Tamara grew up in a small town in Ohio and presently lives with her husband Rick in central Florida. She and Rick married in 1980 and have 2 children, a daughter and son. Her family expanded with the addition of a son-in-law and daughter-in-law and 3 grandsons. She is a retired registered nurse after a career expanding 43 years and now enjoys playing pickleball, miniature golf, and shuffleboard when she is not traveling to complete her bucket list destinations and to visit her children and grandsons. This book was a project of love that started as a tiny idea when her first grandson was born and blossomed into a labor of love with the realization of how her love has grown in both quantity and quality throughout the years of her life.