On this weeks Topic Tuesday Meredith picks a quote from page 176 of They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars.
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“Today, I do not put anyone on a pedestal. I have respect for people and for their achievements, but I also know that if they are down in the dumps or extremely well off, they have had help to get where they are.”