Here’s a little bit about me: I have been married to the man of my dreams (he quips and says it’s “my nightmares”) Jim, for thirty-five years.  We have made our home in Rochester Hills, Michigan and are now partial-empty nesters, one leg hanging out, I guess—with our two older children (Simon and Emmaclare) gone into the world.  We have only our sweet Gracie, in her first year of college, at home with us. 

To help on the monetary end of things, providing the simple life to which we are heartily blessed, I have my own business—landscape appraisal and design.  I really love what I do; but I am an onion.  I have many layers and stuff in which I like to dabble.  My husband and I try and stay active—biking, camping, and I run, with three marathons under my belt.  I also love to write and have a couple of self-published books as well:  A Beautiful Life, A Beautiful Death: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey, and A Catholic’s Road to the Boston Marathon.  We fit in time to walk our black, French Bulldog, Wade, visit with family and friends, and eat good food.  I garden and then convalesce on my porch to enjoy the view, and laugh and talk loudly about most everything, especially my Catholic faith!