Marcel Muskego- I Wanted to Run Away
When I left Blue Quills the first time, I closed the door with all these bad memories and somewhere along the line, somebody opened a door again, that brings me here. I’m hoping after I leave here to close the door again, to my memories. I leave it alone forever. I don’t want to deal with this anymore. Like I say, I thank my brother because the first time we’ve been together in a setting like this. There’s only three of us left, from a family of 12. Eight of us went to that school, and like he said he ran away, my older brother run away, my sister ran away. Those times I wanted to run away, I couldn’t because I’m crippled. I don’t get very far.
And I remember a time when my brother, and sister ran away together. It was, there was four of them. But my brother and sister they were all caught and brought back, and they were in the dining hall when we come in at dinner time. People were laughing, as they got in, as they went in there, looking at it why people were laughing in here. I spotted my brother, my sister wearing a potato sack shirt when everybody’s seated, we were not very far.
I wanted to go be with my brother and sister. And they were stand up, and I remember the father saying this is what happens when you run away.
Yeah, experiences at school was not good, not good at all. And for a long time at sitting next to my [unknown], one of my classmates and I’m happy she’s here to share. And with that, I just want to say thank you for listening to me.
– Marcel Muskego
Notes:
Marcel Muskego Testimony. SC149_part06. Shared at Alberta National Event (ABNE) Sharing Circle. March 28, 2014. National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation holds copyright. https://archives.nctr.ca/SC149_part06
