My head doesn't understand but my heart knows.  

Her name was never mentioned. Her photo was never seen. Her story was never told. It was as if she never existed. Stripped of her life force, her truth had been silenced.

Then one day she mysteriously came to me and said, "Use your voice to tell our story".  The story of our shared shame and our shared hiding.  She knew that shining a light on our truth was the healing elixir needed to unite our hearts and set us free.

Idella Dixon Gray is my Great Great Grandmother and she was Native American. Most likely from the Cherokee Nation.

Idella Dixon Gray, I am blessed to be your granddaughter and I promise to honor your past by sharing your special kind of wisdom with the world.  

I’m Robin Rorex and Welcome to Dirty Bird Diaries.   A sacred healing space where I give voice to stories that normalize the underbelly of our shared humanity. Please listen in as I share the story of my Grandmother’s magic - Special Kind of Wisdom | My Grandmother's Story.