Charlene Ann Baumbich is an award-winning journalist who speaks and writes about the layers of life as she sees them, which is often slightly off center, mostly dead-on, and always through lenses of grace. Her highly successful Dearest Dorothy series of novels celebrate octogenarian spitfire Dorothy Jean Wetstra and the residents of small-town Bartonville. Her nonfiction titles range from Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This to Don't Miss Your Kids!. Charlene speaks to the heart, the funny bone, and a broad age span. For more than a decade, Charlene has presented her most requested talk--"Don't Miss Your Life!"--to audiences across the country and in Canada. Her creative pedal is to the… floor, her energized words are ripe, her cranky gallbladder has been "left behind," and her message is right on time.nbsp;Yes, fasten your seatbelts!