I was born and raised a Jersey Girl. I received my bachelor's degree in nursing from Graceland University and have served on the front lines in community hospitals and as a civilian nurse at the US Army's lead infectious Disease Institute in Maryland. After raising three boys and career moves around the south and east, I am now settled in rural New Hampshire where quiet lakeside days and evenings inspire my writing. My best stories are a collage of bits and pieces taken from real people living and struggling through life one chapter at a time.