Patricia L. Lindsay
I don’t think I have ever respected my husband more than watching him fight for his professional survival; lie needed to master the computer information and skill. Each night I hated to hear him suffer, slamming books down and talking to himself in reprimands. I didn’t know him when he was young, in college at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa., so many years earlier, but I was awestruck by his “drive and persistence!” at the peak of his career. I never saw him “give up” on anything he wanted!
This is a book I NEVER PLANNED TO WRITE! My husband died on July 9 2005. 1 bring this book into publication now as a lasting tribute to his determination! I know he is applauding me! And that’s enough, right there for me.
DESERT QUEEN IS OUR LOVESTORY! I hope you enjoy my heart.
I’ve left it on every page for you! Embrace me please! Know that I want to love you back! Each and every one of you! Reclaim your spirit! Pick up your unfinished dreams and never, never quit! DIAMONDS AND
ROSES!
PATRICIA LEAHY LINDSAY
Born in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania on March 1, 1946, to James J. Leahy and Eleanor M. Leahy, who moved shortly after her birth to their favoritc place on the planet Earth, Avalon, New Jersey. Pat was a good student and exhibited talent in art, music and business. She would be the first to tell you she cringed at Algebra and suffered through auto mechanics. Pat was a true artist preferring to swim, surf and basically water ski though life with a smile. (She still swi and smiles!)
Patricia was a staff writer and recording artist for Jamie Records and Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fonnerly a member of “BMI”, (Broadcast Music Inc.) and has owned and sold part of a small business prior to her marriage. Pat has just published this book, her second book, Desert Queen a love story in tribute to her beautiful husband James. Desert Queen is written as a collection of poems and essays in which she chronicles her feelings and experiences upon becoming a widow. A third book in the works, entitled WaI.kinz with Master Rwng is a non-fictional work of metaphysical, uplifting, and inspirational intent. Pat expects to publish this work in late 2007.
“ Wild and Wonderful” a comedy, she hopes to publish in 2008. A wholly, hilarious story about three 5Oish widows, preparing to go from wearing black into new wedding gowns! Ridiculous situations, fraught with laughter and bonding, as our widows journey to what would be love, but isn ‘t/
Pat married a brilliant RF engineer, James E. Lindsay, living with him in:
New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia and most recently in
Tallassee, Alabama where she currently resides with her three lovable dogs
on five beautifhl acres of fine Alabama soil.
I am his Desert Queen. He has died and I am alone. I feel barren and sometimes lost as if on a desert by myself. My thoughts are still of him. No matter what I do I think of my dearest husband. He always said I was his “Queen of Hearts”. I still am, only now it hurts to even say those words. So, I feel as though I am “Queen of a Desert”, no longer a “Queen of Hearts”, because my heart of hearts has died. He is gone.
Today I am writing this in pain. I am still crying over my man. I still miss him desperately. No matter how many times I have said this before, he was the center of my universe. How does that happen? How does a man get to mean that much to a woman? I don’t know. Lucky, I guess?
Yes, he was the most beautiful thing to ever happen in my life. I never dreamed it could be so beautiful. Marriage I mean. But then, I never knew love like that till I met him. Somehow I knew he was my mate within the first hour of meeting him.
We met in a snowstorm. I had just stopped into a Roy Rogers Restaurant for a break from driving in the snow. I was in between sales calls and my clothing was wet from the snow. I decided to get a cup of coffee and a small bite of lunch. I sat at a corner table all by myself. James came in right after me. We were the only two people in the whole restaurant. He also was trying to get out of driving in the snow, also between sales calls.
He got his coffee and then turned, saw me and quickly moved over asking permission to sit down and join me for lunch. Of course I said, “Yes” and that was the luckiest moment of my life. He was so very powerful in his words and his use of the English language. He expounded upon what he did in life as an RF engineer. He was charming. I thought he was amazingly brilliant, as I had met brilliant men before and also found them interesting. And I knew that I would marry him someday. And so I did.
He was beautiful - passionate, moving. I was totally unprepared for him and the feelings that came with him. I would not have missed him in my life for the world. I never knew men could be so darn beautiful.
Never stop looking for your mate. Remember it is about heart. It is about the journey to love. No sensuality can match the journey to love. Remember to love ...love your mate and bring yourself to the happiness that I experienced with James.
Please believe me when I tell you that “Desert Queen” is my true experience and journey to love. Go now and read my story. And when you think that it is impossible for you to love like this, remember: “1 thought the same... UNTIL I MET JAMES”
