Born in 1963, I am the second eldest of seven. I grew up in Michigan, went to Caro Schools and graduated in 1981. I began writing poetry at 16 and soon short novels followed. In 1982 I met my husband, we were wed in 1983. To this year, 2015 we have been married 32 years. My first big novel was wrote in 1985 (long hand) which still sits. Somehow I acquired an old yellow typewriter and spent many nights pounding away at the keys. In 1987 our daughter was born. She was a joyous addition to our family. She was so small I was afraid to hold her. But the fears soon faded and the years moved quickly by. In 1989 I got a call for a job offer doing construction for my step-dad. I am still there to this date. I don't hold signs, I actually do the physical task of concrete work. In 2001 and in 2005 I had poems published in The International Library of Poetry. In 2012 I self-published my first book My husband is my rock without him I would have never put that first book out there.