Although Dale's home is in the middle of N.Y. near the Pa. border, she has lived throughout upstate N.Y., Pa., Tex., and Siena, Italy. Dale is a lay pastor, retired art teacher and an artist who loves all things creative. Dale continues to connect with past students by substitute teaching and engaging in the community. She has six children. Four are adults and two are in heaven. Dale has published 14 devotionals for Light from the Word and articles for her church's monthly Messenger. An article about a vision of Christ was published in one of the Abba's Heat anthologies from Cross River Media Group and a poem about Dale's daughter facing death in a foreign country was published in Plenty of Room at His Hem by Jill Marie Thomas.