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Hurdles in a Girdle
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: July 2024 | Photograph By: Susan Renfro
A busy life crammed with incidents and events allowed Pat Allen to craft Hurdles in a Girdle…Holding Life Together When You’re Bursting at the Seams. Contact her at [email protected].
Pat Allen
Pat Allen and her adorable late husband, also named Pat Allen, moved to Highlands 30 years ago.
They opened a bed and breakfast, the Morning Star Inn. In the beginning, Ms. Pat had to fight disgruntled neighbors. In the eight years the Pats ran the inn and a successful cooking school, those neighbors learned and turned to love her.
Folks who know her will testify – she’s got spunk!
Two decades ago she became a top real estate broker. That launched a firm, Pat Allen Realty Group. Allen Tate Realtors out of Charlotte scooped up her thriving business, which remains number one in sales in the Carolinas and the country for independent firms.
And talk about independent – that she is! If she sets her mind to something, it will happen!
Three years ago, Pat had a serious, life-threatening health scare. Her bowel was perforated, resulting in an emergency procedure in Gainesville, Georgia. Little did she know E -Coli had spread through her body.
She is lucky to be alive, Her first thought was, “I would be dead, but embarrassed, that the bed wasn’t made and papers were strewn on the dining room table.”
This prompted her to think of a legacy to leave behind other than her two wonderful children. So she wrote and published a book: Hurdles in a Girdle…Holding Life Together When You’re Bursting at the Seams. It is a memoir to inspire women who feel stuck in a bad marriage/relationship or unfulfilling job to jump the hurdle to something better that awaits on the other side.
Pat’s life has been filled with hurdles. She reveals them in full detail, once more exhibiting her spunk and determination. Her success of creating a multi-million-dollar firm was not easy, but her perseverance paid off. You will be inspired when you discover that Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series and The Success Principles calls her book “a roadmap to life’s purpose.” It’s a must read.
Illustrating Pat’s spunky attitude, she had a fushia girdle made as seen on the book’s cover. She plans to wear it when she speaks to ladies’ groups.
With all of Pat’s successes, she always gives back to the community and supports many non-profits.
To learn more about this spunky lady, you can order Hurdles in a Girdle from Amazon or online Barnes and Noble. Watch for it in local stores soon. She’s already on the road with book signings, and she plans to speak to women’s groups around the country.
