I have entered and been bound in many facets, circumstances and environments of society as part of my born and lived reality. Some chosen and unchosen aspects in all of it. I have to the best of my ability stayed present to all the experiences and the learnings within them.

When I feel the time has come that my part is complete and it is time for me to pack up my little kitbag and move on along to continue to follow the Way of the Wind, in full obedience and humility I do.

Lori Ellis-McKinney (2017)