Diane Greene:  

Life AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I WENT TO A JR. COLLEGE IN MASS. TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, MOVED TO BOSTON AROUND 1967 AND I LOVED IT...THE BIG CITY. AFTER A WHILE I MOVED TO NEW YORK TO BE WITH MY SISTER. I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE ALL THAT CONRETE, SO I MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO TO BE WITH FRIENDS THERE. I FELT RIGHT AT HOME WITH THE 60'S/70'S LOVE-IN AND BECAME A WORKING HIPPIE. WE CAMPED ALL OVER CALIF.,LIVED ON A FRUIT FARM AND IRRIGATED TREES IN LAKE ELSINORE, LIVED ON THE HOUSEBOATS IN SAUSALITO, AND THEN MOVED TO LAKE TAHOE. THERE I MET MY HUSBAND WHO CAME UP TO VISIT A FRIEND. HE WAS THE DRUMMER FOR JOHN LEE HOOKER AND THE COAST TO COAST BLUES BAND, AND HE FLEW ME UP TO MONTREAL, CANADA, WHERE THEY STARTED THEIR TOUR. I WENT WITH THE BAND FOR SEVERAL YEARS AROUND THE U.S. AND CANADA UNTIL I GOT PREGNANT WITH TESSA. IT WAS DIFFICULT TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILY WHILE KEN WAS ON THE ROAD, SO AFTER I HAD TWINS, KEN LEFT THE BAND TO BE AROUND US. WE LIVED IN FELTON, CA. NEAR SANTA CRUZ AT THE TIME. HE HAD A HARD TIME BEING AWAY FROM THE MUSIC HE LOVED AND OUR MARRIAGE FELL APART. I MOVED BACK TO P.I., MAINE, WHERE I MET THE ELDERS FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND BECAME A MORMON. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE SHORT OF HAVING MY CHILDREN. KEN CAME OUT TO MAINE, STAYED FOR A TIME AND BROUGHT US BACK TO CARSON CITY WHERE HIS PARENTS WERE. WE STAYED THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN MOVED TO SACRAMENTO WHERE WE DIVORCED. SEVERAL YEARS LATER WE REMARRIED ONLY TO DIVORCE AGAIN NINE MONTHS AFTER THAT. HE IS NOW DECEASED. IN THE CHURCH, I LEARNED HOW TO BUILD THE CONFIDENCE AND RESPECT FOR MYSELF THAT I NEVER HAD GROWING UP. I TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL FROM THREE YEAR OLDS UP TO YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. I LEARNED TO SPEAK PUBLICALLY AND TO ENJOY DOING IT. I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT I HAD ABOUT MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS SON THROUGH THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY GHOST. I NOW AM A TEMPLE WORKER IN THE SACRA...Expand for more