Thrown from a horse at the tender age of 18, I have lived most of my life as a paraplegic.  The night of my accident, I simply wanted to die. I prayed to God to let me die.  I am now grateful for a God who never allowed that to happen.  My disability has afforded me the opportunity to discover that God’s love transcends the circumstances of the physical world in which we live.  His love for me is not about what I can and cannot do or what I do or do not have, but rather it’s rooted and established in the relationship I have with Him.

A follower of Christ for the past 30 years, my spiritual journey has literally taken me places I never thought I would go.  As the wife of an Air Force Chaplain, my husband and I have served both God and our country for the past 23 years.  We have lived all over the United States.  I’ve been actively involved with The Protestant Women of the Chapel, the military’s version of an international women’s ministry, and have served in various leadership positions, from the 2003-2005 West Region President to board positions at the local level.

I am most passionate about leading women to discover a deeper hope in God by looking into His Word, learning what it means, and living it out in everyday life.  I’ve written three Bible studies, all targeted to women who are spouses of US military personnel. They are: Wives of the Warriors; Living Confidently in Christ; Desperate Housecries; Discovering a Genuine Hope in God;  and  Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition. I also have written several devotions which are included in the book Faith Deployed, as well as two stories in the God Allows U-Turns series.

My husband and I have one grown son who currently resides in Nashville, TN.

*photo credit: Dana Kirk