The author started writing poetry twenty years ago after losing her parents as a way of handling grief. She took a writing course at Mohawke College. She has been married for almost sixty years and...view moreThe author started writing poetry twenty years ago after losing her parents as a way of handling grief. She took a writing course at Mohawke College. She has been married for almost sixty years and has four children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.view less