Bella Radmer
I'm 34 and was born and raised in Olympia,Wa on an Indian Reservation for the Shoshoni Tribe.I was raised in a domestic violent home,I am a incest survivor by both my father and my brother.Both of my parent's were deceased by the time i was 19 and was a mother and married at the age of 18.I have a sister as well and she has been dealing with a numerous amount of substance abuse issues since she was 11 years old.Not all of my childhood was torture and the only reason it wasn't was because both of my mother's parent's protected me to the best of their ability.My grandfather was the Shaman of our tribe and my grandmother was the medicine woman.As far back as i could remember our neighbor's would come for cures from everything from Gout to Gall Stones,it wasn't until i was in the 4th grade that i realized their were actual Doctor's and hospital's that people not from the "Res" went to see to be cured.
I was bounced around alot as a child due to my father's inability to stay sober keep a job and therefore pay the bill's and rent.Many midnight moves were made escaping angry landlord's and local thugs owed money.
When i was 12 my mother finally left my father for good and we moved back to the Reservation and it was then that i began to realize that i was just one of many children who were and who had grown up in a violent household.Substance abuse lay at it's core and the living condition's all my neighbor's lived in due to the low poverty level,the low educational level most held and the stigma attached to being native american and living on a Reservation.
There were little or no job opportunities to be found in the surrounding area's and the factories and forest industry were being depleted by then.
I'm the mother of 4 children and have actual had 6,2 i reluctantly gave up for adoption.I am still dealing with that grief and am unsure if that will be subsiding anytime soon.I am self aware and self conscious,i have only recently been able to accept that i am good e
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I was bounced around alot as a child due to my father's inability to stay sober keep a job and therefore pay the bill's and rent.Many midnight moves were made escaping angry landlord's and local thugs owed money.
When i was 12 my mother finally left my father for good and we moved back to the Reservation and it was then that i began to realize that i was just one of many children who were and who had grown up in a violent household.Substance abuse lay at it's core and the living condition's all my neighbor's lived in due to the low poverty level,the low educational level most held and the stigma attached to being native american and living on a Reservation.
There were little or no job opportunities to be found in the surrounding area's and the factories and forest industry were being depleted by then.
I'm the mother of 4 children and have actual had 6,2 i reluctantly gave up for adoption.I am still dealing with that grief and am unsure if that will be subsiding anytime soon.I am self aware and self conscious,i have only recently been able to accept that i am good e
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