Script/Questions

Questions to prompt the stories:

What was your neighborhood like?
What was it like being a minority within minorities?
What was your relationship with your parents like? your sisters? your friends?
As a child, what are some things you and friends did for fun?
As a child, what were some things you saw in your neighborhood?
How did you become involved with drugs/alcohol?
What was your outlook on life after you became involved with them?
What was your relationship with your parents like during the time you were using? your sisters? your friends?
Why did you join the army?
What type of experience was that?
What were some things you did while in the army?
When you learned of your situation, how did you feel? What did you think? What did you do?
How did you come upon this situation?
When you left the army, what did you do?
What did the doctors tell you about your situation? friends? family? others?
You had a girlfriend that was very crucial in this time, what happened to her?
What was your outlook on life then?
What did you do in your free time?
What changed your direction in life? What was your epiphany?
How did you go about changing your life?
What did your father think about this? your sisters? your friends? What were their reactions?
How did this work out?
How did you meet my mother?
What was your relationship with her before dating?
What was your relationship with her family while you were dating?
When did you tell her about your situation?
What were her thoughts on having a child with you?
Did you come to a mutual agreement to have a child? or did it just happen?
How did you feel when you found out she was pregnant?
How did it feel when I was born?
How had your life changed after my birth? If it changed at all
How does your past effects you now as a parent and as a person?
How do you think your past effects me?

Questions for me:
How did you feel about your father when you were younger?
What was your relationship with your parents when you were younger?
How has your fathers past effected you?
How has your fathers situation effected you?
What do you think of your father now?
What is your relationship with your father?