Cover art illustrated by Brandon, the author's youngest son.
a note before the book begins
A short book about a different way of hoping — trading "I wish" for "I remember when," and finding out what changes when you do.
— Pat Gutierrez
Cover art illustrated by Brandon, the author's youngest son.
Most of us were taught to hope forward — to wish, to want, to wait. This book asks a simpler question: what if you talked about your future the way you talk about your past, like it already happened?
That's the whole premise of Remembering the Future — nine chapters (and one more, added at the end, just for you) that walk through what it actually looks like to remember what hasn't happened yet.
A short, intentionally spare read — built to be revisited, not just finished.
Where "I remember when..." comes from, and why it works differently than affirmation or manifestation as it's usually taught.
Why memory and imagination live closer together in the mind than most people assume.
Personal stories — including one from Pat's own path into a life of interpreting — on what it costs, and gives back, to say the future out loud.
For the chapters of life where the practice feels impossible. Written for skepticism, not around it.
The closing chapter: one page per topic — love, health, finances, a lost object, a career move, joy, courage, peace, home, forgiveness — each one a place to begin.
the book ends with only one thing left to say
Pat has spent over 30 years as a court and healthcare certified interpreter, and is the founder of Professional Interpreting Associates. She's a CLE provider for the Florida Bar and mentors new interpreters entering the field. It's work she believes in for the same reason she believes in this book: words, chosen carefully, change things.
Remembering the Future is her first book. It was illustrated by her youngest son, Brandon.
The book ends with three words: I remember you. That's really what the whole thing is about.
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