Rest In Peace Patricia. We Will Miss You

the 100+ degree heat has done in a friend. Patricia was both a client of mine and familiar face at the Community Care Fellowship building, and she passed away yesterday, presumably from heat stroke. Patricia was a well known regular over at CCF and a longtime resident of Nashville's "homeless club." She was found face down on the sidewalk yesterday by her boyfriend. An autopsy is being performed and the funeral will be scheduled shortly thereafter. I am offering rides to those who would like to attend and will post some pics and additional details as they become available. The death struck me particularly hard this morning, as Patricia had become my right-hand lady in identifying clients on my bus pass list and keeping folks in line when I was passing out goodies at the front door. We recently got ID together and it was a real joy seeing her smile for her pic, because she said that she "finally felt like a human being again." I'm really going to miss her trying to bum extra passes and tobacco from me, and I'll never forget her quirky laugh and crazy smile - she was probably the happiest Homeless person I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. Goddamit, I'm telling you, she is going to be missed. May you find a roof over your head forever now, Trisha - and may all the pain and misery of your life be turned into pure, absolute joy at your newfound freedom. We'll all catch up with ya sometime soon.... Dancin on the mountains of the moon......