Writing Sample

Kait Carr
My Personal Object
Sophmore English
24 August 2007

Hello my name is Kait Carr. I'm 15 years old and i'm a Sophmore at Hot Springs High School. Two years ago I was graduating from eighth grade, and moving on to high school. For the girls in my family this is a pretty big deal.
Since my grandmother was graduating from eighth grade there has been a tradition to give her a graduation ring. The ring was usualy received from the grandmother. My grandmother was the first in our family to receive this gift, my mother the second, and I was the third, generation wise anyway.
When I graduated from eighth grade my grandmother came all the way from Washington to give me my ring, and i still have it on my finger today. My grandmother passed away a few months after my graduation, so it made the ring just that much more special to me.
When we get our graduation ring we dont just gett any random ring. All the rings that have been given out have been Black Hills Gold. The reason all the rings have been Black Hills Gold is because my great grandmother and grandfather used to live in South Dakota where ther are loads of Black Hills Gold.
The usual design for Black Hills Gold is Leaf or some kind of vine, I have no idea why it is like that I just know thats how it usualy is. my ring has a vine design on it like most.
When someone says Black Hills Gold you usually think of Black or gold right? Well thats not the case at all, Black Hills Gold is usually the color green or a pinkish orange.
If I lost my ring I dont think I would be able to survive, I really doubt I would lose it though since it is pretty snug on my finger and I only take it off for vollyball.
Well thats all I have to say about my special object, it means alot to me and like I said I dont know what I would do without it.