by Pat McCaw | Aug 20, 2017 | Pat's Chat, picture books
News headlines of hate and people run down in the streets. How do we talk to our children about this? I live in Midwest Iowa in a predominantly white, rural community. I know white privilege, but my goal is to learn, understand, listen and respect everyone equally. In...
by Pat McCaw | Aug 12, 2017 | Back to school, Pat's Chat
Ten days and counting until the bus pulls up and whisks the girls away to another year of school. I should be doing cartwheels across the lawn because their bickering and whining will cease, the constant need to entertain will end, and silence can wrap me up like a...
by Pat McCaw | Aug 5, 2017 | Pat's Chat, Writing tips
I compare my writing journey to a blossom striving to bloom into a fabulous flower as I continue to learn. Practice and commitment are the water and sunshine my flowers need to flourish. Over the last five years, I learned an enormous amount of...
by Pat McCaw | Jul 29, 2017 | Pat's Chat, Time management
One question I am repeatedly asked is: How do you do it? I practice medicine, write novels and picture books, attempt to be supermom (in my own eyes), and...
by Pat McCaw | Jul 24, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Your heart thuds and your knees wobble and your hands shake and your head whirls and you feel hot and cold and you can’t breathe and your tummy hurts and you can’t believe it’s really happening to you. But it is. It really is. These are the opening lines to You’ve Got...
