Love Stories

Pat's husband, Jack, pays tribute to the beautiful life they shared for 66 years. She was his first and only true love.

As a mother of seven children and grandmother and great-grandmother to many more, Pat realizes that parenting is the most precious calling a person can have...a calling with no expiration date.

Books were a part of Pat's life as far back as she could remember. She especially loved to read banned books, and encouraged others to read for themselves to see what all the fuss was about.

In this beautiful piece, Pat describes exactly who she is and what she believes in. Enjoy!

Pat's favorite tree is the ash tree. Listen to her describe its beauty as the seasons change from summer to fall.

In this episode, Pat describes how certain scents evoke precious memories, especially the Scents of May.

One of Pat's happy places was sitting on the deck, drinking coffee and watching birds. Listen as she talks about the Nature Scene in her own backyard. Son Andy introduces this final segment of stories.

How do I love thee? Find out how many ways Pat loved the world around her, in this week's podcast.

Could Pat complete the Ironman Fitness Challenge? She said, "Not me!" but Jack had other ideas.

Listen as Pat describes her day-to-day activities that fill her weeks in retirement.

No one could have done it better! Pat describes the 24-hour travel experience that made her a Supermom.

Here are Pat's 12 Days of Christmas...no partridges and no golden rings!

One of Mom's favorite musicals was Jesus Christ Superstar. When she heard the Broadway hit Godspell was coming to Greenville, she decided to find out if it was as good as her favorite

Ever heard of cribbing timbers, mortise and tenon joints, and hydraulic jacks? Pat learned everything she could about each of these to write this week's episode, Moving Miss Manor.

The last thing Pat wanted to do was be at the delivery of any child that wasn't her own. Listen as she describes being in the car with a mother in labor, in this week's podcast.

in the early 2000s, Homeland Security wanted Americans to be ready for any kind of attack by storing food, water, baby supplies, clothing, and medication into an airtight internal room. That led Pat to give her readers some great stock tips.

In Italy, the Stewart gang traveled in a VW bus bearing French license plates carrying five English-speaking teenagers. That's a sure way to attract the attention of a group of Italian teens.

Pat's friend Caroline started a writing group for cancer patients. She joined their meetings and heard some incredible stories, in this week's podcast, Ode to Caroline.

The drive to the cemetery for Grandma Webster's funeral was actually quite funny. Pat explains how the hearse driver, the family limo, and the ten cars following behind almost didn't get there in Lost on the Way to Paradise.

"How could I name just one best book?" The question came from a flyer Pat saw at the library. As a bibliophile, Pat knew she would never be able to answer that question.

For Pat, the arrival of fall meant the beginning of her favorite season. Listen to this week's story, appropriately titled Octovember.

Pat met monthly with members of the South Carolina Writers Workshop. With honest exchanges and critiques of one another's writing, they became better writers and close-knit friends, in Fellow SCWW Members.

Being in a job you don't love is a terrible feeling. Listen this week as Pat discovers that lab work isn't her calling, but determination will help her find something that is

There was "another woman” in Pat and Jack's lives. Her name was Mandy, and she gave them directions while they drove. Pat demanded that Mandy prove she could read a map as well as Pat could.

How many ways can one person be rejected? Let's hear Pat's many rejections from family members to obscure publishers of magazines.