Author Bio

It is my greatest desire, to lift people to better relationships with God, self, family, friends and associates! It has been a wonderful privilege and teaching experience, to be raised in a large family and to have eight children, as well as a marriage experience, of my own.

More than anything, I value the love and truths received of God and the incredible blessing He has given us, in our human connections. Other than conversing or being together, writing is the best way I know of, to express love and to give. At times it is the very best. I have children that like to tease me, about being a “writer,” and I enjoy it! It is nice to be in touch, with what I am, and what I can share. I also love music. It has the power potential, of carrying writing further into, the feeling realm.

I remember closely associating singing with love. I guess I watched, “The Sound of Music,”  too many times, as a child, because after seeing Captain Von Trapp and Maria singing to each other in the garden, it was ingrained in me for years, that I would never obtain my truest love, until my voice was as perfected as my feelings. That raised the stakes so high, that it really created, (and perhaps still is,) a confidence problem!

I am grateful for life’s experiences. All have been teachers. When hard times face us, we hopefully learn compassion and a desire to reach out to those struggling on greater levels than ourselves. We can also look back from an altered perspective, and see how the troubles came and that with them, came amazing opportunities, character, and even blessings.

One of the opportunities, that opened to me, after some true trials, led to the fulfillment of an important desire that had been in my heart for a long time. The “nudge” was that I was to be a writer.

In second grade I wrote my first remembered poem, about meeting some feared aliens and then making friends with them. That poem, which was chosen for the school history book, proved portentous. I have since, faced and overcome many challenges and fears, through God’s love and the inspiration of great people I have known and been influenced by.

There have also been countless enjoyments and blessings. I had a childhood with parents who were wonderful teachers. We enjoyed some great experiences. In some ways, we had more than our share of childhood and teenage fun. But, there also were serious challenges there.

As I married, thinking somewhat to escape the challenges I grew up with, and arrange life on new terms, ( my own of course,) I encountered new sorrows, in a marriage, now, that was less loving and congruous, than I had planned on. That was something I didn’t expect for myself. I always felt that marriage, would find me at peace, capable and happy.

Rather marriage tested my character, at new levels. You sometimes must learn, by facing a trying and much unanticipated situation, what inadequacies and potential weaknesses you have, and what source of strength you will seek, to measure up to the situation.

By unanticipated, I do not mean that there were not warning signs. I was one of those, who thought, that once together in our own little world, the things in the relationship that were a problem, would work themselves out.

Through all of the soul wrenching, the scriptures brought me incredible relief. There is so much leaping out between the verses. The undeniable faith, of real characters facing their widely varied challenges and persecutions, being led by God, while sometimes being called on to do fearful things!

There are so many scriptural examples of how God effectually uses the desires we have, as he leads us toward doing His will. I call this the “carrot syndrome!” It is holding out the carrot for the horse, or for us, the promise. We don’t get it right away. But in our effort to get to it, we learn to follow him and take care of His things.

The biblical story of Jacob especially comes to mind. He serves in the house of Laban for seven years, to obtain Laban’s daughter Rachel, as wife. (Genesis 29:20.) But it is discovered, (on what seems to be the morning after the honeymoon night,) that Leah her sister was the one given him, in disguise. He then was given Rachel as well, and served seven more years. But, “when the Lord saw that Leah was hated and he opened her womb…” (Genesis 29:31) So she was given children. Here I sympathize with Jacob, but relate also to Leah, for I have felt a bit “hated,” and I was also, blessed in the womb!

Their example of trusting, in the gift of our Savior and in God’s guidance and protection, brings me to ponder the untold details. In our lives we likewise face tribulations, and calling on our own well of belief in God and in Christ, we are similarly promised, that through our faith, we’ll be eventually blessed.

The concepts learned in the scriptures, will apply in any field of endeavor. As we enter the process of first seeking, next, putting forth the effort required for discovery of, and firmly keeping our full commitment to true and abiding principles, it is our surest path to success. These are the truths I seek to share, because they have elevated and lifted me. I have been greatly blessed by God, to have been well-mentored, and greatly watched over, throughout my life.