Who or what do the old women represent in the first stanza ? Indian Boy Love Song (#2)

I never spoke
the language
of the old woman

visiting my mother
in winters so cold
they could freeze
the tongue whole

I never held my head
to their thin chests
believing in the heart.

Indian women, forgive me.
I grew up distant
and always afraid.

Number the events to show the order in which they occur. use 1 for the first event. luma offers to meet jeremiah’s mom and drive jeremiah to and from practice. jeremiah tries out for the soccer team. jeremiah is not allowed to play soccer because his mother does not want him around strangers. jeremiah makes the team. jeremiah’s mother agrees to the plan.