I've spent my life in service towards others. Currently I am serving as hospice chaplain for Community Home, Health & Hospice in Longview, Washington. I recently decided to end this faze of my ministry on June 14, 2018, the 40th anniversary of my ordination as a Lutheran pastor, Seems a fitting date to close one chapter of my life and begin another. Two people who influenced me greatly were my maternal grandmother Alberta Otte and my first college English professor. Both believed in me and my potential. Both taught me to compete with myself and do my best for me and not to please another. Another person who left a marked presence in my life was my husband. The minute I met him I knew we would marry (it took him 2 days). We were inseparable. We melded together as we experienced life's adversity in heart attacks, bypass surgeries, and multiple miscarriages. We rejoiced and laughed in the birth of our daughter and the many cria our llamas produced. Our life vision expanded with our many travels. Even though he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1993 I have continued to expand our vision with traveling, writing and being a parent to our two kids.

ACADEMIC: Valvictorian at HS graduation; BA in psych; MDiv in pastoral care; DMin in counseling; CPE certifications;
PERSONAL Achievement: Have set foot on 6 of 7 continents, written extensively works that are personal and professionally appropriate to my life, am a mother of two emerging adults.