The Friend I Didn't Want
by Tamara Willey
Hometown:
Port Saint John, FL
Place of Birth:
Cocoa, FL
Church Affiliation:
Calvary Chapel of Merritt Island, FL
Number of Years Writing:
6 (since first formal publishing)
List of Other Publications and Year Published:

Florida Parent Educators Association (FPEA) Almanac, 2002, 2001, 1999)
Florida Parent Educators Association (FPEA) Leader's Beacon (2001)
Christian Home Educators of Florida (CHEF) Harvest (2000-2001, 2002)
Christian Home Educators of Florida (CHEF) Chronicle (1998?)
Open Arms Magazine (1996, 1998, 1999)
An Encouraging Word Magazine (1997)
Apples of Gold Newsletter (2000)

*Note: Permission for reprints of articles have been granted to newsletters and web site owners throughout the United States and Canada. These have not been recorded.
Education:

Currently in the last year pending graduation with a Bachelors' degree from University of Central Florida.
Employment:
Homeschool mom in FL since 1988
Family:
Married to Dan since 1981 with four children ages 19, 13, 7,and 3 (3 of them red-headed!)
Additional Info:
Tamara and Dan have conducted home education seminars for the community and regional support groups as far away as Hilton Head, S.C., as well as helping lead their county's home school support group for several years. Tamara has privately tutored many subjects including music and is currently home-teaching her neice through high school as well as editing their church's homeschool support group's six-page newsletter for the three years. Dan works in the space industry at Cape Canaveral. Tamara is a learning "junkie" and a habitual, voracious reader; enjoys landscape gardening, all manner of music and art, and would love to travel to Scotland and Switzerland, the land of her Reformed ancestors.