Pat Piety

I have been working on my bucket list since retiring in 2003. Among other things, I have taught English composition part-time at several colleges and universities; been a columnist for two years for the Stillwater, OK, NewsPress; written one novel (unpublished, being revised); published a book of autobiographical essays, poems, and short stories ("The Dance of Life: Perspectives"); published a memoir ("Don't Get Yourself Talked About"); and worked for the past two years as a tutor in the writing lab at the Forest Park Campus of St. Louis Community College, where I enjoy meeting fascinating students of all races and ethnicities from all over the world.

Since retiring I have also traveled to England, Argentina, the Bahamas, and the south of France, as well as to many U.S. states. I would love to take a van tour of Cuba with a group of congenial friends before I kick the bucket.

I am extremely proud of my three wonderful daughters: Tamara R. Piety, law professor and author of "Brandishing the First Amendment"; M.G. Piety, philosophy professor and author of two books on Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, as well as an ebook on figure skating titled "Sequins and Scandals"; and Julia C. Rieman, a partner in the law firm of Gungoll, Jackson in Oklahoma who successfully represented a client in a recent multi-billion dollar divorce case.

The photos on my page are of me as a child with my Pentecostal evangelist parents, as a young bride, a mother, and a friend. My profile photo is from a reading I gave at a fundraiser for Faith Aloud in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 30, 2015.

I encourage you to tell your story, too, for the sake of your family and the history of the human race.