Marching Through the Years: Drill Team, Animal Rights, and Grandmothers For Peace

March 25, 2017 by JoAnna 14 Comments

Today’s Stream of Consciousness prompt is the word, “march.”  It’s a funny word, though a nice month on most days. The word, march, conjures up high stepping soldiers in nutcracker like uniforms. We have marches for women, for men, for animals, for science…but we don’t usually march in those marches, unless you’re in the band, or a drill team, which I was in high school, and come to think of it, we actually did march and kick and dance a little, though I always had trouble learning the steps at first.

I missed the women’s march, both local and in Washington, because I was in Indiana visiting my grandchildren – and it was well worth it getting to read picture books over and over with my grands who I rarely get to see. But I did “march” in the local MLK parade this year with the Grandmothers for Peace. We chanted (all five of us carrying our banner)”All we are saying, is give peace a chance.”

Way back in the summer of 1990, I did “march” in Washington for he March for the Animals. It was five months after I’d had a miscarriage and I jumped at the chance for a project – a distraction- as the March for the animals was held on the same weekend my baby was supposed to have been born. Nothing like a good “march” to get you moving out of your sadness. But don’t get mad instead of sad. Don’t go mad as a march hare, unless you want to and it’s productive.

Next time I’m in a “march,” I really want to dance, or skip. Free style dancing, not anything where I’ll have to learn steps. I don’t have time for that. I think I’ll do that next MLK day with the Grandmothers for Peace. And I’ll take a tambourine and some bubbles. We got lots of waves, the five of us with our banner. Everybody likes grandmothers.

Waiting for the MLK march to begin

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