After falling in love with journalism and writing in high school, my dream of studying in college was never fulfilled. Marrying young, and having three children by the age of 22, propelled my life in a different direction. We raised our family in the suburbs of Chicago. I found the world of data processing, computers and administrative work a satisfying career, but now retired and living in Arizona, I have returned to writing at age 71. I am an internet article writer, and have sold five short paranormal stories as a ghost writer, won honorable mention in a humor short story contest and have self-published five e-books.