Two Become One: Dating, College, Teaching & Marriage

“A Shy, small town girl meets her knight in shining armor at big city college, and lives happily ever after.” This was the dream of many a young woman in the late 1960's. Debby Reynolds and Sandra Dee played my part in all the romantic movies based on this plot. Could it – would it happen to me? I was about to take on that challenge and see where life would take me. My adventure would open my innocent eyes to the horror and protests of the Vietnam War as well as racial tensions, and riots in the city where I would live. Hippy love was bursting forth bringing flower power and young love right into my life, inspiring changes my father noticed with parental angst and humor. Yes, my life was about to blossom in the most fantastic directions! College would be exciting but also challenging as I was about to be dropped from the School of Education. With the help of my family and friends would I grow into the teacher I had been inspired to be by my own First Grade teacher, and hopefully the confident person I felt I could be? Come join me in my second life adventure. See how teaching in the big city would teach me some of life's real lessons, as I became part of the lives of children who struggled just to survive and yet were able to find happiness at school. And see how my Art classes would bring me true love and my best friend and change my life forever as Two Become One and beyond....