About Carol
Carol was blessed to have a Christian heritage and came to know Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour at an early age. Yet she struggled, as a young woman, with living fully devoted to God. She found out that there wasn't such a thing as having the "best of both worlds" and decided her life needed to go God's way.
Carol and her husband Brian live in Saskatoon and are the parents of four adult children, the youngest of whom has special needs. They are grandparents to eleven grandchildren. As a wife, mother and grandmother Carol,like all other women experiences the challenges, hectic schedules and demands on her time that are part of that real world of daily routines. Yet through all the ups and downs, the twists and turns of life she has learned that God's amazing grace is always sufficient.
Her passion is that we all need to be continuously learning and growing in our walk with God during this journey we call life. She lives out this passion by teaching ladies Bible studies, speaking at women's events and retreats and helping in the ladies ministry at Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church. Carol shares from her heart by combining real life stories and experiences with the truths from God's Word to teach and encourage others to be all that God wants them to be. She has spoken at a number of women's retreats as well as women's meetings, church and outreach events among others.
Carol has her bachelor of education from the U of Saskatchewan, attended one year at Millar Bible School, is an active toastmaster with her distinguished toastmaster designation. She is a member of Inscribe Christian Writer's Fellowship, the Saskatoon Christian writers group known as His Imprint, and her church's writing group called His Scribes. Her first book called Amee's Story was published by Essence Publishing in January of 2010. Amee's Story was a finalist in the Canadian Christian Writing Awards June 2011. She has stories published in Chicken Soup for the Soul:Christmas Magic - 2010, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Christmas - 2010 and Tales of Christmas - 2010, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers - 2011 and Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada 2011. Carol also has a chapter in the upcoming anthology Courageous Stories of Inspiration by Insight Publishing due out late in 2011. Carol enjoys family history, scrapbooking, reading and visiting. Carol attended "Speak up with Confidence" speakers seminar with Carol Kent in Saskatoon in conjunction with Women's Journey of Faith on November 4th and 5th, 2010.