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Here is my attempt to summarize the past fifty years leaving out all the embarrassing, sometimes racy, sordid and boring details…after graduation I attended Missouri University in Columbia for a year and a half. As I remember my Senior Advisor at U. City told me not to go straight to college as I would probably drop out - and I made an honest and reliable person out of her. She also said that if I waited until I matured a bit I would probably succeed in college. When I returned to school at UCLA thirty five years later, I graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Anthropology and received a Dean's Scholarship to graduate school where I earned a Master's degree in Education. Who knew I should have listened to her but then that was one of the signs of my immaturity - not paying attention to authority figures. I continued to not listen to authority figures found myself married when I was too young and immature… and consequently soon divorced. My second marriage has lasted thirty-six years and brought two wonderful children into this world. My older daughter Nicole, 34, has just completed her doctorate in Psychology. She was married last October and her husband, David, is beginning his PhD program at the University of Oregon in the fall. Jenny, my younger daughter, 30, also was married last year in August and she and her husband (coincidently also named David) |