Brenda Mimms:  

When I look at the Chain '63, I can only think how we all look like babies, but when we graduated in '67 I thought we were so grown up! I attended Longwood College for 1 yr and planned to major in Eng Lit and the teach. But I was miserable there. With the Vietnam War raging and the race riots going on across the country, it seemed that the world as I knew it was coming to an end in a hurry. I was engaged to A. Birkel, so we got married in Sept '68 and moved to CA where he was stationed at El Toro Marine Base. Moving to So. CA from C'ville was almost like moving to another planet to me--talk about culture shock! Anyway we had 3 years in CA where our 1st child, Michelle, was born in '70 and we relocated to Winston Salem in Aug '71 where Allen intended to attend WFU. In May '73 our son was born and we were really struggling to make ends meet. Finally after 20 years of an abusive relationship, I separated in '89 and divorced in '91and began the long process of healing, which I find is continually on going. I was fortunate to be offered a job in '89 at WFU Med School, first in the Controller's Office as part of Acct Rec for 5 yrs, then in Student Financial Aid for 15 yrs. I really enjoyed working with the students, faculty and staff. The energy at the Med School was always interesting and ...Expand for more