A Lasting Brotherhood with Dan, Born of Friendship with China

With Son Tiger and Dan. Brother Dan and I met when he brought a delegation of Jalin Province , China, to seek agricultural partnerships with First Nations.

In August, 1995, before Tiger was born , we had a two-day meeting in Calgary and then to Lethbridge to visit the Blood Tribe to see if there were agricultural products that could be traded with China.

To conclude our visit, my beloved wife prepared a great barbecue of Alberta beef steaks and all the fixings.

Although, I am doing the best I can to follow a vegan path, in the days of my second childhood, I must say with great respect to all my to my vegan and vegetarian relatives, that steak that night sure tasted good, filled with Suthida’s Love ❤️ !

Ever since we have been close Brothers. When Tiger and Suthida went to Beijing for three months Dan, his wife, Lily, and son Eric came to visit at least once a week.

Then Sister Lily and Tonska Eric came and stayed with them for 3 years so Tonska Eric could attend and graduate from Earl Marriot HS.

So why the long story? This is time to transend these darkening clouds of war, realize we are one Human Family , make relatives, stop making war and begin peace on Earth , as prophesied !!!!

Three men stand arm in arm in a living room hung with Indigenous art: an older man in a patterned shirt, a young man in glasses and an eagle T-shirt, and a smiling man in a blue KU hoodie.