Deborah H. Collier:  

After graduating from a "Yankee"(lol) school in my senior year, I was accepted at USF and after being there until mid-terms I came down with the worst case of Mono my doctor had ever seen. Coincidentally, he was a direct decendant of Robert E. Lee and also acquired his name. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks and when I got out I traveled from Tampa to Jax.to visit my best friend, Beverly Graycar whom I think many of you will remember. (She's also just as beautiful now as she was then).I moved to my own place (because she already had a roommate), worked for the Telephone Co. and in '67 I headed back up to CT to go to my Mother's second wedding. I met a friend (Suzanne) at work where I was still working for the Telehone Co.and eventually she and I decided to take a road trip and she stayed in San Diego where we went first and she had a friend there and I wanted to drive up to Los Angeles, CA. I loved it there and called Beverly (who was still in Jax.) and asked her to drop everything and come on out to CA to be my roommate. We went to a lot of parties (one where Burt Bacharach (sp.?) was playing) and just generally had a great time there. I had a good job but I had visited San Fran with a friend and fell in love with it! As soon as I got back I gave my two weeks notice and moved there for about a year. I had a good job in San Fran and saved $900 (I'm glad I bought the book "Europe on $5 a day) that year to take a trip to Europe. The friend that planned to go with me changed her mind at the last minute so I went alone. It was SOOOO much fun!!!! I know this is a long story but now I'll shorten it up. I got back from Europe after 3 months and moved back to CA then after staying there for 6 months I moved back to CT where I met my 1st husband. I began to have this urge to have children and so after dating this man for 3 months he popped the question, we were married and after 4 years I had three handsome boys and 3 ye...Expand for more