Patricia A. Nugent writes to give voice to those who might otherwise be silenced, following a career as a school district administrator and adjunct communication professor. She’s the author of the memoirs They Live On: Saying Goodbye to Mom and Dad and Healing with Dolly Lama: Finding God in Dog. She authored the play The Stone that Started the Ripple and edited the anthology Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Born Before Rosie Started Riveting. She’s been published numerous times in professional and literary journals, as well as in anthologies. She teaches memoir, journaling, and creative writing to adult learners. Follow her blog at www.journalartspress.com.