Who am I?

I am a Christian, a wife, a mother, a mother-in-law and a daughter. I work as an editor for a small publishing house, Warner Press, which has been in existence for over 125 years, but I don't work at a job. It's a ministry. I love my job/ministry most days, except when the deadlines are looming and there doesn't seem to be enough time to accomplish everything that needs to be done. But God is faithful and He gives us the strength to persevere and to work overtime if we need to.

At WP we publish church resources, boxed greeting cards and kids' books—coloring books, activity books, storybooks and most recently we added volume 1 of a teen fantasy fiction entitled Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow. One of our kids' storybooks, Pete & Pillar the Big Rain, just won a Moonbeam award! We're thrilled with the award, of course, but we're even more excited when we hear from kids or parents who have been encouraged, blessed, inspired or challenged by our books. You might have heard of Warner Press since we publish Egermeier's Bible Story Book, which has been around since 1929, and has sold over 6 million copies.

You might want to check out these two Web sites: www.warnerpress.org and codebearers.com to see some of what we do.

If you've read any of our kids' books, let me know what you think of them. I'd love to hear from you.

What have I done?!

I never thought about starting a blog until my mother became very ill and passed away last month. I thought I'd have several months to "journal"—put my thoughts and feelings during our journey with Hospice, and also use the blog as a way to keep friends and family updated daily. It was not to be, however, since Nana only lived only 3 weeks after entering Hospice.

So, here I am anyway—starting a blog because I love to read. I read kids' books, though I'm officially a senior citizen. I have always loved to read, even as a young girl, when I first started reading Grace Livingston Hill's novels. I still enjoy good fiction: suspense, romance, fantasy.

Right now I'm reading My Life Is in Your Hands by Kathy Troccoli, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson and a new book by Karen Kingsbury, the title of which just slipped my mind.

Okay, that's enough for now. Next? What I do for a living and why