Adulthood
Russell's mother was pleased when the War ended and Russell had not had the chance to go overseas to the fighting at all. Russell on the other hand was not so pleased but never the less he went home glad the war was over. Now a young man in his twenties he decided to go back to Johns Hopkins and finish college. After college he got a job at the Baltimore Sun, working his way up to a rewrite man, one of the most respected positions in newspaper.
Of course like any other young man he meet darling young ladies. But only one he stayed with for years. Her name was Mimi, and they were together for nearly four years. Everytime the subject of marriage came up Russell would brush it off and say "it is not in the cards". Mimi hated this and therefore they are always on again off again. Russell just could not let her go, and finally he asked her to marry him. His mother did not like her because she was a "modern girl" who worked at a cosmetic counter in a department store and lived alone. Russell did not care, and Lucy soon grew to accept Mimi. The two made a home and family for themselves and their children.
Of course like any other young man he meet darling young ladies. But only one he stayed with for years. Her name was Mimi, and they were together for nearly four years. Everytime the subject of marriage came up Russell would brush it off and say "it is not in the cards". Mimi hated this and therefore they are always on again off again. Russell just could not let her go, and finally he asked her to marry him. His mother did not like her because she was a "modern girl" who worked at a cosmetic counter in a department store and lived alone. Russell did not care, and Lucy soon grew to accept Mimi. The two made a home and family for themselves and their children.
Russell went on to work for the New York Times working in the Washington Bureau. In 1979 he won the Pulitzer Prize for his commentaries on the Presidential offices of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.