About Me

When I was born in England in 1934, my birth did not bring joy to my parents, since I was the result of an illicit affair. My father was an African law student boarding with my mother and her husband, a Baptist pastor. Nobody wanted me and I learned much later in life that my mother had tried to abort me.

Some distance away from their home stood a red brick mansion known as The Home of Compassion. It still stands today and is situated just across the River Thames from Hampton Court Palace. The owner was a Reverend Mother Superior, and within its walls, she and her small private order of Anglican nuns cared for the aged. She heard about my situation and without hesitation arranged to take me into her care.

Reverend Mother later bought a house across the road and opened a home for children. As her first charge, I was personally adopted by her at the age of two. World War II separated me from Reverend Mother as we, the children, were evacuated to the south of England. Terror and torment were my lot; abuse from various caregivers plus the bombing and raids left their mark and I emerged into adulthood with fears and inner scars.

Taking up nursing as a career at the insistence of Reverend Mother, I soon fell in love and began to raise a family. However, my dreams were shattered, as I eventually suffered a broken marriage and single parenthood. My family’s move to Canada had not brought about a new beginning but only the beginning of a new struggle to raise my children alone.

In 1975 I met Jesus and understood what it meant to have a relationship with him. Life’s trials continued, but with faith in God the burdens became lighter.

In June 2002 I married Allan, a widower. We love each other and enjoy visits from our children: on my side of the family, Michael and his wife Kelly; David and his wife Sue; Christopher and his special girl, Patrice; and Daniela and hubby Mike; on Allan’s side of the family, his daughters Kelsey and Dianne, and Dianne’s husband Jack; and our grandchildren, Jasmine, Annie, Christian, Corbin and baby Kyle.

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Current Ministries
• Director of Women’s Ministries
• Vice president of NMI (Nazarene Missions International)
• Part-time Sunday school teacher
• Host groups in my home with my husband
• Assistant Prayer Team Lead for THE WORD GUILD of CANADA
• Founder of Ready Writer’s London, a Christian writers group in my community

Writing credits
I’ve been published in the Upper Room Magazine; Beyond Ordinary Living; Everyday Grace and Everyday Miracles; and East London Community News. I am a regular contributor to Christian Life in London;

Affiliations
The Word Guild of Canada
InScribe Christian Fellowship