Cara Colleen is my pen name. I have been writing poetry since I was 1984. I’m 5’1″, have dark hair and wear corrective lenses–none of which are actually related to each other besides just being details I just decided to throw in. I also play the flute regularly when given the opportunity. I have played since 1981 and just enjoy making beautiful music. I love to cook, mostly for the kids. I never have gotten the knack of cooking for just two of us without making tons of leftovers. I dabble in sundry crafts, like crotchet, cross-stitch, sewing, and making things that I have a bug to make. I actually have a small wooden knick-knack shelf project on the back-burner right now. I also work on websites and create some of what I call “word art” with Photoshop, which I absolutely adore working with.
I married John Coble in October of 2004. John has been a GREAT partner and support of my writing and other attempts at creativity. John works for Dollar General in the headquarters near our home, as a tax clerk with a few technical duties. He is a complete computer geek, though! Thanks to him, I graduated in February 2010 from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. We also share a weakness for office supplies (I HAVE to browse the pens every time I walk past the aisle!), and other things that might seem trivial to the average person… like 30-year-old Christian music of various flavors.
I have four beautiful children and a granddaughter. Hannah, born 1988, has already been writing her own poetry for a while now. She has a 2-1/2 yr old daughter named Kaylee. Jonathan, born 1991, is now writing short stories and novels with THE most incredible imagination. David, born 1994, has a job after school. He works a lot, but he is into clothes and music and skateboarding. Zechariah, born 1995, is a gamer, TV buff, sometime reader, and is also into skateboarding. They are a really important part of my life.
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