Ann Eklund was born and raised in southeast Texas. At age fifteen, she and her parents moved to California where a whole new world opened up for her. Her professional life as an educator spanned forty-seven years. Starting her career in 1968 as a kindergarten teacher, Ann moved on to serve as a school and district-level administrator for thirty-nine years. She flunked retirement and returned to teaching as a university instructor for eight more years, until 2016. Ann has had a passion for working within educational communities to analyze their current systems and examine new possibilities. One of her favorite sayings is “There are lots of right answers.” Ann’s fascination with the mysteries and secrets of family his-tory—yet another system—has been the driving force behind this memoir.