After retiring from a forty-four year nursing career in 2011, I reinvented myself as a writer. The first memoir, Ever Faithful to His Lead is about getting into and out of two emotionally-abusive marriages and finding my voice (Publication date, July 28,2014). The second, Just the Way He Walked: A Mother's Story of Healing and Hope (Publication date November 19,2019) is about overcoming a simultaneous battle of cancer and an alcoholic son through my faith. I strongly believe in the power of writing and journaling to heal.