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COVID STORIES WORTH REMEMBERING
I had an experience of being mis-diagnosed and ended up in a COVID-ICU Unit. But, my story pales by comparison to the stories worth remembering that I heard from the Covid ICU nurses. During this Covid Pandemic, I had been careful to follow the CDC guidelines and quarantined at home. Taking the vaccines had relieved…
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STANDING UP FOR NAVY CAPTAIN BRETT E. CROZIER
Walking through my living room on April 2, 2020, I caught a television news story from Guam. Sailors onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a nuclear aircraft carrier, were standing at attention on deck. Then I heard clangs of a bell ringing over a public address system followed by this announcement: “Captain, United States Navy ……
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HOW I FOUND MY HERO AND FRIEND, SISTER ANGELA MURDAUGH
I met Sister Angela Murdaugh (Roman Catholic Franciscan Sister of Mary)in the onion fields of Raymondville, Texas over 40 years ago. She wastrying to win the trust of migrant workers to start a freestanding birthingcenter so they wouldn’t have to deliver their babies in the onion fieldsanymore. I was a field representative for the March…
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A Little Act of Kindness Goes a Long Way
By Patricia Francis Good When my mother got to the final stage of life, she told me she was ready for Hospice Care. I called VNA & Hospice of South Texas and after evaluating her condition, they enrolled my mother into their program. But mother didn’t die right away. Under the excellent care she was…
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UC TV Interview, January 2026
Universal City Television,UC TV,is a Public Education & Government (PEG) channel located in Universal City, Texas. In January 2026, they interviewed for Pat all about her book Good Stories that Light the Way.
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“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
-Amanda Gorman, u.s. poet