theresa from wahpeton
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Theresa from Wahpeton. Randi Beardslee. I was born on November 3 rd , 1964. My mother worked as a waitress at the local dairy bar at the time, serving up ice cream cones to the Indians and the whites alike. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Theresa from Wahpeton
Randi Beardslee
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I was born on November 3rd, 1964. My mother worked as a waitress at the local
dairy bar at the time, serving up ice cream cones to the Indians and the whites alike.
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My mother was white, but I was half Chippewa. My Indian father left to –
somewhere – before I had the chance to learn his name.
The dichotomy I felt in my own blood was unbearable, at times.
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In the morning, I had to decide whether I wanted to braid my hair, or ask my mom to straighten the stubborn waves with the clothing iron.
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One day, I picked up a book on zodiac signs at our local library. The older white woman
often eyed me with disdain whenever I came around. She scoffed fairly loudly at my book
choice on that day.
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I discovered that I was a Scorpio. All of the listed characteristics and idiosyncrasies
seemed to match me perfectly.
I felt a sense of understanding and belonging when I read the book: it knew I
was loyal, passionate, and observant.
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It also knew my secrets: I could be manipulative, paranoid, and jealous.
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Water was my element.
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I found a definition of myself that I had longed for my entire life.
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An interesting portion of the book outlined the various body parts which the signs were associated with. I discovered that, according
to my sun sign, I was most closely connected with my genitals.
This, accompanied with how often my sign insisted that I was such a
“passionate lover”, disturbed me, but piqued my interest.
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As I grew older, my zodiac definition stuck in the back of my mind. I went through
puberty, discovered men, and found that I really was a “passionate lover”.
At least, that’s what Joseph Migwans told me in his father’s tool shed when
I was 15.
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Eventually, the men I met and began to “go steady” with didn’t like my passion. They
seemed threatened.
They found it off-putting, like I was an over-excited dog that wanted her
stomach rubbed.
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I felt disappointment, like I had done something wrong. So, I abandoned my Scorpio self. I forgot about sexuality.
I became a waitress at the dairy bar, with my mother. I dropped out of high school, because that’s what my mother did. And she always
turned out just fine.
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Then Kyle Olney got me pregnant. And, he left to somewhere, too. And I had a baby, a
minimum-wage job, and a mother who hadn’t turned out just fine.
Her boyfriend left her and the bottle found her.
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In short, I needed money.