I am proud to say that I share my life with my friend and husband Stephen... We have been married for 32 years. We have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren... My passion is writing and art. I have many pieces published online and my books of poetry are available at Barnes&Nobel and Amazon.com and many other online bookstores...I love to paint, create, dance, sing, and spoil our grandkids... There is nothing more precious than a child. Educate them, train them, hug and play with them, worry about them and nose into their life. Parenthood is not for cowards. My favorite written prayer outside of the Lord's Prayer is that of Saint Francis of Asisi "Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace, Where there is hatred, let me so love, Where there is injury, pardon, where there is doubt, faith, Where there is despair, hope, Where there is darkness, light, where there is sadness, joy, Oh Divine Master, grant, that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, To be understood as to understand, To be loved as to love, for it is in giving that we receive, But it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."