I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.

Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

Your heart has to let your head know what it wants.

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

My greatest strength as a writer is that I'm a storyteller. But, it was a long, hard struggle for me to make the transition from verbally telling stories to writing them. You'll note I don't dwell on descriptions in my writing, because I'm far more interested in telling the story. There are many better writers in this world, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone more passionate about stories than I am.