Patricia Joslin is a retired educator, grandmother to three active boys under the age of six. As a young girl she dreamt of becoming a published writer. That dream is still alive; she hopes that her poetry and essays resonate with readers in some magical way. She is currently working on a collection, reflections on life after loss. Her story, “Flying South” appeared in the 2020 Personal Story Publishing Project, That Southern Thing. Patricia lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where she is a member of Charlotte Writers Club and Charlotte Center for Literary Arts.