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ABOUT ME
A Storyteller at Heart
My first memory of starting to tell stories is at age four. This is mostly thanks to Dad. We were living in Colorado, states away from all my Indiana relatives. Aunt Virgie didn't want me to feel forgotten. She purchased reel-to-reel tape recorders for her and Dad. She would record herself reading Bible stories and send them to me to listen to, and in turn, Dad would record me telling her stories.
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
Influenced by a
Godly Grandmother
After a year, we returned to Indiana with a brand new sister for me. We moved in with my Grandma, (my Dad's mom) while he worked to transform an old log farm home into what would become our home. Mom was busy tending to my new sister, so I hung out with Grandma and followed her everywhere. My favorite thing was going to church with her. Going to church with Grandma, I fell in love with the hymns: I Love To Tell the Story, Trust and Obey, and In the Garden.
ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION
Introduction to Quilting
While living with Grandma, she introduced me to quilting. I would tag along with her to her Ladies Aid meetings for some all day quilting. The ladies would give me a needle, with thread none the less, to pull up and down through the layers of fabric. Though my stitches looked nothing like Grandma's or those of her friends, they let me participate in the making of a beautiful quilt.
Looking to my past I can see that God has been preparing me for this role for a very long time.
Women of the Ebenezer Church Ladies Aid.
Grandma is the one wearing red shoes.
A LIFE OF LOVE
Tom and Me
My husband, Tom, and I both serve to make Christ known. Tom pastors a small rural church. Tom is also driver of the IQM Story Bus.
We were high school sweethearts, lived two miles apart, and accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior at the same retreat, on the same day three years before we were ever a couple. We have been married 45 years, have two married sons, and six grandchildren. We live on the west side of Indianapolis.
For our 30th wedding anniversary I had a singing duo put our story to song. You may listen to it below.
