Do you remember the moment you discovered the love of writing story? Do you recall who supported you and encouraged you? Perhaps because of that encouragement, and despite a bit of fear and shyness, you stepped into a community of writers. I witnessed such a metamorphosis yesterday when the Local Authors Day at the Racine, Wisconsin Barnes & Noble gave me the opportunity to conduct a mini-workshop on writing the short story.  The group was comprised of some store regulars who have published their stories on Publish America, a women who told me she's a natural-born storyteller, a teacher from UW-Parkside who wants to tell her teaching aunt's story as an engaging way to talk about African-American history. There was a smiling young woman in the front, who sat right near me, and then there was a smiling and obviously shy teenager who sat with her mother at her side. I told the group that I've been reading Christina Baldwin's Storycathers and it's made me realize that, as we pass from the age of industry, technology and information, we need story more than ever. It is the way we connect on social media, the way we work together, the way we can produce strong community. And I told the group that community comes from gratitude and forgiveness. I read my story of the $5 Kiss, a true story of how, in 8th grade, a group of girls paid a guy to kiss dorky me so they could make fun of