Esther C. Baird is a wife, mom, columnist, author, and church-land participant, on the north shore of Boston. She graduated from Wheaton College, IL and received her Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Esther is the author of three Christian Living books, and her award winning, humor/parenting column, The Baird Facts has been running for nearly 20 years in the local paper. Esther and her husband, their two daughters, and their two Bernese Mountain Dogs try to embrace the winters of New England, but only the dogs really succeed. For more of her work please visit her website.