Saturday, January 8, 2011

Amazing Grace: The Other Side of the Story

Behind golden-voiced Ted Williams is ex-wife Patricia Kirtley...
"Patricia Kirtley raised four daughters alone after Williams split 23 years ago and dove down the rabbit hole of drugs. ...Not only that, [but] Kirtley took in the baby boy the radioman had with another woman and raised him as her own. Kirtley is partially blind. Kirtley [has] said [that] two of her sisters and a cousin each took in a child [that] Williams and his druggie girlfriend couldn't, or wouldn't, care for..." Read more here.
Now that's a good woman, someone who raises the bar for the rest of us in terms of caring, generosity, and forgiveness. Rock on with yer bad self, Patricia!