Meet Patti
Because Patti considers writing a team sport, she delights in how the ongoing process produces unbeatable quality. Disciplined and hard-working, Patti believes in meeting deadlines. She’s a maximizer, a relator, a connector–a skilled problem-solver, who values input. Being a lifelong learner makes her wide open to the ideas of others.
She likes to hike, bike, do step aerobics, plant pansies and try new recipes. Patti especially enjoys reading good books while listening to the ocean waves. Her poem “I Don’t Live in A Pastel World” is as true of her today as it was when she wrote it many years ago.
I Don’t Live in a Pastel World
I don’t live in a pastel world. Mine is one of vibrant colors–bright blue, lemon yellow, passionate purple, and fire-siren red, fuschia, and chartreuse. No watered-down versions for me, my colors shout “I’m alive!”
I don’t live in a place of mild bland days, mine is full of scorching sun with rays so hot they’ll fry an egg on the sidewalk. Or frigid storms that rage complete with bomb-blast thunder and zig-zag bolts of light. I either have to bundle up in overcoats and sweaters or strip off the layers down to the coolness of a sundress with a wide-brimmed hat for shade.
I don’t live in a mediocre existence–mine is all or nothing, everything or zero, give it all I’ve got or don’t bother at all. I have dreams high and lofty, prayers that defy gravity, and a spirit complete with wings. And I love the One who created those dreams, answers my prayers, and makes my spirit soar.
On a recent trip to Norway . . .
Patti went on a King Crab Safari, kayaked in a fjord, and hiked to a fabulous waterfall.
As a young woman Patti traveled the world. She watched her friend perform a rescue at sea, rode a camel in Egypt, and danced to steel drums in Barbados.
Every man’s life is a fairy tale, written by God’s fingers.