1. At this moment, she could see clearly the blue dress that hung, crammed into the corner of the closet.

2. “I just want to keep the blue dress,”

3. The blue dress was a marker that defined the beginning of her life in the world beyond her childhood.

4. The five hour bus ride would take her from small town where she had grown up to the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul where she would build her life.

5. The dress grew suggested confidence and the sense of style she would need to give her a good start when she arrived in Minneapolis.

6. “Just this one.”