Mom's painful journey

Growing up in the D.C. suburbs in the 1970s, Laurie Strongin was an upbeat child and a model teenager. She did well in school, enjoyed a happy family, developed a durable group of friends. She also had a subversive – well, “streak” is the only word for it. After taking her SATs, Strongin and friends celebrated with a naked run along the Beltway.