What’s Happened to My Daughter? by Patty Panni

Drug use, opioid use, language

“Lizzie, Matt! Dinner!” I holler up the stairs. It’s Friday night, and I’m completely exhausted. Work has been more stressful than usual, with back-to-back depositions this week. I usually do a pretty good job of compartmentalizing, but our current case is complex and messy, and it’s getting to me. My son Matt comes thundering downstairs....

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Patty Panni
Patty Panni

I'm happily married, retired from a job in the legal profession, and have two 'fur kids' -- a rescue pup named Audrey and an orange tabby named Hobbes. We live in the Memphis, TN area. I'm involved with my local Carnegie Writers Guild, but my passion is for DFW and the lovely writing community Mia has created. It's the absolute best. It has turned me from an intermittent scribbler of words into a dedicated writer with one novel under my belt (almost - still doing final edits), scores of short stories, and a dozen or so poems.

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