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After starting life in a city of flats, horse drawn wagons, stickball, penny candy stores, Maxwell Street and black snow, she moves to a small home in rural La Grange, IL, offering a much less congested and cleaner place than the Southside of Chicago. Her new home is filled with love and many pets including dogs, cats, birds, a giant goldfish, a one eyed turtle, a racoon and a banty rooster.<\/p>\n<p>She survives bullying and body shaming throughout parochial school and during job hunting. With &#8220;Call Us!&#8221; help from her dad, she is hired as an executive secretary. Then, after determinedly losing 60 pounds, she becomes a USO dance hostess and meets her soulmate, US Navy seaman Patrick Harrington. They date during 1968 Chicago\u2019s tumultuous racial violence and Democrat convention and marry six months later. The Navy moves her life from Illinois to Florida and having a son, Brian; to living a primitive lifestyle on the Island of Adak, Alaska and finally coping with loneliness, earthquakes and a completely different culture in Misawa, Japan. Her experiences graphically illustrate the hardships of \u201cmilitary family life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #333300;\"> Bonnie\u2019s dad, a truck mechanic, gave her the mantra, &#8220;Don\u2019t Lift Up Your Hood and Cuss, Call Us!&#8221; to help her push through life\u2019s difficulties while growing stronger &amp; more confident. Help, both external and internal, was always just a &#8220;Call Us!&#8221; away if needed. 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