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Katrina Remembered: "Yes, my love, this is how it goes" Part 2
21 June 08 10:56 AM | Beth Patterson | 6 Comments   
Part 1: The call comes from 'Bougainvillea' (i.e. Katrina) asking me to come help her die. Katrina and I have been friends for over 20 years. Note: In the late 1990's Katrina took on the nickname from a tropical plant I had carted to Colorado from Florida--a Read More...
Lesson # 5: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
30 April 08 01:49 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
So on a post last week, "The Dog's in Heaven and the Cat's in Jail" in a follow up comment, I came to Geronimo's (aka Damn Dog's) defense. I wrote about 4 things that he has been teaching us about living and loving. Here's one I forgot, and since it's Read More...
Whose business IS it, pray tell?
29 February 08 12:58 AM | Beth Patterson | 4 Comments   
I had an odd moment yesterday. I work at a child abuse intervention and advocacy center . We serve the community primarily by providing comprehensive medical evaluations for children who are suspected of having been abused; therapy for abused or neglected Read More...
Another shard of light
09 December 07 06:05 AM | Beth Patterson | 0 Comments   
A new member of our community, Roxanne, has just posted a story of grave hope and redemption. Thoughts on Acceptance and Change. It's a hard one to read...but Roxanne is amazing in her lack of self-pity or recrimination. What may be even more powerful Read More...
Here's to the Forrest Gump in all of us
04 August 07 01:18 AM | Beth Patterson | 4 Comments   
As we made homemade grapefruit/ginger/mint sorbet last night, ate it out of the Donvier, and re-watched Forrest Gump with our brother Mike's family last night, I was struck with a deep longing to be Forrest...Forrest Gump. (This is a live link to a photo Read More...

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