Deborah Hining believes that life is pretty much perfect as long as it holds a sense of destiny.  Her destiny has led her to be many things: wife, mother, and grandmother, and also actress, award-winning playwright, theatrical director, college instructor, and Certified Financial Planner (or as she calls it, "Financial Fairy Godmother").  Now she is a farmer and author. Deborah lives at Corinne's Orchard, a farm in Durham County, North Carolina, with her husband, architect Michael Hining, daughter Mary Elizabeth, an artist, and son-in-law, Nick, a chef.  Her son, George, daughter-in-law, Julie, and granddaughter, Corinne, live just a few miles away.  You can find her most days working in one of the gardens, writing, being Grandma, and generally giving thanks for her abundant life.