The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.
Sometimes people think, "You don't get to have it all, you don't get to be happy, life's a struggle," but what if it's not?
I want to push myself to be brave and out of my comfort zone, but I guess I stay in my comfort zone knowing I have my family close by.
I'm strong and I can do things that scare me. I can drive in the snow even though it terrifies me. I'm doing it all alone, I don't have a boyfriend, it was like, "I can do this. "
For a long time I wanted to be special and to stick out amongst the crowd. Something I yearn for now is to be one of many.
In my 20s, my mom and I went and saw the bridges of Madison County, which are in Iowa, and I had seen that movie with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. I've always done these Iowa road trips. I did this transcendental meditation course in Fairfield, Iowa. So I've known since my early 20s that someday I would buy a farm in Iowa.
Because I can isolate and be a bit of a loner, [my ideal] is finding some sense of community where I'm one of many and where my skills are equally as important and valuable.
There's a special place in heaven for caregivers.
Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.
Things just enter reality through photographs.
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.