I live on an Indiana farm with my husband, two of my four children, a dog and a barn cat. When I'm not writing or hauling grain, I enjoy canning food. Before writing my first book. I worked twenty-five years in the medical field of Optometry. During that time I wrote a human-interest story in a medical newsletter and have had my poetry published in "Speer Presents." Although writing is my first love, I'm devoted to our military and am honored to organize a yearly event where our community sends care packages to soldiers overseas. Their bravery inspires me.