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escaping reality - or, as she describes it,
“Have you ever seen ‘The Fast and the
Furious?’ (I just) kept it to a track.”
Tanetta’s racing career ended abruptly after
a serious crash, and lingering migraines and
muscle spasms keep her from working the
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longer shifts that a regular job demands. It’s
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clear that a challenge won’t scare Tanetta
off, though. In the past month,
hen Tanetta moved to Portland in
November, it didn’t take her long to she’s started making and
selling incense and
spot someone selling Street Roots.
As she tells it, “I stood there, and I watched
fragrance oils. She
him, and I’m going, ‘I can do this!’” By the
also plans to
time she had been in town for three weeks, work again
Tanetta had attended an orientation and
this summer
started selling papers, part of her effort to
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Tanetta met her husband four years ago
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into a six-week visit Tanetta left only to
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pack up the rest of her belongings in
sell items at
Wyoming. When they decided to get
flea markets and
married, she said, she had “finally found
on eBay,
someone that loved me and respected me
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and got to know me first. We’re still getting
to know each other; every day we’re
discovering new things.”
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One discovery they made together last
summer was the Pacific Northwest. They
had spent a week visiting Washington and
Oregon for Tanetta’s son’s wedding and
found that her husband’s health, which
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has been troubled by the effects of
asthma and lung disease, improved
significantly during their trip. The
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meantime, she continues to sell Street I
Roots, which she calls “a lifeline for me. It’s
a way to escape the kids and the chaos. It
makes me feel normal to be abte to have
money coming in.”
It gives customers the chance to get to
know her and support her, as well, such as
the generous woman whose husband also
has to use oxygen right now, and the new
mother who recently brought her twins for
Tanetta to see.
Tanetta appreciates their
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she’s been able to build, but it’s not
always easy to stand on the corner
and sell papers.
“The main thing I want people to
understand is, we’re not looking
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I hand up,” she said. “And we’re not
going to be in this situation for
long.”
At the end of the day, the most
important and comforting things to
Tanetta are the people she’s working
to support: “I give my husband
a big hug and kiss, and
love on the kids and the
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almost 17 years). After a loss in her
family, Tanetta found herself back
in Oregon before her husband.
Tanetta’s own health
complications have kept her from
finding a traditional job. When
she was younger, she pursued
dirt-track racing as a means of
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