"She loved GOD and she loved people." This is what Scotty said about Aunt Jenny and her life, summed up in a few words. How completely true! Mmmmm, now that's a LEGACY - potent and effective. How about us? What legacy will we leave? It's our choice. "The life we live today is the legacy we'll [...]
We've gotta "make the most of every opportunity." On the radio around the country and emceeing at the same time... The 15th of September will be the 10th Annual Harvest Fest Youth Rally which I'll be emceeing at the historic Tomato Bowl in Jacksonville, TX.....plus, at different times throughout this same day, U2HaveHope, a national radio program, will [...]
Step back in time with me to Labor Day, 2002... On that hot afternoon out back on the deck, we (my parents, Scotty and Rhonda, and I) were all sitting and talking a while before my parents took me back to Pate Rehab in Anna for another week of transitional rehab. As Rhonda and my mother were [...]
Remember this thought?...I've brought it up many times since the wreck: Small things do matter...they can make a BIG difference! A positive "yes face," as Chuck Swindoll refered to it in his book, Grace, is something that a lot of us look for, even when we don't realize we're paying attention to it! Think about those people whose face gave [...]
3 Cheers Are In Order!!! :) After almost 10 years, my TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) book will be available soon! Yes, indeedy, that IS what I said, "Soon!" Target date is: November, 2012. (YES, Lord!!!) Soon and very soon, my publisher, BookJolt (a new publisher on the cutting edge of digital technology), will have my book finished [...]
(Please keep watching...the Holocaust Survivor Interview is coming soon to this web site near you!) :) Faith Ride: The Saga Continues…Taking Notes: Life 101 By: Patti Foster April, 1999 Megaplex Heritage News You’ve heard the expression, “Life is short.” Well, here’s a new one. Life is long. Long and tiring at times. It [...]
At different times - sometimes planned, sometimes sporadic- I have the privilege of interviewing people from around the world, from different walks of life on my program, STRAIGHT TALK With Patti. It airs on the Media page of my web site: www.pattifoster.com Drop by and have a listen to a number of interviews I've done with [...]
A hearty THANK YOU I send to every single one of you who had a part in the "Decade of Celebration, 2002-2012"!!! I thank GOD for your presence, your words, your non-verbals, your prayers, your email, your cards, your notes, your thoughts, your remembering, your going-out-of-your-way...I give thanks for you! Here are the words on the front of a [...]
Lately, I've been working with my editor/ghostwriter in Cincinnati, "burning the midnight oil" as we've shaped my manuscript and made it ready to be passed on to my publisher. As I have read lots of stories related to the wreck of June 18, 2002 and all the days that followed - written by people from all walks [...]
This week, I wanted you to have before you the words of this particular song, "Jacob's Song" ... Sometime ago, Debbie, an ETBU (East Texas Baptist University) student wrote these words for Jacob and his battle with TBI -- a life-long fight that was set into motion during a drowning accident... Jacob's Song Sometimes there's just no way to explain it all; And we question: [...]
