Despite the numbing blow of losing her husband when she was so young, Pauline's professional experience includes twenty years in the field of education, both in the public and private sector. Born and raised in southern Illinois, she moved to the Chicago area after she graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

After a few years of teaching high school, she was drawn by John Denver's music to explore the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. She settled in Denver, bought a home, and raised her daughter there. When her daughter graduated from high school, Pauline moved to Northern California to begin her work in the field of personal growth and development.

Her pioneering spirit has led her to explore many new adventures. She loves mountain biking, hiking, cross-country skiing and gardening. She also never misses the opportunity to babysit for her grandchildren.

In recent years she has had her own business as a Personal Life Coach and an Inspirational Speaker. Since 1992, when she began writing her memoir, she has been speaking about writing as a spiritual path and an avenue to express unresolved grief.

She lives, writes and works in Northern California.

Pauline & her mother, Pearl.

Pauline & her granddaughter, Alexis.

Michelle & Pauline.

Michelle, Sadie (Pauline's second grandchild) & Pauline.

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