No. 286 - Conviction

I was in a seminar today and during a break, our instructor told us that many films are now being made in Michigan, where he lives. He applied to be an extra and was called to appear as a professor in the background of a few scenes in a movie coming out this weekend called Conviction.

He hasn't seen the final production but said he might be in a scene in a student union building sitting at a table talking to another professor and waving a yellow highlighter.

I learned that Conviction is based on the true story of Betty Anne Waters, an unemployed single mother who, with the help of attorney Barry Scheck from the Innocence Project, exonerated her wrongfully convicted brother. In order to do this she earned her GED, then her bachelor's, a master's in education, and eventually a law degree from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. She accomplished this while raising two boys alone and working as a waitress part-time.

Talk about conviction. And determination. And as my dad would say, intestinal fortitude. What an inspirational story for those who don't think it's possible to complete a goal, or achieve a dream!