I became a Christian at the ripe old age of 5 and feel blessed to have been raised in a Christ-centered home. Through the years, I often rededicated my life as I grew spiritually. It's important not to remain a baby Christian.

My husband, Bill, and I have been married since 1973. We have 3 beautiful grown-up daughters and 5 perfect grandchildren (ages 2,11,12,14,16)

Currently, we're busy raising an overly spunky, 140+ pound, 7 year old red lab named Brinkley. We rescued him from the shelter on the morning he was going down. The other 4-legged member in our family is a pretty Maine Coon old lady cat named Maggie.

I'm a PK - or more accurately, Parsonage Survivor. I lived in 7 states growing up - California, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, Pennsylvania (albeit briefly), Michigan and finally put down roots in Indiana at age 14...and have been a Hoosier ever since.

A close friend and I worked 11 years as local leaders of senior adults in three churches and then 5 years as district directors for our denomination in northern Indiana. Following that, I put in an additional 2 years on the district board as "technical adviser" (that sounds boring - how about the 'Grand Pooh-bah' lol) to the replacements. Both the local and district directorships were fantastic experiences and ones that we will always cherish.

During this time the two of us conducted several workshops for leaders of senior groups. In our opinion, we never outgrow the need for lots of fun and laughter. We were also guest speakers for both ladies groups and senior groups at other churches.

I've written devotionals and some magazine articles.
Deb and I wrote a mystery which is now available from the publisher Pelicanbookgroup.com, Booknook or Amazon.

Reflections of a Stranger

Cora and her husband, PGA golf pro Steady Eddie Timms, live in a safe gated community, so when Cora witnesses a murder, she's shocked and frightened. But without a body, murder weapon, or evidence of a crime, Cora's sanity is called into question-especially when it comes to light that Cora's not been dealing well with the stress and grief of losing a daughter, and her memory of late hasn't been all it should be. Determined to prove her sanity, Cora bursts into a flurry of danger and unanswered questions as she sets out to find evidence of foul play. With the help of a bumbling security guard, a loyal best friend, and a neighbor's yappy dog, pieces finally fall into place. By all appearance, the mystery is solved...until Cora is kidnapped and implicated in a case of hidden identity and an old embezzlement scheme. It will take more than the national attention garnered from Steady Eddie's status to clear Cora's name, rescue her from the kidnappers, and help find her way back to the peace and sanity found only in God's loving arms.


My Heroes: Our men and women in the military. I was quite fond of Ronald Reagan. (I was a long distance telephone operator and placed a call to Reagan while he was still governor of California. I was asked to call him Ronnie-Boy...and guess what - I did!)