We celebrate the life of Kasandra Fox
...a remarkable woman...
...who
passed away suddenly on Good Friday April
9th,
2004 at approximately 3:30 AM at her home in Langley,
British Columbia after suffering long from various physical
afflictions. Born,
Florence Thelma Brakstad, a
farmer’s daughter to hard working parents John and Thelma
Brakstad in Kelvington, Saskatchewan on November
24th
1940,
she possessed a rare innate wisdom and maturity that was
far beyond her years. Farm life in this rural area,
known as High Hill was harsh yet rewarding and those early
years near Kelvington as well as later near Tisdale taught
many important values that remained with her all the 63
years of her life. These included her love of people,
nature and animals; her appreciation of creative cooking,
even with minimal ingredients; also sewing, knitting,
embroidery – all the traditional arts and crafts that rural
life depended on. Residing somewhat near Indian
reservations and attending pow-wows as a child, she came to
love and appreciate traditional native spirituality with
its respect of nature and the Great Spirit that was present
beyond, as well as within all creation. This
realization at such an early age impressed her young heart
and mind, strongly influencing the direction her life was
to take. These spiritual values she was able to
creatively apply to her own lifetime spiritual quest.
A
Forward to This Dedication From the
Editor
Some of what you are about to read you will hopefully be
touched by, some will tickle your funny bone, some may
cause you to scratch your head and wonder, and some may
downright amaze you causing you to think this writer’s a
little off the deep end. All of that’s okay because
much of this was very difficult to put into
words. But, I’ve attempted to present the
nature of this personality, which I’ve had the pleasure to
know personally for one year short of 3 decades. All
of what you are about to read I can attest to as true from
my own experience, as well as what was relayed to me from
those I consider reliable sources. It is my wish that
the writing of this will do justice to this wonderful lady
and her lasting memory.
The reader of this dedication may have known Kasandra by
any number of the legal names that she possessed throughout
her life. They include
Florence Brakstad,
Florence Goodlad,
Angelique Delaney and
Kasandra Fox.
To make this writer’s job easier and as the latter was her
legal name at the time of her passing, I will refer to her
as
Kasandra Fox for the
remainder of this writing, unless noted otherwise.
See website below for contact
information
jeffwyatt.com
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