Barbara (Joyce) Sims:  

I've grown up since high school, the hard way. I didn't want to go to college, so I made a point of getting pregnant and getting married. (No one told me I'd have to marry the father.) Just because you're a teacher's daughter, doesn't make you smart. This led me to CA for a few years,as the husband was in the Navy. I bought a house down there and proceeded to fill it with animals and babies. Collies and little boys were my choice. I got fooled in '66 with a little girl. After three years there we moved back to Lewistown. Got a divorce shortly thereafter. Met a good-looking guy and married again. This three year stint brought two little girls. (One is a redhead.) Another divorce. Ran off with a guitar player from WY and joined his band. That led to a life in WY for years and playing in dance bands for twenty-five years, plus another boy. Divorced the musician and married a cowboy with four kids. One girl was burned very badly and the other one was out of her element. I found I had a knack with bolstering little egos and then I had seven. The two older boys were grown and married. They've been in and out of the home, too. So there are nine, plus...Expand for more