Remembering a Friend
Remembering a Friend is an essay about Naomi Carlson, whom for Love of Billie is dedicated, published in The Bradford Era, her hometown newspaper.

Pat honed her writing and editing skills on the staffs of newspapers in western Pennsylvania—always most interested in examining and trying to explain why people do what they do. She earned awards for writing and editing from three Pennsylvania press associations.
A married mother of adult twin daughters, she loves quirky independent films, playing mahjongg, and rooting for the Baltimore Ravens and Orioles from her home in Owings Mills, Maryland.
She’s a member of the Maryland Writers Association.
*Making the ordinary meaningful.
Remembering a Friend is an essay about Naomi Carlson, whom for Love of Billie is dedicated, published in The Bradford Era, her hometown newspaper.
When twelve-year-old Finn Maguire is smitten by the beautiful Billie, his dad’s twenty-five-year-old co-worker and subsequent lover, he’s thrust into a rivalry with the father he idolizes until a tragedy on his thirteenth birthday cuts him off from Billie.
At nineteen, unmoored by his mother’s cancer diagnosis, Finn seeks consolation with Billie convinced she’s been waiting for him. Tempted, will he consummate the relationship that’s preoccupied him for years or overcome his obsession and choose true love with an age-appropriate partner?
A work in progress.
What do you do when “the one who got away” comes back into your life?