Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
Messages sent to family. Sometimes these are slightly modified to meet the needs of a blog post.
Sent 13 Apr ’17 5:17 PM Today I talked with Patrick twice. Initially he said that he’s not doing very well and wouldn’t be much fun for conversation. However he did eat some breakfast in the morning and said that he had a pretty good night last night. He’s fighting both back pain and that […]
JP Sent to Patrick on 13 Apr ’17 at 9:30 AM Thought you’d find this memory amusing. Perhaps you can work it into one of your next stories. Donna and I went up to Buttonwillow one weekend and stayed at what was then called Motel 6 South. There were tons of bugs everywhere, probably from […]
Found this in Patrick’s inbox, from Alison. It’s dated 13 Apr ’17 6:44 AM Dear Patrick, I’m so very grateful for you! You and Stephanie have been such an inspiration in my life to pursue my artistic calling. Your passion to follow your dreams has given me courage to follow my own. I am so […]
This is a letter I wrote to my family on 23 March 2017. Today was another full day and I’ve not had a moment to myself except for that time during my brief walk. Hope you understand my delay in response. He was in a lot of pain getting up this morning, but eventually his […]
A couple of notes to a sister about Wednesday the 22nd of March. Not sure if you’re getting these email messages. Anyway here’s another from last night. Patrick has taken meds and gone to bed. He’s still in a lot of pain and has a hard time getting around tonight but he had another solid […]
E-mail sent to family on 21 March 2017. Today was a day with a lot of sleep for everyone but it didn’t start that way. On Monday afternoon the latest doctor told Patrick he shouldn’t go anywhere except bed, chair, or bathroom, for fear of causing more damage to his back. JPI’m the son of […]
E-mail to the States from JP on 20 March 2017. Today has been another series of small adventures. In the morning we went next door to the hospital for Patrick’s ‘rehabilitation’ session. During that hour, Ivonne and I went to pick up the car from the repair shop, where it received a new battery and […]
Here’s a summary I wrote for family and friends on 19 March 2017. Today Patrick and I agreed to drive out to Carol’s place for lunch at the big estate she’s house-sitting. The trip started off badly with a dead car battery that delayed us at least an hour, which carved into Patrick’s “limited back […]
A short e-mail message from Patrick to us kids, dated 23 Dec 2014: Hello All, Don’t know why, maybe because recently I am in very retro-autobio mode, I just remembered a moment in Wiesbaden, probably 1963? PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
E-mail from Patrick on 18 June 2012. I’m taking a charter flight to Pisa and a train to Florence tomorrow, back on 24 june, the day of Jan Juan. I will have my mobile phone. Mostly I’m moved to make the trip because a neighbor just died and his son had a wake, then another […]
Stephanie sent a pair of e-mail messages to Sue Steward, a good friend of Pat and Stephanie, and to Patrick’s sister Sue, on 25 Feb 2005, a couple of hours apart. Some of the content overlapped, which is easy to do with e-mail, and useful to do when cancer drains your energy. Here is the […]
Here’s a letter to Patrick (via Compuserve!) from 22 years ago when I was in a dark frame of mind. FROM: JP, 440201,1234 TO: Patrick, 405101,1234 DATE: 10/21/96 9:51 PM Yo, pappy, Sorry I’ve not written lately. I’ve not been in a proper communicative mood, but have instead been operating in the “if nothing nice […]
Here’s part of a letter from Stephanie to Sissy (Stephanie’s Aunt Lillian) dated 42 years ago today, describing the love that she and Patrick share. Click on the image to enlarge it so you can read it more easily.