Marcia, born in Indiana, grew up in a small Farming community located in northern Madison county. Since she was a small child she has had a compassion for animals in need and a love of Photography as well as the outdoors. She has been drawn to writing short stories and poetry since grade school, poetry being her favorite. She has written short fictional stories while in high school for the “Tartan” her high schools literary publication. She also enjoyed working on the Year book staff in Junior high through 12th grade. Poetry slowly became her hobby and favorite release. Only since her Mothers death in 2015 has she began to share her poetry. She is married with 2 grown children and lives on a small farm in Pendleton, IN where she has owned and operated an in home state licensed child care since 1984. Her poems and essays have been published in the Indiana Voice Journal, as well as various other publications and in several poetry anthologies available on Amazon.