Pat Good Stories

Good Stories that Light the Way

Tag: memoir

  • THE DUNGEON

     by Patricia Elaine Francis Good One day, during my career with the Easter Seal Society I found myself in the worst possible situation that I had ever been in or ever would be again in my career.  It started one day when my boss called from Dallas to tell me that Easters Seals had decided…

  • PAT’S STORY – THE EARLY YEARS

    From left to right: John, Janet, Pam, Pat, Kathy, Mike, Millie, Dick Francis When I was a little girl, I thought I would live forever.  I thought my parents would live forever and everybody around me was expected to live a very long, long time. At a fairly early age, I came to know the…

  • A Promise

    by Patricia F. Good Word When the hospice movement finally spread from Europe to the United States, the office of the second location was in Austin, Texas. At the time I just happen to be working for a non- profit in Austin as a development officer. At lunch with a friend I learned that she…

  • 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…

  • The Dress

     by Patricia Elaine Francis Good No matter what it cost, why or when you wore it, every woman has a dress that has mattered more to her than any other piece of clothing she’s ever worn.  For most women, that is her wedding dress.  Filled with happy memories of one day that seems to hold…