A career teacher, with forty years of teaching language arts/English, Betty Jackson enjoys wordsmithing, writing, and reading as a vocation and avocation. Retirement is her "age of frosting," a chance to pursue her postponed hobbies with gusto. She especially sends kudos to the Space Coast Writers Guild members for their advice and encouragement. Soon celebrating their forty-sixth anniversary, the Jacksons have lived in New York, New Jersey, Iowa, and now, the paradise of Palm Bay, Florida. Their two grown children and daughter-in-love, all orchestra musicians, and beautiful granddaughters Kal...