Patrick Fleming is a former hospital chaplain, retired psychotherapist, international speaker and consultant, and award-winning writer of self-help books, including his most recent, "Soul Light for the Dark Night: Daily Meditations". He is also the author of the cli-fi thriller, "Gaia's Revenge". Pat and his wife, Sue, share ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and have always enjoyed reading them children's books through the years. They live outside of St. Louis, Missouri, surrounded by forests, flowers, deer, birds, fox, turkey, a family of skunks, and great human neighbors. Every Christmas a featured part of their decorations is a lighted, metal Christmas Cow named Miriam.