To all Mac360 readers:

We lost a very good friend today-- Tera Jean Patricks.

Early Saturday afternoon, August 19, I received a phone call from her parents. Tera was staying at their home near Los Angeles. She passed away early Saturday morning following a long bout with cancer.

Tera was 46.

We first met over 20 years ago. Tera taught a business seminar that I attended while still in college. I was attraced to her thoughtful, energetic, no nonsense approach to life and business.

Tera was a teacher, a writer, a business partner, and a kind and gifted friend to many.

She instilled in me a practical view of life, and a desire to learn, examine, and challenge.

Though severely ill for the past few years, even while dying Tera somehow managed to teach me more about living than I could have imagined possible.

I know I speak for all of us at Mac360-- Tera, we’ll miss you.

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