Janet May:  

I grew up on a farm on the edge of Swansea, Illinois, right next to Belleville, Illinois,, just across the river from Saint Louis, Missouri. My family was active in the Methodist Church and I sang in the Angel Choir, the Junior Choir and the Senior Choir. I loved going to Little Grassy Lake Methodist Camp and was also very active in the Junior and Senior MYFs. Scouting was another of my passions. I couldn't wait to be a Brownie, then a Girl Scout and then a Senior Girl Scout. I earned every badge in the book except for canoeing and skiing, and I didn't do those because there wasn't anybody in the area who could help me with them. I was a Mary's Helper at Saint Elizabeth's Hospital as part of my community service for the Curved Bar rank - equivalent to Eagle in the Boy Scouts. I loved going along with younger girls to camp-outs as an assistant leader. Then I went off to Illinois Wesleyan. By the time I finished college, I knew I wanted to get out of southern Illinois and see more of the world. Instead of following my sister out to San Francisco and joining the hippies, I went to Dallas and found work. I had already found a boyfriend and he was studying there. We married after he finished seminary and spent the next th...Expand for more