democracy Australia (whose mother is Canadian) organised the recording. The speech brought much needed joy and hope to all us Australians, we were so grateful that he made the time to speak to us.
To be continued........... we are in unity with all the Freedom Lovers in Canada and all across the World.
My goodness, Tara! I think I could feel the energy from that rally all the way down here in Texas just by reading your experience. Beautiful. I’ve been so proud to watch the 60 second clips that show up on my YouTube feed of Canadians standing up for and with the Freedom Convoy. I told my husband, “Look at Canada! They’ve had enough!!” We are standing with you all - the fight of and for our lives. ❤️
It's been wonderful and truly so unifying. I'm so glad that came through. I wish I could scoop up everyone, all the naysayers and people who are buying the narrative of corporatised media (let's stop calling it "mainstream" already) and show them for themselves. The sad thing is what everyone is being kept away from in their belief of what the corporate news sells them - the joyous union of humans wanting their inherent rights and freedoms returned and doing something about it. Glad you could feel that 🙂❤️
You might be interested in info from a different silo of thought? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-meet-the-21-year-old-who-silenced-the-ottawa-truckers-horns/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Morning%20Update&utm_content=2022-2-11_6&utm_term=Morning%20Update:%20Ontario%20prepares%20fines,%20possible%20seizure%20of%20trucks%20to%20end%20Ambassador%20Bridge%20blockade%20&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=bDOkukqp26LSA7zATyiLCn5q9jbqi3o7
If we do not have freedom, we have nothing. So many people have let fear overcome their entire lives, that they have been willing to give up everything for an illusion of safety.
Is it not sad that now when I take my children somewhere in public with me, I have to worry about someone harassing us if they cough or sneeze? Not because they are sick, but just because that’s what people have to do every now and then.
People are disconnected from one another. We can’t see their faces or their smiles. Every person I pass with a face covering on looks tired, defeated, and joyless.
These protests are about so much more than mandates. Freedom is most important, yes, but we have forgotten what it is like to be human towards one another. And that is scary too.
It's such a heart aching state of affairs. So hard for adults to deal with that I just can't imagine what is going through the minds of little ones. If we don't get our freedom, we are lost. Love to you and your babes❤️
Oh Tara ... thank you so much for this. I have cried tears of joy so much in the last couple of weeks watching the Freedom Convoy from the other side of this country, wishing so much that I could be there. Your words and emotions brought me there. That Bulldozer ... that would have been my late husband, Dave. He was bigger than life and loved by so many, and he loved to drive his truck. Over the last couple of weeks I've been trying to picture him there and you've delivered that image to me. I can't stop crying, thinking about you, thinking about Dave and thinking about all of those incredibly brave men and women standing up for our rights and freedoms. Thank you so much!
Janice, I replied to this comment on the audio thread, I loved hearing about this and your bulldozer, Dave :)
Raquel Dancho made a speech to parliament yesterday that will warm your heart. Google it?
Yes, I saw it, too!! It was excellent. Wow, a person that sounds like a real human being in parliament, not a robot. What a novelty! Thank you for sharing that here!
It was so good!!
Thank you for mentioning it. I just listened to her speech - electrifying. It gives me such hope!
Here's the link to MP Raquel Dancho's speech:
https://youtu.be/fgiWX83DqPA
Thank you for posting the link! It was excellent!
My husband and I were just talking about the rally before he left for work this morning. How encouraging it is to see more proof that we aren't alone, that we have like-minded brothers and sisters all over the continent. Praying for safety for you and your hubby and an end to this madness.
It does feel so unifying!
I've been watching Viva Frei's livestreams and crying with joy! The beautiful conversations happening on the street with people sharing their stories has been inspiring. I'm also impressed by Brian Peckford's case and wondering if any other countries will try something similar. Y'all are inspiring many right now.
Everyone should watch the Jordan Peterson interview with Brian Peckford (at least Canadians). I just watched some video of Australia and their protests. Wonderful momentum!
It's a fabulous interview - I learned quite a bit - and it gives me hope!
Lovely piece, Tara. The world needs a genuine hug and this is it. I hope more hugs will come forth and along with it a modicum of that much-needed common sense that those of us who grew up surrounded by hard-working, funny and dependable men, recognize as true worth.
Yes, common sense, hard work and funny, dependable humans. I'll take an order of that, please :)
You are so eloquent in writing! My father was a wonderful man that fought for his country, worked really hard, raised 4 children by himself. was generous to a fault and always stood up for kids in trouble. I like the part about people talking in loops! It seems like most politicians do that and never get anything done!
Your father does sound like a wonderful man, how lucky you were to have him. :)
Oh thank you for your words - the division created by the "pursuit of equality and politically correct tolerance" has been a distressing thing to witness. I appreciate your calm perspective.
As Mark Twain said, “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them they are being fooled”.
Tara, this speaks to what is in my heart. Such sadness I feel, and not many share my views. Thank you for speaking up. You are a treasure.
Thank you, Petra. I'm so glad to meet you in that lonely place.
