Patricia Caudill:  

Life Wow...where to begin. I met my husband my last year in college, and we were married the following fall. Our first child was born 2 1/2 years later. As of today, this shall be quite brief, as I would like to spend some good time placing emphasis on mainly the things I now realize were the "highlights" of my life. Losing my husband of 42 years a little over 1 1/2 ago has made me realize the importance of a lot of things I just took for granted. We had two boys and a girl, and we truly had a wonderful life. We both were very intent on giving our kids the best in education, and we, now looking back, had in many ways....the best of the best. I have had monetary things, but those, I now realize, are not all that important to have happiness in life, and fortunately, they never interferred with our having this in our marriage and with our family. It is very sad when one loses a spouse, especially after you have spent almost a lifetime with them....you have to begin to "rethink" about all of the little things that you now realize were much more important than one realizes when you are going along, day after day during this "lifetime." Truly, I am soo grateful for my children, and I now have 5 little grandchildren; two have been born this past year; my dearest, dearest husband did not get to meet them, but at least he saw our kids grow up, and that is more than many people live to see. My friends have been very good, and my kids are all very busy with their lives....one is an architect;one is in commercial real estate; and my daughter is a nurse. She has taken time off to enjoy her baby girl for this first year. I have three Shi Tzus...my little Charlie, Shelby, and Barclay, a...Expand for more