My purpose in life has always been to take what God allows me to encounter and use it to help others. I have had both trauma and dementia touch my life — two areas that are often misunderstood and the effects underestimated. I believe in a God who brings hope and heals our hearts, no matter how devastating or damaging our circumstances have been.

I am now entering into a beautiful new space in my life. God is affording me the time, as well as the wisdom of experiencing His love and grace through difficulties, and he is allowing me to emerge on the other side to write about all of it.

I enjoy family time, dogs, writing, butterflies, traveling, baking, singing, walking, chocolate, and swimming. My favorite vacations are sitting in front of God’s majestic ocean on a beach or hiking mountain paths with my husband, occasionally resting by a trickling stream to simply listen and view our Creator’s handiwork.