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At Hell's Gate

A mother's worst nightmare was about to happen.

Knowledge is Necessity. Our stories inform us and bind us. My old Website had a lot more, all of them making compelling reads, but what you will find here by Barbara, Sophy, and Splunky is truly outstanding. These remarkable authors masterfully speak to us from the heart and the soul and the gut. Expanded to book form, their memoirs would become enduring classics, worthy of comparison with any great writer. Then there is me. You're on my Website - you may be interested in my scribblings, too.


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Sophy's Miracle

She organized her affairs and made sure her cat was provided for ....

My Manic Monday

Zap! Crackle and pop ...

When I First Knew I Was Different

A six-year-old discovers something about himself.

"You come into this world alone, you die alone, but I never thought the middle part called life, would find me alone as well." - Sophy Patterson

Dispatch From the Abyss

Barbara's Journey

Where Are You God? - Wanting to Die

The Sophy Chronicles

Prelude and Few - Dispatch From the Abyss - Scars on My Soul

Splunky's Life

Not Meant to Be

My Story

Alone, Against the World - Aloysius and Me - Crash and Burn - To Madness and Back - A Thanksgiving Tribute - Healing

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