Janet Kelly has been a freelance writer for more than 20 years, and The Unplanned Journey is her first book. When her daughter Kathryn was born with profound brain damage in 1991, she feared she would need to abandon any hope for her own personal goals or freedom. As Janet shares in her book, she learned to modify her new life to meet her needs as well as the needs of both of her daughters. Today, she is a full-time flight attendant and licensed esthetician with her own line of natural skin care. She wrote this book to provide other parents with the hope, comfort, and practical tips she wished someone would have passed down to her all those years ago. Janet lives in Louisville, Kentucky next door to her first-born daughter Ann, grandson Tristin, and their ever-expanding family of dogs and cats.