Writer / Editor
Everyone has a story; I help businesses and non-profits build a successful brand by connecting customers to the heart and soul of an organization’s narrative.
RECENT
My Old Wedding Dress Was the Surprise Key to Long-Ago Loss
TRAVEL: Hiking & Outdoors
- How to Start Backpacking at 65
- Day-Hiker: Catching Air in Colorado
- Vacationing on Four Legs
- #LansingWalks: The Alien Trail
- #LansingWalks: A Dose of the Past, a Taste of the Present
INTERVIEWS: Michigan
- UNSTOPPABLE Lee Logan: MI Treasury Triathlete
- Daniel Greiner’s Grand Obsession
- Making Slow Magic
- Keeping the Faith
- The Learning Curve
- Remodeling Retirement
- Uncomfortable Work: A Strategic Path to Treasury Success [DEI]
FINANCE: Michigan Treasury
HEALTH: Wellness & Aging
LIFESTYLE
GOVERNMENT Communications
- I Entered a Twitter Contest and Won a BIG Prize!
- HELLFIRE COMM: Would You be Ready?
- Newsletter
- Picture Yourself HERE
- Where Are We $pending Your Money?
PARENTING & ADOPTION
- When We Were All Irish
- Divorce After Adoption
- Directions Not Included
- China’s Hidden Children: A Reader’s Guide (with Dr. Kay Johnson, LiLi Johnson, Lily Rau)
VIDEO: Script / Production
EDUCATION
- Is Your Middle-schooler Ready for a Smartphone?
- Teacher Warriors, One Year Later
- ED Camp / ED Connect
- Opening the Door: Talking Truth About Teen Suicide
CLIENT ADS
- When Life Makes Plans – Mortgage Industry
- My Secret Phone Call Was Just Part of the Job – Home Health Care
BOOKS PUBLISHED
At Home in This World
Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
Writing Credits: Next Avenue, Detroit Pistons, Oakland County Prosper Magazine, Oakland Schools Blog, Partners Magazine, Michigan Township Association Focus Magazine, The Billfold, Marisa Home Care Blog, Adoption TODAY Magazine, Adoptive Families Magazine, Lifelines Magazine, Tapestry Books, Children’s Hope International, Bethany, Michigan Department of Treasury, GreenStone Farm Credit Services, Dog Time.