CARLETTE AND HER FAMILY ANNOUNCE THEIR NEW BOOK, I Thought We Had Forever - A Love Story www.ithoughtwehadforever.com
"From our family to you, we want you to know that your life matters! Who you are, what you believe, and what your heart longs for is important. Every person, each experience, has been important in your life story. Embrace who you are and where you come from. The world needs you and everything that you stand for and want to represent. May your days be filled with love as you dive into the rest of your life. . . Go For It, it is so worth it!"
I Thought We Had Forever is a collection of love letters, emails, and journal entries that reveal the passion and pain a family went through when their forever ended on July 28, 2004. It is a love story that began when retired NBA player Steve Patterson took a blank piece of paper and penned a collection of love letters that changed the course of many lives. His wife, Carlette, holds on to her family as her five-year-old daughter is forced to understand grief, her young adult daughter finds her way back from drug addiction, and her oldest daughter navigates life with Aspergers. Experience their raw emotions as they search for hope, hanging on to their faith and finding a love more powerful than pain.
"From our family to you, we want you to know that your life matters! Who you are, what you believe, and what your heart longs for is important. Every person, each experience, has been important in your life story. Embrace who you are and where you come from. The world needs you and everything that you stand for and want to represent. May your days be filled with love as you dive into the rest of your life. . .