About the Author

            Born in Indiana , I grew up on the Dillie farm with my parents, two brothers and a menagerie of animals.  We raised cows, goats, pigs, horses, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs, cats, and even peacocks!  Of course each of these animals had names and were well loved by us kids! I am a 1980 graduate of Jay County High School and a 1984 graduate of Ball State University. I earned my BA and MBA in Elementary Education and I’ve taught for twenty three years in Ohio and Arizona classrooms. I was selected to fly with the United States Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton , Ohio . The project was called Operation Galileo and I wrote and implemented Science and Math experiments for students using cargo jets. I live with my family in Ohio .  My husband Todd and I just celebrated our 27^th wedding anniversary.  We also have three children, Anitra, Leigha, and Marcus.  My conversation with my four year old son, Marcus during his first airplane flight, gave me the inspiration for my book, The Day Marcus Flew.

Midnight chat with a monarch butterfly	Vacationing with my family in California	Signing my book contract

"The Day Marcus Flew will wonderfully have your head high up in the clouds while keeping the all-important message of God's love firmly rooted on the ground"

Darrel Schick - TV news producer WDTN-TV, Dayton Ohio, news director WMUB-FM Oxford & WMMX-FM Dayton, broadcast journalism professor Miami University, Oxford Ohio, Pastor - Sycamore Ridge