My mother was born on June 20, 1937, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has resided in Michigan her entire life. She graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1955, John Robert Powers Finishing Scho...view moreMy mother was born on June 20, 1937, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and has resided in Michigan her entire life. She graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1955, John Robert Powers Finishing School of New York that same year and attended Western Michigan College for undergraduate studies in Business Administration. She owned and managed two businesses: Kalamazoo Ordinance Systems and Birch Travel of Marquette, Michigan. This is her second published book. The first, “My Ryskamp Family Heritage” was written in 2014. She and her husband, Bill, enjoy a blended family of seven children, twenty-grandchildren, three great grandchildren and pet dog, Daisy. They reside happily in Kalamazoo, Michigan.view less