The Beginning The story starts in California with these two families, the Simmons and the Harrington's
The Simmons -is an extended family. Val and her sister Rachel's parents were divorced and then married again to other people. through this marriage they acquired a brother named Paul. Paul also has a sister named Penny.
Val's dad Joel and mom Patrica had jobs. He ________and she was a free lance reporter. Val started delivering newspapers,then with Georgie's help opened a shop while in high school. She then went on to fashion design and a bit of costume design and acting. She later married Michael Reynolds. They have two children , Rebecca and Jacob. Rachel never married. She did some acting and then made it big as a singer. She later moved in with James Dean and his daughter, Chelsea. Still later she adopted a girl of her own named Kimberly.
Paul became a lawyer and married Lisa ______. They adopted an older child, Sandy.
Penny had one child, a holy terror who later---