I have been a reader all my life. As a little girl, I loved to be read to by my parents and grandfather. Words were my passion. I cannot remember ever being without a book in my teenage years. I dreamt about becoming an author myself one day, and in a small way, my dream came true. I am a published scrapbook artist, and in addition, I have a short story being published in Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul (release date of July 2006).