Helen Harris:  

My ex-husband and I eloped in 1953 after my freshman year at Purdue. I spent the next 4 years as a Navy wife in Washington, D.C. and in Long Beach, California. My son was born half way through the Navy years. The next 3 1/2 years were spent at Purdue while my husband acquired his Bachelors degree. My first daughter was 15 months old when we moved from there to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I spent the next 18 years as a corporate wife. My second daughter was born 1 1/2 years after we moved to Minneapolis. One year later, my husband's job took us to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We spent 4 years there. It was a nice experience and it enabled us to travel around Europe to places we probably would not have visited otherwise. My favorite place to visit was Paris, but our travels took us to London, several places in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Luxenborg, Switzerland, and Italy. We returned to the USA and Minneapolis in 1968 where we stayed until 1973 when the job took us to Boston. In 1974, I returned to the student world and received my BA with a Psychology major in 1977. I received my MEd with a counseling major in 1979. My marriage ended late in 1979. The divorce was difficult for my entire family. I did some travelling around the USA for a while, and I worked at my profession. I spent some time in New York City, San Francisco, and back to Boston again since my chi...Expand for more