Donna Lindsey:  

After high school I went to school in River Falls and continued working as a telephone operator (one ringy-dingy). My first marriage was a bust but it left me with a perfect son and daughter, both of whom are a continuing source of joy. I ignore the fact that they are old enough now to have legal protection from age discrimination. My son does data in Dallas; my daughter is a senior librarian at Stanford University in Palo Alto. I lived in Minnesota until age 40, at which time my work transferred me to Atlanta, then Tampa, then Dallas (home of big hair!) and finally back to Tampa. There #2 husband and I were enormously happy until his untimely death from lung cancer. I became a widow, orphan and retiree nearly at the same time, after 30 years with GTE/Verizon. I sulked for a few years, then went back to school and got a master's in Conflict Management and Mediation and hung out my own little shingle in Dallas for a few years as a family mediator. It was very rewarding. In 2013 I closed up shop ...Expand for more