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Chapter Three: College, Marriage, and Missions, 1958-1971 |
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| August, 1958. A fellow freshman whose name I now forget pulled up to the Homestead in his stylish Volkswagen Bug. I added my worldly belongings to his,* and we headed out along US Route 66 to Joplin and points East. Eventually to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
We left something important in San Bernardino.** I forget what, but dear Pappy caught up to us in Victorville and made sure we had it… |
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Two missions to France, alternating with marriage and five episodes of college life, occupied my next thirteen years. Almost half-way through,
Valerie and
I were
joined forever in the Los Angeles Temple, attaching a permanent meaning to all that effort.
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| Chapter Foreword: Some Thoughts About “Career(s?)” |
*In a lifetime of energetic jigsaw puzzling, doubtless my most distinguished achievement. **Actually, it’s clear now that I left a whole lot more behind than I was ready to acknowledge at the time. Probably a major reason that I have to construct this account. |
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