We Are The Government

We Are The Government

My name is Warren Donald Dupre, I am 38 years old and I am the author of my own life as I know each individual reading these words will understand.

I will not attempt any direct assault upon your person beliefs or values, what I would like to do is tell a story.

We can then both decide if my conclusions holds any merit.

My ultimate goal is for you to understand why I'm writing this in the first place. These written and shared words take effort, after all.

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I am the only son of Lisa Warren-Medina and Steve Dupre, their parents being Betty and Donald Dupre / Rae-Ann and David Warren

Note: I'm glad to provide you with additional information about my family but my hope is that based on the nature of my words, this will be unnecessary

Let me first admit, my life is blurry... Well most of it for that matter

In my early years I recall once wearing "jelly" shoes, unknowingly standing on an ant bed to my sister's delight while performing in one of her frequent shows for the amusement (and dread as they eventually gave truth via VHS reruns) of our family.

I also clearly recall a snowstorm in our Texas backyard - tossing clumpy snowballs at one another as a budding, hopeful family. Shortly after tucked and snuggled into a woolen Pac-Man blanket covering a personal twin size waterbed (it was really cool at the time) destined for and blissfully unaware of the abrupt and painful change that lay before us.

These memories, while incomplete, resonate within my soul and actions each day. They remind me where I come from, and the innocence that we each possess.

A Family Departed

My sister was around 11, myself close to 8 when we were "reborn" into a remarkably different, additional remarried family. This poses problems for children of any age but there were some specific challenges we would face.

Consider this:

We're old enough to understand the plight of the parent, but young enough to fight the painful separation, both with zero recourse - we anticipated unconditional love while we were presented with something quite different.

We wanted to see and understand our grandparents - with an entirely new family speaking a different language and holding separate-but-equal traditions and values

We had to make choices that children are not prepared to make, and it influences both of us to this day.

Our holidays consisted of arguments between who could "have" us, while at that age we still held questions of whether anyone wanted us anymore.

What this meant for me in particular was that "mom", "dad", "grandmother" and "grandfather" became potentially transitional identities

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Ultimately all of this helped me begin to accept and realize the differences that exist between (and beyond) men, women, children, parents, caregivers. It allowed me to begin crafting a clearer picture of what it means to be a human. Attempting to manage emotional need vs someone who was laser focused on solving the problems presented to a primary provider.

I've landed where I exist now in 2021. I see things spectacularly differently than anyone else I've yet to encounter on this planet - it seems almost ridiculous to point out that my life does not mirror (exactly) that of anyone I know, or likely anyone that will come after me.

This doesn't make me special or unique to the universe, there will likely be another entity (if there hasn't already) that faces almost the exact same plights and struggles as myself.

This leads me to the ultimate point of this website. You now know who I am, at least to an extent.

I don't know you, I might never know you - at least personally. But there are things I DO know about you.

-I know you want to be loved

-I know you've been misunderstood

-I know you feel at times that this world is larger than you, or doesn't pay attention to you....

Well.. on that last one...

-I KNOW YOU'RE WRONG

You and I have more in common than you might think, please take my words above to heart and acknowledge that regardless of our past, present or potential future - that we each hold a piece of this life that will never be understood or unlocked without the truthful, thoughtful inclusion of those around us.

None of us are going to change this world alone, or even with our close group of friends. But if enough of us are willing to (through research) understand history, then extrapolate that knowledge unto the present, we can change this world for anyone who follows us. What better gift is there to give?

We are the government - simply because you and I quite literally ARE the government. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.

Our future has yet to be written.

Warren Donald Dupre