Tamara Vermeer has been married to her college sweetheart for 22 years, has three teenagers and is a native of Colorado. She has led more bible studies than she could count and has always had a heart to encourage and lead women. She started and directed women’s ministries at her previous church (a church plant) for eight years and during that time she graduated from a two‐year school of women’s ministries. She has published several devotionals and short stories in “The Quiet Hour”, “A Cup of Comfort for Mothers,” “LifeSavors” and her newest story is in “Love is a Verb” by Gary Chapman, which will be in stores at the end of April 2009. Her heart is to encourage, inspire and love women over a cup of coffee, in a bible study or just in the swing of life.