My parents met at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, two farm kids from tiny towns 50+ miles apart, and the first in both their families to earn college degrees.
THE GENE POOL:
![Queen MAB [1921-2009] King Don [1920-2010] Mom & Her Marine](https://kat330.oivas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/genepool.jpg)

My parents met at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, two farm kids from tiny towns 50+ miles apart, and the first in both their families to earn college degrees.
THE GENE POOL:
![Queen MAB [1921-2009] King Don [1920-2010] Mom & Her Marine](https://kat330.oivas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/genepool.jpg)

Came across this of me as a toddler, and it made me wistful recalling that routine wonderment and curiosity I can conjure up only on occasion now.
