Carol Best

She was born in 1936 and grew up in West Virginia and her dad said he wouldn’t pay for her to go to college so she earned a scholarship to UCLA as a National Merit Scholar. And she went, where she met my dad at a party in Malibu as a senior. She was President of her class who majored in Retail Merchandizing. I remember she sewed all our homes’ curtains and clothes, including our bathing suits growing up. She married my dad who was a Real Estate developer and they moved about the country through their lives together, including twice in Europe. They were married 60 years, Dad passed last year. Mom always approached life as an adventure and with a sense of optimism she conveyed to her three children. To this day she sees the positives and wonder in everything. Read More