Dawn Bedore Proctor
The Author
A recovering alcoholic with more than thirty-nine years of sobriety, Dawn Bedore Proctor has devoted both her professional and recreational life in the service of the non-profit community.
Heartbreaking, When Your Child Is An Addict is an intensely personal story of one parent’s struggle to cope with her teenage son’s alcohol and drug addiction. Learn more about the book
About
DAWN BEDORE PROCTOR
Author Artist Advocate
A recovering alcoholic with more than thirty-nine years of sobriety, Dawn Bedore Proctor has devoted both her professional and recreational life to the service of the non-profit community. First, as a progressive gardener and landscape designer and continuing on as Director of Development, she has become recognized nationally as one of the nation’s most successful fundraisers, organizers and advocates for causes as varied as access to public gardens and parks for those with financial or physical disabilities to a more personal journey on behalf of people suffering from drug and alcohol addiction, the need for freely accessible treatment and most importantly, criminal justice reform that recognizes and treats addicts as victims of an all-too-often fatal disease rather than potential prisoners.
Through her writings and her art, she continues to strive to raise awareness of the need to strengthen the fabric and hone the vision of the non-profit community to assist the public in perpetuating and improving the quality of life equally for all its members.
Short Stories
Closed for Ripening
What happens to your life when your very first feeling is fear?
Continuing ed
When you walked in, I thought to myself,” he said, “Now the group
Melissa ethridge’s autograph
I didn’t go looking for Melissa Ethridge’s autograph.
The Arrogance of the living
It all started when I was watching one of those detectives shows on television.
Terror Management
There is an unexpected moment, experienced only on a double Ferris wheel,
The Bonfire
The beginning had been spontaneous and immediate.
The Island Bridegroom
The hotel on the Island had been restored.
The kindness of men
The kids were climbing all over the rocks. Big rocks. Little kids.
The Nice Young Man
It was the last leg of the flight. You know, the short one you find
The Obituary
The day my mother died I made my first positive contribution to her life.
The Ride Home
There was nothing worse than the ride home.
Poetry
SATURDAY
I could tell they were related by the way they walked sloping shoulders tilted in the same direction precisely like plants growing towards the sun casting shadows at identical angles ages apart and so serious for a Saturday.
About Dawn, the Artist
Throughout her life, Dawn has continued to express herself in painting as well as sculpting and fabric art, continuing to experiment with mixed media, finding release through the expression and acceptance of times good and bad.
