I am a 54-year-old mom, wife, teacher, writer, and follower of Jesus. I love books and music and baseball and hiking and history and movies. I enjoy driving my Jeep Wrangler  and hanging out with my family and friends. Well, I loved my Wrangler, which I affectionately named Raven, but it was recently totaled after someone crashed into her backside while we were driving down 85. Maybe another Jeep in my future?

I recently completed my PhD in Language and Literacy at the University of South Carolina, and I am a Gamecock forever. I am a cancer survivor who was diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal cancer on July 12, 2023. I am married to an amazing man, Marc, who has been teaching physical education for 36 years. We have two sons: Jordan, who graduated from the University of South Carolina and now teaches social studies and coaches football, and Joel, who is a baseball player who just graduated from the University of West Virginia Institute of Technology in Beckley, WV, where he studied sports management. He is now a graduate student and baseball player at Bluefield State University in Bluefied. WV.