by TJ My name is Taviyea. I was born on January 2, 2003 in Arizona. I am the third oldest out of all my siblings witch there is now six in total. I have an older sister and an older brother so that makes me the third oldest. Growing up my father really wasn’t around at times so my two younger sister’s father stepped up and was that father figure that I needed in my life. And not only did he teach me how to be a man of the house when he isn’t around at times he also taught
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Life Story
by Young Dad I was born on May 29th 2001 at Mercy General Hospital in downtown Sacramento, CA. I was born to a drug addicted mother who often chose drugs over taking care of me. At the time I was born we lived in North Highlands, CA. It was just me and my mom. She wasn’t working. She collected SSI due to being bi-polar, schizophrenic and having manic depression. We lived in a broke down apartment on A Street. My neighborhood, especially the block we lived on was infested with gangs, drugs and prostitution. We lived there until I was
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by Cody I’m full Native American. I wasn’t born on a reservation. I have lived on a reservation for a year. My great grandma was the last elder in the “rez.†Mom saw her cousin Donna posted my great-grandma on Facebook, “need caretaker ASAP.†(I call my great grandma my grandma.) We left sometime in the weekend, took six hours to arrive at Lovelock, Nevada. I remember getting out the car with Donna to greet us at the gate. The reservation is three streets. I don’t remember the names of them, but it breaks off to a street, which is
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