Meet my friend Patty.  She's striking because of 3 things.  First, she always has a kind word.  She often has thin, brightly colored ribbons streaming down her  shoulder length hair.  And then there is her posture, or lack of it.  Patty is one of those folks who walks all bent over.  It might have been scoliosis, but no body asks.  On top of all this, Ptty has been battling cancer for the last few years.  

I met Patty in the Tai Chi class I've been taking for the past couple of years.  When she can, she shows up.  Sometimes she goes through the motions while sitting down, but more often than not,Patty keeps up, doing the best she can despite her physical limitations.

Patty likes a good joke and is a faithful "Dead Head."  We often talk about the music of The Grateful Dead, or Jerry Garcia, or other things associated with that time and culture.