Suzy has always been a writer in some capacity. She has co-authored and illustrated several books including a book of encouragement called Yes, This Day Is For Joy; a cookbook called Delicious Delights; and a set of books for children entitled I’m Glad I’m Me books. Her latest offering is a book about midlife divorce (Click the Radical Recovery button on the home page). Suzy is also working on several new books. One is a book of 365 Daily R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts - A collection of Daily Encouragement for Women Going Through Midlife Divorce © taken from her www.midlifedivorcerecovery.blogspot.com site; another is a handbook entitled: If He Said, "'Til Death Do Us Part," Why is He Still Alive? 101 Simple Ways to Move Forward After Your Midlife Divorce ©; and the third book is a book about how to be God's presence in our own messy, day-to-day real world.

Suzy was born in Wichita, Kansas. She attended Abilene Christian College (now ACU) in 1964-66. She transferred to the University of Kansas, and then the University of Missouri while her first husband was in medical school, and earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas in 1995. She has served as vice president in charge of new product development for Heart Thoughts Inc., a family card and stationery business, and is on an extended sabbatical from Success Marketing and Advertising, a company for which she is president and owner. At present, she is writing and speaking full-time. Suzy was divorced in 2000 after 33 years of marriage. “I was devastated on so many levels, I can’t even describe them all,” she said. “I was sick at heart about it, and I thought my life would be a sad, weak half-life until I died. This struggle, even though I never would have chosen it, has help me grow and has brought rewards I never could have imagined."

Suzy is now married to Terry Brown, and they live in Kansas City, Missouri. Suzy has four children. Terry has three, and they have 11 grandchildren between them. “We have blessings all over the place,” she said.

“ The strength God gives endures the unendurable and spills into joy.
             He makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful he has planned for us.”       Colossians 1:11-12  |  The Message.

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