Patti the Dragon Slayer

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I was minding my own business, just brushing my teeth, when I heard it. An unusual crinkly sound coming from the direction of the washer and dryer, just a few feet away.

Having experienced a few traumas in my life, I am pretty much perpetually on alert. And I tend to have a very good sense of where my folks and my critters are when I am in the house. I knew our cat, Maggie, was fast asleep in our bedroom upstairs and I knew our dog, Buddy, was lying on the floor at my husband’s side, in the living room. Besides me, our many plants, one wayward fly and perhaps a few house spiders, there was nothing else alive in the house: certainly nothing big enough to make that much of a ruckus.

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A Parent Is as a Parent Does

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“Mom, why does God let bad things happen to nice people?” my young son asked me one day.

The Big Boy

The Big Boy

Like so many traumatic events, that day is etched firmly in my mind.

Just Another Ordinary Day

My husband and I went to church yesterday.

Nothing out of the ordinary about that. We got there a bit late and

I Can Fly…

I read once that when we fly in our dreams, our soul has briefly left our sleeping bodies.

Farewell Jacques*, and Thank You…

“Way down the street there’s a light in his place
He opens the door, he’s got that look on his face
And he asks you where you’ve been
You tell him who you’ve seen
And you talk about anything”

Gerry Raferty, Baker Street

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I recall feeling so very sorry for myself in the months after my divorce. I lost my job at the same time as my ex left: funding for a contract that had been renewed over a number of years suddenly dried up and I found myself in the terrifying position of being an unemployed single-parent.

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Every single person occasionally feels overwhelmed, and those of us who suffer from anxiety feel that way a good deal of the time.

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I have never been a dog person.