Born in Iowa, raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, I discovered at Covenant College that even the South is cold in winter. After falling in love with my husband and Chattanooga, we settled in Tennessee. I graduated from Covenant in 1995 with a B.A. in English and then taught English at Gordon Lee Middle School for four years. After spending 17 years homeschooling our own five children, I began teaching with SMCC in the fall of 2020. I love sharing books and how much we learn about our Creator, our world, and each other through books.  Homeschooling and now being back in the classroom has enabled me to fill our home with books, or at least that has been my excuse. If I’m not reading or writing, I might be found outside thinking up new plants for the yard or in the kitchen encouraging independent meal prep, and occasionally cooking, or just grocery shopping again to keep up with whichever kids are at the house.