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Before she was Suz Haidri, Suzanne Lynn Jenkins was born on a late September day in 1960, a middle child, a brother ahead and behind. She was a happy child, and girlhood was spent in a smallish, arid town east of San Diego.

Her grandfather was an Audubon naturalist and former zookeeper, and Suzanne cared for animals and enjoyed being outdoors from the beginning. She deeply loved the lamb she raised, Molly, and God spoke to her through that love.

From her mom, she learned to love plants and gardens, to raise green life from dry, dusty soil. Her adolescence was not an easy one, and in those teenage years, she struggled at times with body image, self-esteem, and feeling worthy of being loved.

At the cusp of young adulthood, she became a Christ follower through the example and love of her friend Cindy and would remain a strong believer, though her understanding of Christian truth would evolve over the years (as understandings, if not truths, tend to do).