Cheryl Barker has led readers in reflection and encouraged them for years through the written word. She is the author of Mother of the Bride: Refreshment and Wisdom for the Mother of the Bride and has written for various other outlets, compilations, and for Blue Mountain Arts greeting cards, gift books, and calendars. Cheryl lives in Kansas and loves to spend time with family, enjoy friends, take photos, and indulge in daily doses of chocolate. She especially loves being grandma to two sets of twin grandsons.