LIFE’S JOURNEY UNFOLDS IN PHASES, like the seasons, or the ebb and flow of the ocean’s tide. Such has been the unfolding of my life. From early on as a child, I can remember that I loved God…I had a heart toward Him, and a conscious desire to live right. Up until I was an adult in my early twenties, I lived the typical small-town life of a “good Baptist” girl…certainly not without some mess-ups along the way, but basically lived a clean lifestyle. I married very young and gave birth to my two precious daughters when I was age 22 and 26.