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Helen Barksdale's early years were spent in the shadow of her older sister, [[Rita Barksdale|Rita]], whom her parentsmother spoiled rotten and to whom they gave all their love,with attention, and money. Helen grew up extremely resentful of being ignored but at the same time determined to be the best at everything she did, probably in orderhopes to try andof one day winwinning the approval of her parents. WhenOnce hardin work failed to win her the love and attention of her parentscollege, Helen responded by becomingbecame a hippie and joiningjoined the late 1960s counter-culturecounterculture. While in college[[Middleton College]], she met [[Jake Morgendorffer]] and the two began dating. Jake and Helen botheach had similar problemsissues with their families and becamemay have connected anbecause itemof that. After college, the two moved into a commune with friends before getting married in June 1976. Helen enrolled in law school and much, like her husband, rejected theirthe hippie lifestyleslifestyle and embraced the world of corporate America.

Helen became a corporate lawyer, a career that quickly became the main focus of her life. Even after givingshe birthbecame tothe mother of two daughters, she continued to practice lawwork at the expense of her family. While failing to make partner at the various law firms she worked for, Helen likely became the family bread-winner due to her long hours put in at work, though the exact amount that she earns in comparison to her husband is never revealed either in actual salary numbers or real work hours put in respectively with either parent. She currently works for a [[Lawndale]] firm called [[Vitale, Horowitz, Riordan, Schrecter, Schrecter, and Schrecter]].