I have been having these exact thoughts lately. I grew up on a dairy farm. Went off to school and got multiple degrees and wanted to became a college prof but ended up in a corporate job. I met my husband when he was driving truck for a steel plant, and now he works a union job at a plant and supports our family. I feel I’ve walked between the blue and white collar worlds my whole life. I absolutely prefer the direct, honest, ball-busting qualities of the blue collar folks. It seems to me that since Trump, many of the “educated” (their word) folks are even more classist. They gobbled up all the media about the right and view them as a homogeneous whole. And for the record, my husband and I have always voted for the left here in the U.S. Not so sure about that anymore.
I have a lot of these same feelings and observations, Sarah. I find that now, especially with the ideologies planted in university/college institutions, the common sense seems to be pooled in those people who have taken other routes. We, too, feel like disenfranchised liberals. Their viewpoints and salivation over critical race theory and all of these other divisive theories have become almost radicalized. Don't know where we belong anymore other than in the woods. I think people are truly losing their minds.
Tara,
I just heard Mila’s story on the Dark Horse and I had to come here. I’ve heard mentions and allusions, I knew she had passed last year but I had no idea how it why. I feel so shocked.
I don’t know you in the flesh or your family but I’ve read your writing for years and seen your photos. Stories about farm life and family. Mila seemed so alive, so engaged, bright, loved and loving. I am unspeakably sorry for your loss. Unspeakably.
I sit here in tears, my own young son still sleeping in the other room, thinking of you all, sending immense love and strength and solidarity.
I’ve not met you but I love you as much as I could love anyone. May she be at peace. May her memory bring you comfort. May we all not lot her death be forgotten. May we do what is hard and what is right in the world, at all costs.
Bless you Tara.
Thank you for your beautiful letter. Thank you for coming here to give me such a kind gift. If you can keep a pebble of a memory of her in your heart, you have brought me more peace and love than you know. Thank you for your love and your prayers. Wish I could hug you. xo
Well said. I honestly don't understand how anyone can take what they hear/see on the news at face value. Every item, whether it be crime, the economy, healthcare, sports coverage, the arts, even the weather-- for crying out loud!--is presented with a political (politics = who gets what) slant. Who could be so gullible as to believe??? But then, I see that millions do, and it leaves me shaking my head in bewilderment. At one time I considered myself somewhat liberal, raised in a college town with "forward-thinking ideas". I dreamt of working on Capitol Hill. Public radio was my news source. This has all changed. Trump forever altered the American landscape, then Covid came along and widened the chasm. What is left are 1. The sheep who blindly follow The Powers That Be, bleating in fear, finger-pointing and name-calling and 2. The people who choose to think for themselves. Like you, I have lost faith in what I'm told is "right" and "true". No, that genie will never go back in the bottle. Lately, I have jokingly been telling my children, "...listen, whatever the people around you are doing/saying, you should do the exact opposite!!!..." Deep in my heart I know this is no joke.
I think this is why I need to spend so much time in nature. All of these ridiculous things just fall away. I can start at an abandoned bird nest and just marvel at the honesty of it. I don't know what's happening in this world, I suspect madness and division and separation from spirit have a lot to do with it. We believe in nothing, eat crap, don't move, live on screens. Zoo humans. It takes so much work to just live outside of the matrix, but what else is there to do?
Standing on Parliament Hill - Down-under, Canberra Australia
To dear Tara and all the Freedom Fighters in Ottawa Canada, firstly THANK YOU as you all have inspired us Down-under! We have heard and seen your courage to: drive, stand in the snow, rally together against Tyranny in your Canadian Government. You all are a shining light for the whole world and particularly all us Australian Freedom Fighters, we are following your lead. This weekend, Saturday 12th February 2022 we too will be standing on our "Fake Parliament" on the Hill in our capital Canberra, Australia: chanting, singing, hugging, spreading hope, joy & love, but most importantly expressing our Freedom messages against: Mandates, Coercion, Covid Vaccines, Lockdowns, Digital Passports, Fake News and Fake Government. I hope my words help you Tara, to know we stand in unity with you. Sending much JOY from the other side of the world.
We will be watching and cheering you all on! Please update us on how things go. I'm watching the Australian Rebel News which gives pretty good coverage but would love to hear it from you, too.
Saturday, 12th February 2022 - Convoy to Canberra, Australia, On Parliament Hill
Gidday Tara, Over 1 Million Australians joined together in unity, in a peaceful pilgrimage to our Capital in Canberra. We are everyday Aussies, driving from all over our vast country, from every state. We came together to peacefully let our Government know that we want our Freedoms back and the Mandates to stop. We participated in the largest protest in Australian history and listened to other Australians, on the stage and in person, who are struggling with all the draconian laws being forced upon us. The Convoy was a great success: peaceful, loving, our voices were heard and the love was seen and felt by everyone that was there.
The highlight of the day was hearing a recorded message from the Organiser of the Canadian Truckers Convoy. Monica Smit from Reignite Democracy Australia (whose mother is Canadian) organised the recording. The speech brought much needed joy and hope to all us Australians, we were so grateful that he made the time to speak to us.
To be continued........... we are in unity with all the Freedom Lovers in Canada and all across the World.
Those of us hip to the truth know very well who’s at the truck convoy and what they stand for. The rally has been a great comfort!