The author was born in Leeds in 1967, just before the law changed in England to allow abortion. The author was adopted as a baby. She found out that she was adopted when she was 24 years old. At th...ver maisThe author was born in Leeds in 1967, just before the law changed in England to allow abortion. The author was adopted as a baby. She found out that she was adopted when she was 24 years old. At the age of fifteen, she became a Christian and started Local Preacher training in the Methodist Church the following year. She was a student at Cliff College (1985-1986 and 1999-2001(M.A.)) She studied at St Martins College in Lancaster (1986-1990 (B.Ed.)) to be a teacher and a youth worker. She was married to a Baptist minister for a number of years and has two grown up children. For the last eighteen years she has been a single parent to two children who live with a disability. She is a founder member and CEO of Gateway North East, a charity working alongside children and young people with a disability or barrier to learning. The author has been a Methodist Local Preacher for thirty years and Local Preacher tutor for seven years. She has also spent a number of years serving as a Reader within the Anglican Church. She presently worships in a Pentecostal Church (AOG) in Newcastle Upon Tyne and is a Street Pastor in Sunderland.ver menos