Mariah Debra Gale Messinger is the mother of boy/girl twins. In her travels, she has lived in Central New Jersey, Washington DC, the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Santa Cruz, CA, the wilderness of Wolf Creek, OR and then finally settled in San Francisco, CA. It was in Afton, VA, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, that she began writing and illustrating children's books. First, for her twins delight and, then, because the stories would not stop coming out of her! At this time, Mariah is Owner/Director/Head Teacher of a home based Pre-school, Pre-K, Daycare. Children are and have always been an in...