Cawanua Keeling:
CLASS OF 1960
Goldsboro High SchoolClass of 1960
Goldsboro, NC
Southern Wayne High SchoolClass of 1987
Dudley, NC
East Carolina UniversityClass of 1980
Greenville, NC
Zweibruecken American High SchoolClass of 1974
Zweibruecken,
Cawanua's Story
Spot and Me
This will be a very honest and perhaps a bit gritty response, but to do less would be a lie.
1. I never knew I had a disfigurement, called a birthmark until I attended school. My parents called it, "My beauty mark".
2. By 12 years old, in the sixth grade, I became aware of the effect my "Spot" had on the boys in the gym class. Classes blended together were to experience the art of dance. The boys in my class would have rather eaten glass that face having to dance with me. I spent the rest of the year hiding in the stairway of the stage and got an A in the class.
3. This was a lesson in my potential value as a bride and I took the first opportunity, dropped out of high school, and married at the age of 16.
4. This marriage to ...Expand for more
a, handsome, abusive, alcoholic, who believed dating was a part of the wedding vows, lasted 23 years.
5. My greatest joy came from this union in the form of three wonder human beings that I call, my children.
6. I got my GED, accumulated one year of college and transferred that to ECU. I graduated with a degree in Special Education at the age of 37.
7. When I became a teacher, I became "somebody" . I taught for 25 years.
8. I am married to an intelligent and thoughtful man who actually believes I am a fabulous artist and photographer.
9. Sometimes, I still feel alone. Can't shake it.
10. I have made an uneasy piece with Spot for I know it was this challenge which has made me strong.
And the adventure continues and always will until......
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