Biographical Information

        I have been connected to children all my life. Beginning at age 3 or 4, I decided to be a teacher. And I was,  for 30 years. I taught first, third, and fourth grades, as well as Title I Reading classes in grades kindergarten through seventh. All that time, there was a desire, a dream to write stories for children. Life's ups and downs seemed to keep pushing that dream further away. In 2006, I decided the time for traditional teaching was finished and retirement would bring  opportunities to teach in less formal ways. Now was the time to write those stories.
          Humor and service to others have  always been important parts of my life. My father taught me that you can live with any of life's challenges if you keep your sense of humor intact. From my mother I learned that caring for and about others not only makes you feel good, it's a way to have purpose in life. One or both of these themes seem to find their way into my stories. These beliefs continue to be the foundations of my own life's story.
          Although I don't have children of my own, I tell people that I've had "close to 400 children; I just sent them home at 3:30 to someone else!"

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