: About Me

I am a grandparents rights examiner at www.examiner.com/x-9752-Des-Moines-Grandparenting-Examiner and created the organization at www.iowagrandparentsrights.com to help strengthen the rights of grandparents to their grandchildren. I am a grandparent myself and feel strongly about maintaining and keeping our rights as grandparents.

In Yahweh's Hands was my first novel and was published in May of 2006 by Publish America and sold through their site and on Amazon. I t is going into it's second printing with a new publisher. I published 'The Budget Gourmet' as my first cookbook in April of 2009. You can find it on Amazon now for $9.95. I have won the Editors's Choice Award for my poem 'Sea of Grief' in 2006 and for photography for my entry 'Memorial ride with brothers'.

I was a licensed insurance agent in property casuality and life for five years in Iowa. I grew up in Western Iowa and worked in the restaurant field for most of my life. I am a graduate of Hawkeye Community College and have a diploma in Accounting. I attended a course through the Institute for Social & Economic Development for entreupenour business training in 1993 which earned me a certificate of completion.

April of 2009 I opened my online store for home and gardening products at www.gardentigeress.com where my store offers unique gazing ball statues of eagles, cranes and pink flamingoes. The store offers stepping stones, bird houses, bird feeders, hummingbird feeders, water fountains, garden statues and other gardening needs. Shipping is provided by UPS and the store features a secure shopping cart.

My passion is ...

reading

I know too much about ...

cooking

My parents always told me ...

if you can't beat fair and square take a stick to even the odds cause there is no such thing as a fair fight.

My childhood ambition ...

I wanted to be a vetrinarian.

My favorite memory ...

Fishing with my Dad and watching him grab my little brother by the seat of his pants and seat him back on the bridge over the creek when a fish pulled him over the side.

Why I write ...

It relieves the pressurs of every day life and helps me get my feelings out.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

the absolute silence of my house and silence really can be golden.

My first job ...

hoeing beans when I was twelve.

My best moment ...

Greeting my son as he came home from Iraq after fourteen months during the start of the war.

My inspiration ...

my late father, he was my world and it has gotten smaller without him.

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