Walk with Patricia Cox as she steps into her past, recalling and sharing somber and silly situations. Reflect with this writer and teacher of memoirs as she narrates her jour-ney through self-deprecating humor and sensitive stories. She hopes you can tell the difference. This author would like the readers of this book to take the time to write down the stories that have shaped their lives as well. For those who follow Patricia's example, it will become apparent that no subject is too ordinary or no topic is too sacred. As George Bernard Shaw once said, "Life is too short for men to take it seriously." Patricia, assuming he was including women-folk, takes his words to heart as she writes her way word by word and step by step, on this pathway called life.