My Heart Stayed Home: An Eaton Creek Adventure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493745555)

Peggy grew up in rural Michigan, the middle child among four siblings. Her home has always been in the country and at an early age she began learning old-fashioned skills like gardening, fishing, sewing, preserving food, caring for animals, etc. As a young married woman at 19 years old, Peggy realized you could learn almost anything from a book or another person and expanded her interests to learn how to build a house and make almost everything her family needed. Curiosity of pioneer life, herbal medicine and figuring out how to do things other people only dream of, all influence her writing. Finishing college as a 38 year old wife and mother was a challenge, but well worth it. After completing a Bachelor's degree in business and education, Peggy earned a Master's in Management. She began teaching business and computer classes at a nearby college, and then for the public school system. Currently she is still married to her wonderful husband of 37 years and living a few miles from her childhood home. Their children are grown and married and have produced two delightful grandchildren. Peggy's time is spent volunteering at their school, writing books with her good friend, Maggie DeCocker, and teaching college courses.