Sandi Paris laughingly describes herself as an “emerging crone with stories to tell.” She began writing earnestly twelve years ago when her fifty-two-year-old husband was diagnosed...view moreSandi Paris laughingly describes herself as an “emerging crone with stories to tell.” She began writing earnestly twelve years ago when her fifty-two-year-old husband was diagnosed with dementia. Paris earned a master’s degree in social work but considers risk-taking to be the primary source of her education. It took years to finish college because she was very busy making a living and raising children, while also searching for God and the perfect lover. Repeatedly surrendering to love is her greatest achievement and Catching Rain is her first book. Two excerpt stories have appeared in small on-line publications (The Nationa, 2019; Still: The Journal, 2019). Paris lives in beautiful Southern Oregon.view less