If one is open to the unexpected,  life may take astonishing twists and turns. Colleen Sabo knows about this first hand.  She grew up in nearby Arlington, Virginia, and planned to attend James Madison University after finishing a post high school summer job with NATO at the Pentagon.  However, Colleen loved the job so much that she shelved her college plans and stayed at NATO for three more years.  At age 21, she headed off to Brussels and Paris with the whole NATO staff.  During her five years in Europe, travel was the name of the game--sandwiched in between writing and editing on the job, studying French and English at the University of Maryland overseas program, and absorbing art ideas everywhere she went.