Category about-me

A Delightful Child

My parents were blue collar people. They both graduated from high school and my mother began working as a bookkeeper. My father went into business with his father-in-law running a small trucking company. After my grandfather died, dad took over…

My Transformation

The greatest transformation in my life began when God called me to join the Peace Corps at age 40. Working as a programmer for an insurance company was becoming mundane. So, during work I often searched the internet for alternatives.…

My First Encounter with God

As a two or three year-old, I slept in a room by myself. Early one morning, I lay in bed and saw this amazing light coming through the window. I climbed out of bed and pushed a chair against the…

My Father’s Cancer

Dad, Mom, Theresa, John, before I was born. Dad and Theresa, early in his marriage. Mom, Dad, me, and Russ in the back. On vacation in Gatlinburg. My Father’s Cancer changed my life in many ways. It began 1971, when…

Early Life and Education

I was born in Alabama, USA, in 1958. I lived through the turmoil of the 1960s, the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights movement. A little white girl, watching the news from the security of a white middle-class neighborhood. Our…