Thoughts

I just received some excellent advice from Buzz, one of Pat’s paddling friends: Remember to pace yourself, this is a marathon event and you will need your strength later. Set your priorities and follow the plan. Patrick’s passion is competitive marathon paddling–endurance, strength, racing strategy–all trained abilities that are helping him in his most critical ...

My fingers have seemed to come a bit out of the paralyzing grief I have found my entire body experiencing these last few days.  I’ve always been a rather sensitive person, easily feeling and crying for others’ sad plights–I thought I would be a bit prepared to deal with loss when it would come my ...

Mostly, it is too painful to even look at pictures of Patrick.  My wounds are so raw, and each healthy, vibrant picture I see is a new knife *stabbing* my heart, making me want to scream out that it just cannot be true! I have this picture, though, that I like a lot.  I was ...