Ponder with Patty

Hi. My name is Patty. I have always wanted to be a writer. What makes you a writer? Writing. No one actually has to like it or read it for you to be a writer. SO I am going to write. I wrote for some of my professors in college (SHSU) back in the day and I was pretty good at it. I feel like I have a lot of funny stories. I have had a lot of people say “You should write a book.” What better time than a pandemic? I find myself thinking about book titles and chapter ideas while I jog. It is a brave thing to write because good writing is honest and can easily be critiqued. All of my favorite books are honest. It would be so easy to judge the authors but I admire them because they show all of their ugly along with the pretty. So, hopefully, you like the good and the bad that will come along with this page. Hopefully you can ask me questions and those conversations can be honest and interesting. I am 33. I have three kids (2 boys and 1 girl). I am a christian who attempts to put God first but fails over and over. I have been divorced for 6 years. I am engaged to my best friend. I am lucky to have family and friends and community that I can depend on. I have been depressed and happy. I have loved life and hated it, in love with God and angry with him. I have worked full time and been a stay at home mom (currently SAHM). I have been a hot mess most of my life. My sister likes to say “hot mess express” when she refers to me. I am more of “lets get out of town today and explore aimlessly” kind of girl than a “lets stick to a routine and be responsible” kind of girl. That will probably be interesting because my fiance takes weeks to process decisions and over analyzes the kinds of socks he buys. I have traveled a lot and hopefully will a lot more. I have failed a lot and it made me a better person. I have changed a lot from who I used to be. I chose the name Ponder with Patty because its catchy.. and my writing will probably cover really random things. I knew I loved my fiance when he said “I am a fan of alliteration.” I actually knew way before that but what a cute nerd. I am honest, funny, easily angered, loving, hopelessly flawed, and able to write. So I hope you enjoy it. 🙂 Thanks for reading.