Cyndi Wasson:  

I met my husband, Sandy Wasson, the first day of my freshman year at Occidental College. We married the beginning of my soph. year, and had Julie the end of that year a few days after Sandy's graduation. Sandy went to work for TWA, and we were relocated to the Bay Area before my senior year. Julie and I commuted (thank you TWA) each week to Los Angeles until I graduated from Occidental in June of 1968. (My college graduation portrait has a two year-old cutie on my lap.) Yes, it was a crazy time in my life and much of my senior year is a blur. I had two more kids, Steve, now 41, and Lindsay, now 30. My husband made life interesting by joining LAPD in 1971, where he had quite an impressive career, retiring as a Captain in 2001. Nothing like having the inside scoop on the riots, the Pope's visit, and the Olympics. (And there¿s nothing like a phone call at 3 a.m. informing him of a murder to disturb the sleep.) I was busy raising and enjoying our kids, and with the surprise arrival of Lindsay 13 years after Julie's birth, found myself with one kid at UCLA, one in high school and one in kindergarten all at the same time. It kept me young and kept the house full of our children's friends for more than 30 years. I think we raised half of them! I worked briefly in real estate where I did well but hated missing Little League and soccer games. I also worked in art sales and did archival preservation of limited edition art. That was interesting, but I retired when our daughter gave birth to our eldest grandson so I could visit a grandchild whenever I wanted! Julie, her husband, Ste...Expand for more