Army Nurse Corps Colonel, retired, I have been writing a column "The Salt & Light Report" for our church's monthly Messenger for the past few years. Background, besides a diploma in nursing, includes a BA in Journalism from U of MN, veteran of Vietnam, and part of an Army reserve unit mobilized for Desert Storm. Relationships, however, are my most treasured possessions: with Jesus, my Savior, and as wife, mom, grandmom, sister, aunt and friend. "What an adventure, being the main character in a story written by the Almighty Himself!" (see "Blueprints" below)