- My roots are in Scotland, Ireland and a small one in Sweden. My family
farmed and I grew up with horses, cattle, and belonging to various 4-H
clubs. We learned to work hard, love and enjoy our friends and
neighbors, and develop our skills. I’m working on a family history and now have traced my
parent’s families back several generations.
- I have a Bachelor degree in Religious Education, and a half a Master’s
degree in the same area. Most of my education comes from what my
husband calls the School of Experience.
- I’ve been married twice, with two children from the first marriage,
one from the second. We currently have five grandchildren, ages 8 to
25 and four great grandkids. If some of that crew did not play soccer, I likely would — it is
one sport that I really enjoy!
- When our three were at home, our family theme song used to be “On the
Road Again.” We moved all over North America. I’ve lived at nearly 30
different addresses, from Alaska to Illinois. During those years, we
received an education that cannot be found in any institution.
- I started writing at 16. My first submission was accepted by
Canadian
Cattleman, but I didn’t “get it” that such an early success indicated
that I should keep at it. I didn't write again until my family was
nearly grown. In 1985, I began column called Parables published
in an Alberta weekly newspaper. It ran for 17 years. I've had other
articles published in various magazine, plus three big projects:
Writing Creatively, a two-part course for Briercrest Schools’ Dept. of
Extension; The Journey, a discipleship manual used by Fellowship of
Evangelical Baptist Churches of Canada; and Reproducing Spiritual
Women, a coaching kit for woman in a one-on-one Christian discipleship
relationship.
- I enjoy writing, mostly nonfiction but some fiction and even a bit of
poetry. I like to edit too and have helped authors with their books.
However, at the top of my list is writing and
teaching Bible studies. I’ve taught a ladies Bible class at Fellowship
Baptist Church in Edmonton, AB for many years, and several others
before that. During that time, I realized that most of the available
study material has missing parts, either discussion questions,
application ideas, good openings, or sound study principles. I began
writing my own material and have used it for years. Now I offer some
of that material for sale. I also teach a distance learning course for
InScribe called "How to
Write Bible Studies."
- I found out late in life that I love geometry. I’ve always loved color
and like reading mysteries. Quilting combines all three, so it is a
close second on that list of that “things I love to do” — Teaching
others how to quilt has become a joyful ministry.
Quilt blog.
- I live in Edmonton, AB in a two-story walk-out with an average size yard
that draws me outside, if not to pull weeds, just to enjoy being in
the color and challenge of it.
- We like to travel. Not counting touring around North America, we’ve been
to Scotland to a clan gathering (I’m a Leslie) in 1995 and again in
2005, and to the Homecoming in 2009. We managed to get to Europe
several times (Austria, Germany, Italy); and in 2004 to Thailand
and China. We enjoyed South Korea in November, 2008.
- My Spiritual Journal is on my
Blog, Practical
Faith.
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