The author, the younger of two daughters, was born in 1961 to parents who immigrated from the Netherlands. She graduated in 1979 from Broomfield High School in Colorado and continued on to earn a b...view moreThe author, the younger of two daughters, was born in 1961 to parents who immigrated from the Netherlands. She graduated in 1979 from Broomfield High School in Colorado and continued on to earn a bachelor’s degree in commercial leisure resource management. She married her husband in 1983 and started working as a flight attendant in 1986, and which she continues to do until today. In 1996, they adopted their beautiful, two-and-a-half-year-old daughter from Vologda, Russia. Today they all reside in Michigan.view less