Pat W. Kirk

Pat worked in clerical and editorial when she decided to leave the job force to attend the University of Kansas. It was the years of "Don't trust anyone over thirty". She was thirty. After she graduated with a degree in Advertising and Editorial Art, she found that her "advanced age" handicapped her in getting work. Stubborn, she spent one and a half years finding that first job (She's worked everything else as a temp.) She went on to work twenty plus years in graphic art. Ten of those years taught her computer graphics at Ft. Leavenworth.

She published the Dear Pat Newsletter in 1995. Dear Pat preceded One Touch from the Maker in telling of the Lord's Grace.

The newsletter contained true stories of times when the Lord demonstrated His presence--healings, provision, protection, and wisdom. It ran for about two years. Wanting the world to see these stories and the others she included later, she decided to combine them in the book.

Pat is mother to one and grandma (Gray-a-mah according to her grandson) to four, plus a step." Hailey Nichole recently joined the family as first great-grandchild. Hailey's dad is now going to college, thrilled to be a dad.

Pat's real birth in Christ took place when she turned forty-five.