Focus

The focus of my story is:

Meeting my birth mother

The focus of Ashley's story is:

Meeting her boyfriend

Brainstorming for Nonfiction story

A list of people that are involved in my story -
Mom, Beth, Jon, Amy, Leonard, Chad, Dad, the waitress, the host, myself, Angie, my college choice, the other people eating at Perkins and Heather.

Scenes -
Taking in my mother's clothing
crying in the car
chewing my nails all the way to town
It was a cloudy day - possible rain - my favorite weather
adoption day


How many children born out of wedlock year 1986
Dad's car in 86, price of gas...etc

Paperclip Joe

I remember in middle school and high school the cute little animated paper clip that would introduce you to Microsoft Word. I remember spending some serious time trying to change him from a paperclip to a wizard or a puppy or kitty. I wanted the option of having a different animation but because the school had only purchased the most basic of Microsoft Office you couldn't save a different animation. It had to be the Paperclip.

Paperclips are so simple. Just a long piece of metal (steel to be exact) bent or curved into a specific shape. It's use is fairly simple as well. It holds things together. Not permanently, just for a shorter period of time, until someone needs those papers again, or decides to make them stuck together forever - staple style.