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Street Roots • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2015
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Street Roots Jingle
by Cynthia & Don
Trying hard with all our might
20 more sales gets us in tonight
One can hope, two can succeed
purchase Street Roots
you’ll help those in need
to all people this we say
May peace and blessings,
surround your day
When we’re lost and unsure of what to do
we look up ‘cause we trust in you.
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talking about people that do meth. They
come by and wake me up out of a dead
sleep, and I’ve got to protect our stuff
because (hay husband doesn’t) wake up.
Dani and her husband are disabled and
qualify for low-income housing. But all of
the affordable places, from Hillsboro to
BY LEONORA KO
STAFF W R IT E R
Gresham, have two- to five-year waiting
ani Wyatt may be one of the flashiest lists.
“All that’s available is single-room
vendors on the street. She wears a
occupancy,” she said. “And I can t do
blue wig, twirls the Street Roots
that, unfortunately, because my
paper like a baton, and often calls out: “One
husband is my caretaker, and he
dollah, hollah, hollah, Street Roots, root it
is the only one who knows how
up!”
to deal with my medical issues
If a passerby is still oblivious, Dani may
at this point.”
throw in a: “I’m sorry to bother you sir/
Dani manages to
ma’am, but you dropped your smile back
stay
positive .
there.” Or she might use sign language and
because, she said,
dance moves that are at once delightful and
“there is always
mesmerizing.
somebody out there worse
The sign language comes from a high­
off than you.” She has literally
school Class that Dani took because her
taken the coat off her back and
best friend was deaf. The dance moves
given it, an extra sleeping bag
come from her early days of cheerleading
and a backpack to
and rhythmic gymnastics in the Puget
another homeless
Sound area. Both are part of the joy that
woman.
Dani feels in any act of skillful movement.
Most of all,
But some days Dani can barely walk
Dani
looks up
because of health issues.
to her
“It’s called conversion disorder,” she
said. “I want to raise awareness about that,
big time.”
Mayo Clinic describes conversion
disorder as a condition that starts with an
emotional crisis and converts into physical
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symptoms.
In D an i’s case, s h e said, “I ’ve b e e n
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wouldn’t be who I am today if I hadn’t gone
through th a t But I still believe no child
should ever have to go through what I went
through.”
She suffers from post-traumatic stress
and has had seizures. Sleeping on the street
makes matters worse.
“I’m a bit tired because I’ve been up at
night because of tweakers,” Dani said. “I’m
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grandmother, Katherine, who taught her:
Be who you are inside. If someone can’t
accept that, they’re not worth your time.
Stay calm, stay peaceful and keep smiling
no matter how bad it gets.
It’s Dani’s attitude that makes the
businesses, at her comer of Southwest
Morrison Street and Southwest Fourth
Avenue, compete for her Street Roots
presence.
“You know, I’ve been through
this,” she said, “but do I want
to sit there and dwell on it?
do I want to do something
with it? I choose
over negative.”