Susan Winkelmann:  

In 1968 I went to Hamburg, Germany for a college year abroad. My first week there I met Peter - my husband of 40+ years. Our anniversary is June 19th. Our first daughter, Tina was born in Hamburg in 1973. Lisa was born in Milwaukee in 1977. We had returned to the US to live near my parents in December of 1974 and raised our girls in Oak Creek. We planned to move to Mesa, AZ just as soon as Lisa graduated from college and Peter turned 55 (in June, 2000), but ended up staying until September. Both daughters got engaged Christmas Eve, 1999. Lisa married in June and Tina in September. What a year! We paid for 2 weddings, sold our house, moved to AZ without jobs and began remodeling a home we had bought there in 1993 and had rented out for 7 years. We currently live in Leisure World - a senior community in Mesa. It's a wonderful place with tons of ammenities. Here we learned to play our new passion - doubles tennis! We even play in a league. After we returned from Germany, I went back to school at MATC and got an Associate Degree in Dental Hygiene - sounded better than nursing as the pay was comparable and the hours MUCH better. Peter worked as a painter for Marquette University and Tina was able to get her degree there for free - a great perc. Lisa decided to go to Martin Luther College in Minnesota to become a teacher. Tina and husband Joel live ...Expand for more