Brainstorming my Digital Story

1.  A positive scene from my childhood was when I would get off of the school bus and my great grandma would be waiting on my sister and I. She would walk us up the hill to her house where she would have fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. We always spent our evenings with her. While she would make supper we would play barbies and school after we would eat our cookie/ice cream sandwiches. This event (though it isn't detailed) is very important to me because my great grandma is not able to cook and the old times were the best.

2. A negative scene from my childhood was when my step mother came to my great grandmas to pick my sister and I up to go to my dads. My dad is a truck driver so his hours are different daily and that day he was working and couldn't come get us. I remember she pulled into the drive way and came up to the door. My sister didn't mind going but I on the other hand hated going when my dad wasn't around. I cried and cried because I didn't want to go with her. My great grandma told her that if I didn't want to go I didn't have to. My stepmothers reply was that Rob was my dad and I had to go. By the end of the story I can say I was safely at my great grandmas. I thought this was a negative scene because throughout my whole childhood I was easily homesick when I was away from my grandma.

3.A memory from my teen-aged year was my very first cheerleading competition. I remember practicing for hours everyday after school between the months of August and November. It was competition day and we were all in the car ready to go. When we got to the school, we had help taking out our curlers. Then it was time for the practice time. Boy was I nervous. I did very well at this time it was like being in the gym at school. A few minutes later it was show time. I was so nervous that I forgot some of the routine and had to copy the girls in front of me. I was glad when it was over. It was a great first experience and I continued to cheer throughout my entire time in high school.

4.The most important memory that is in my mind today is my cousin Brian. Brian was my aunt and uncles son. He was a mail man and lived in New Jersey. Just a couple years ago he was diagnosed with leukemia. Throughout the years since being diagnosed he was at one time 100% cancer free but then it came back. After a year had passed he got remarried and they had a little girl. The last time I got to talk to him in person was the day of the baby shower. I had just gotten a new tattoo of the cancer ribbon to support him and he was so excited to see it. Last year in October his daughter turned one of the 9th and four days later he let go. We all miss him and I am sad that he left so soon but his life was well lived with the time he had on earth. This makes me know that we never know how long we have, so we need to live life to the fullest.

5. I feel that I answered this in number 4. The death of my cousin was a big turning point. Not just the death but when he was diagnosed it changed my life. I wanted to be healthier so that I could help him if I needed to. I became a bone morrow donator. Though I haven't been needed to donate I was ready when I was needed. I feel that it has made me change my attitude toward my family and the way I think about things. Family is so important to me and I never know how long I will have with each one of them.