When John and I found each other, we found ourselves. My mother, widowed when I was just four, went on to raise my two sisters and me alone. Watching my mother go to night school to complete her education inspired me to work hard and become an independent woman, but I was years away from understanding exactly what my own path to independence would be. When I was 13, our family relocated from Utah to California. I later majored in education and li... Show more