Deliver Me from My Enemies by Sharon Oliver

During this time, Sharon's passion for photography began to take shape she had an eye for beauty and this is reflected in her photographs which capture the beauty she saw in the world around her. Sharon, Roberto and Jillian lived in Rome several different times. Sharon met her husband Roberto in Rome, Italy, and Jillian was born in September, 2001. Sharon created her Open Hearts Company as a way to combine her many skills and services. These workĮxperiences included conducting grief and loss classes as well as individual counseling sessions for those who have lost loved ones becoming a custody evaluator and guardian ad litem providing a variety of mediation services through the nonprofit organization Rural Mediation Services in Cambridge acting as a facilitator for “Parents Forever,” (a research-based curriculum developed by the University of Minnesota Extension Services) to help parents make child-supportive decisions during separation or divorce providing in-home piano lessons for students in Rush City, Cambridge-Isanti, Harris, Mora, and the Twin Cities area. Her dream was to develop a career out of her various passions.

She began by volunteering her time with hospice and eventuallyĬoordinated hospice services through Chisago Lakes Hospital for several years. Because of the hospice care she saw her grandma Julia receive whileīattling cancer in 1987, Sharon was inspired to make hospice care part of her life's work. Sharon believed that she should do what she loved, and she loved helping She sang with the Bethel Women's Choir in a tour of the Scandinavian countriesĭuring her senior year of college-giving her the opportunity to meet relatives in Sweden. Sharon was very active in music and drama both in high school and college. She went on to attend Bethel University and graduated with a BA in Social Services she needed only 6 more credits for her Master of Arts in Human Development from St. Sharon attended Rush City Schools and graduated from there in 1981. She was one of five children: Barb, Jim, Sandy, Sharon and Sharon Elaine was born on February 27, 1963, to Oliver and Elaine Westman

Deliver Me from My Enemies by Sharon Oliver