Till It’s Over Highway Heaven Doreen Orion, 54 Everywhere, USA Doreen Orion thought her husband was nuts. And she’s a psychiatrist. Then again, he’s a psychiatrist, too. Tim, a car enthusiast who could spend hours browsing through the mechanics magazines at his local newsstand, had picked up one called Bus Conversions, about people who strip down and remodel tour buses and turn them into homes on wheels. His proposal: He and Doreen take a sabbatical, convert a bus, and travel the country. Her reply: “No way! Why can’t you be like a normal husband in a midlife crisis and have an affair or buy a Corvette?” Doreen, who had just turned 40, was content with her life. She was living in a big house in the mountains of Colorado, had her own private practice that was fulfilling both financially and emotionally, and still had plenty of time to indulge her love of shopping (and had the gargantuan walk-in closet to prove it). “We thought we were living the American dream—nice house, good careers, settled and secure,”
