Link to full story: https://pattieremembers.wordpress.com/2019/10/30/she-was-dying-to-know-my-thoughts-on-dying/

Pattie’s stories describe growing up without electricity or indoor plumbing, in a community called Standing Rock Creek, losing a brother in World War II, living in Japan and Spain as a military wife, losing a son to HIV contracted through a blood transfusion, and pursuing interests in birding, art, music, literature, and photography. Her stories touch on politics, religion, and various other absurdities such as elderly romance. Readers will laugh, cry, and relate.