This photo was taken on a family camping trip two month before Patrick died. From age 14 Patrick wore a dress shirt, nice pants and a tie pretty much all of the time. This was totally his choice and he called his attire “dressing for success”.
Patrick was a very funny and highly intelligent young man who was also very caring and loving. He wrote several sonnets during his last year.
This is one of my favorites:
This is one of my favorites: