# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C-6AWzNS-3M
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-20T21:10:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

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A LETTER FROM MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILD, CRUZ: An exercise in remembering that we fight for justice because we believe it's possible.

Dear Lolo Bruce,

Is it possible to miss someone you have never met? I think so. I miss all the ancestors introduced to me through family stories, written accounts, random photos, and the indescribable movement of the Spirit. Staring at this picture that has passed through the hands of so many before me, I miss you.

This weekend, I am meeting with a group of holy trouble-makers. You would be proud. We were each asked to bring an item for the ancestor altar to ground our time together. Knowing where we were headed, I remembered this picture of you taken somewhere in the Santa Cruz mountains. After searching through a stack of photos passed down from my Lola, I am pretty sure I am surrounded by the very same redwood grove you were over 150 years ago. Amazingly, it does not look much different; the trees are probably taller, a few more saplings are reaching up toward the sky, and the roads are just as curvy. This place is stunning, and I can’t help but feel you here with me now, once again reveling in its beauty.

We are here continuing the work you and many others did before us. While there is still much to do, much has been achieved since you and your compadres left this earth. I’m writing to you today because we were tasked with writing a letter to our ancestors as we reflect on the state of the world and our lives—so to you, this day, I say thank you.

H/T: im4humanintegrity 

#ancestors #justice #hope #possibility

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

ancestors, justice, hope, possibility

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