Ramona (Mona) Wade is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is founder and clinical director at WellSpring Therapy Center. In her work as a therapist, she has come to value stories as the conduit to connection. Mona enjoys walking and traveling, which inspires her writing. Fiber and quilt art are other avenues of creative expression. Mona and her husband John are blessed with two children and five grandchildren. While southwest Minnesota will always be home to Mona, she and her husband now live in South Dakota.