Tanya Glessner is a mother, grandmother, wife, and a child of God, she said.

“I am passionate about giving a voice to those who are struggling and doing their best to overcome addiction and grief,” she said. “I love mentoring and connecting with people.”

Her first Christian Inspirational book was published last week entitled The Light You Bring.

“I decided to write about my life to help share how God is able to take what seems to be a hopeless situation and use it for His glory,” she said. “No one is too far gone to be saved.”

“I chose the title The Light You Bring because we all carry God within us,” she said. “Every act of kindness, every loving word is God’s light reaching out from within us into someone else.”

“I actually began writing this book in prison,” she said. “I started journaling while I was incarcerated and pulled from there. This has been a work in progress over the last 10 years.”

She has another book in the beginning stages.

“I am also putting together some other things to begin writing a new book after the first of the year and I will be reaching out to the public for their God stories to add to it when I begin,” she said. “I will make a public post asking people to email their stories after the first of the year on my The Light You Bring Facebook Page:

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Glessner retired from being a cosmetologist at the end of August.

“My husband and I wanted to make more time to focus on our coffee roasting company Crooked Cactus Coffee Co,” she said. “When he retires… we hope to open a little shop somewhere and sell our coffee. As of now we are roasting and selling from home.”