My Life Journey

… And mine began in a small town in northern Minnesota. I am grateful for my lifelong friends, who are still as close to me as brothers and sisters. I attended a K-12 school, where everybody knew each other. If you did something ridiculous in second grade – and who hasn’t? – you could count on being reminded of it years later. My love of reading and writing began early, when friends and I started a book club, of sorts. In high school, we wrote a series of short mystery stories with ‘Intrigue‘ in the title. Later that year, I wrote an autobiography for English class entitled: My Life as I Lived It. A friend jokingly asked if I planned to write a sequel: My Life as Someone Else Lived It. ♥ After high school graduation, I attended a large university in Florida. This was a defining moment – both liberating and terrifying. For the first time in my life, nobody knew me or my history. I had a clean slate, the opportunity to fill in the blank pages of the new chapters in my life – as I lived it – while taking a fresh look at the main character. Who was I? Talk about Intrigue!  ♥ I earned a Special Education degree and, later, a Counseling degree. On a college summer break, I worked as a substitute mail carrier, and I realized this job was a perfect one for an amateur sleuth. I met and married the love of my life in Florida. His career dictated several cross-country moves, and we’ve met wonderful friends along the way. During our time back in Minnesota, I went on yearly canoe trips with friends in the primitive Boundary Waters Wilderness. After moving back to Florida, I worked as a volunteer in reception and records at our local police department. I even had the chance to participate in a SWAT team exercise, acting as a dispatcher during a mock terrorist incident. Our son works as an electrician, and he’s been married to his sweet wife for several years. ♥ Life continues to be intriguing – filled with ups and downs. But my faith keeps me on a steady course.