Patty's Poem

There was a woman named Patty, who had seven children and a blind husband.  She worked hard all her life and was very poor.  Her husband was always unfaithful so she becamed very depressed.  This extreme depression caused her much grief..   Her father died of brain cancer and with his last breath she said, "I hope I can die with dad and go to heaven,"  Shortly later, God granted her wish and she got the same exact disease.  Her baby had died a year earlier in his crib and when Patty asked him why she was sick, the doctor told her it was from stress.

Now Patty was far away from her olderr sister and they had not seen each other for years.  So Patty's aunt contacted the older sister to tell what was going on.  The other sister quickly wrote and they became very close once more.  The other sister constantly sent her money to help whatever she could.  As Patty's husband abandoned her and her children and she was all alone.  The older sister sent her a silk nightgown from Marshalls which was on sale and sent it to Patty so she would have something nice to wear to the hospital.  Patty cried much as she had never in her life owned a silk nightgown.   As Patty became worse and worse she so wanted to repay the older sister for her kindness so with what few dollars she had she mailed her this poem to tell her how she felt.  Here is the poem.