Jean Jeffrey Gietzen is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in McCall's, Reader's Digest, Catholic Digest, A Second Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul, and Multnomah's Stories for the Heart series. She is the author of A People Set Apart and Questions and Answers for Catechists. She is a mother of three and grandmother of four who lives in Tucson, Arizona. Lila Rose Kennedy attributes the inspiration for her cheerful children's art to her own children. Coming from a creative family, Kennedy balances her time between her warm, whimsical art creations, developing home decor and being a wife and mother on her family farm in North Carolina. Rose hold a degree in commercial art and advertising design, she works in various media, including watercolor, pen and ink.