Autobiography

During His ?Growing Up? Years However And As A Result Ofcircumstance Patrick Experienced Wild Swings Of Fortune ButBecause He Was Fortunate Enough To Be Blessed With Greatintelligence And Sensitivity He Grasped Education As His Means Forpersonal Fulfillment As Well As His Ticket Off The Island And Intothe Greater World. To Do So Meant Severing Family Ties That Sustainus In Difficult Times Including A Short Separation From Hisbeloved Grandfather Who Sent Him Back To His Parents For Pettythieving And So That He Might Learn A Lesson The Hard Way Becomerepentant Ask For Forgiveness And Gleefully Be Accepted Backinto His Beloved Grandfather'S Household. At That Time (1938)Patrick'S Parents Lived In Antigua Approximately 90 Miles Awayfrom Dominica And To Patrick Antigua Did Not Feel Like Home.Prior To Patrick'S Temporary Banishment And From Time To Time Alltoo Sympathetic Patrick Eight Year Old Patrick Would Steal A Fewpennies From His Grandfather'S Shop Drawer To Feed His Lessfortunate And Very Hungry Friends. Finally Patrick Was Caught Andsent Away As A Form Of Punishment For Wrong Doing. While Patricklived In Dominica With His Grandfather He Had To Cope With Theabsence Of His Father Who Would Have Provided Guidance And Taughthim To Be Self ? Reliant. Patrick Grew Up Being All Thumbs. LaterHe Taught Himself Self ? Reliance.