You Are My Passion
I am passionate about equipping you to thrive.  Too many women are merely 'survive' in their jobs, in their marriages, and in their task of parenting. Until I intentionally set out to become equipped, I too was merely a survivor of whatever life brought me.

 

I know what it's like to sit in the ash pile like Job. Not just for a year, but literally for more than two decades. Maybe you're there now. I know what it's like to feel hopeless, be filled with despair, be an unwilling participant in circumstances over which you have no control. Struggle with health, in marriage, in parenting. I have so much I want to share with you. Because I can't possibly meet with each in person (especially during this pandemic), I am writing my story, intended to equip you and bring you hope and a future.  Stay tuned for my 2021 book release "From the Ashes I will Rise: Knocked Down, but not Knocked Out". 
 

My intent is to provide some tools that will better equip you to thrive in your life. I provide tools in several ways: 

*Materials on this website
*Books I write
*Classes I teach
*Conferences I speak at (Virtual/In-Person)
*1-1
 

Whatever method you access, I pray you find nuggets that will help you in your journey as a woman, a wife, a mother, an employee. I will do my best to keep up with regular posts, but if I fail-please please reach out to me!!! 

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Family 
*I am happily married to my husband Joe.
*I'm a mom in a blended family of seven kids.
*I'm Grandma to nine, with another due soon. 

Hobbies

*Beach-going is an avid passion.

*I love to explore eclectic and historic towns. 
* Gardening is therapeutic (for a number of years, I was a Horticultural Therapist-paid to play in the dirt).  
 

Ministry

*30+ years of combined Urban/Rural Ministry.
*DMin, Pastoral Care & Counseling (Calvary International). 
*Current Assistant to Pastoral Team at Victory Church

*Bible College Professor, past and present
*Bible Study/Small Group Leader
*Speaker at Women's Conferences & Retreats
*Writer's Conference Workshop Leader 
*Writing/Publishing Coach
*Published Author and Freelance Writer, former Journalist.