I have been writing for many years while working as a special education teacher near Oshkosh, Wisconsin. My story “Part of the Gift†is the lead article in the book Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism. I have had poems published in Literary Mary, Leaf Garden, The Poetry, Verse Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Calendar. My short stories have been published by the following publications and others: The Battered Suitcase, Midwestern Gothic, On the Premises, Freedom Fiction Journal, Sante Fe Writers’’ Project, and Long Story Short.