text: Dave Donahue Three short stories of life A book about different senarios I dedicate this to my family who stood behind me in my battle with a potentially fatal disease.   
   
   
   A Time To Rest  
   
  A Time To Rest 
  . "What happened" she thought as she held his hand. His eyes clouded over 
  and she could see it was near, his frail hand falling limp. They had said he was 
  fine and in fact he was, until the virus started to come back. Like a tornado, it 
  ripped and tore, his body apart inside out. There was so much more to do and 
  she never thought it would come to this. She bowed her head and began to 
  cry. Fifteen years of the past flashed through her mind, the dreams of their life 
  destroyed by AIDS. 
   
   
   
   
   
   Surfed Out  
   
  Surfed Out 
  He dropped in on the wave, tucking his head as it tubed over him. The 
  blue water resembled an ocean cathedral as the wave overhead crashed 
  around him. He raced the wave as it tried to overtake him the adrenaline 
  pumping through his veins. He felt as the wave spit him out with a huge woosh 
  and he came out on the shoulder of the monster. He yelled estatically as he 
  pulled his board out of the wave only to see another huge wave about to break 
  on the outside. He paddled back out for another sweet ride. 
   
   
   
   
   Old Man Dilemma  
   
  Old Man Dilemma 
  The old man looked out across the road, at a land he has finally owned. It 
  took all his life and he worked and worked his fingers to the bone. It was all he 
  had for 60 years of toiling, his withered hands bore the scars of hardship. But it 
  was finally his scott free and clear, no more note he could rest a bit now. He 
  looked on the horizon as far as he could see, a saw a cloud funneling towards 
  his way. The wind whipped and churned and finally tore into his shattered 
  dream. 
   
   
   
   Text: Dave Donahue Images: Dave Donahue Editing: Cheryl Berkes All rights reserved. Publication Date: July 10th 2012 https://www.bookrix.com/-dobguy1