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Inspirational Stories: Set I
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Blonde Angel - The Giftless Xmas - My Three Fathers - The Camellia Lady - Is There More To Life Than What The Realists Claim...
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Paula Freda
About the AuthorDorothy Paula Freda, is also known under her pen names Paula Freda and Marianne Dora Rose. Herbooks range from Fiction and Non-fiction Adventure, Romance, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Poetry, Articles, Essays and How-to-Write Instructional complete with Lessons and optional assignments.Homemaker, mother of two grown sons, and former off-the-desk publisher of a family-oriented print small press, (1984 thru 1999), The Pink Chameleon, that she now publishes on line, Paula was raised by her grandmother and mother, and has been writing for as long as she can remember. Even before she could set pencil to paper, she would spin her stories in the recording booths in the Brooklyn Coney Island Arcades for a quarter per 3-minute record. She states, "I love the English language, love words and seeing them on display, typed and alive. A romantic at heart, I write simply and emotionally. One of my former editors kindly described my work, '...her pieces are always deep, gentle and refreshing....'" Paula further states, "My stories are sensitive, deeply emotional, sensual when appropriate, yet non-graphic, family fare, pageturners. My hope is that my writing will bring entertainment and uplift the human spirit, bring a smile to your face and your soul, and leave you filled with a generous amount of hope."
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Inspirational Stories - Paula Freda
Inspirational Stories - Set 1
Smashwords Edition
Copyrights 1980 - 2009 - 2011
by Dorothy Paula Freda
(Pseudonym - Paula Freda)
Bookcover - licensed photo istockphoto.com
All rights reserved.
Inspirational Stories - Set 1
Blonde Angel
The Giftless Xmas
The Camellia Lady
My Three Fathers
Is There More To Life Than What The Realists Claim
(All Stories Rated G
for General Audience)
Blonde Angel
by Paula Freda
It felt like only seconds elapsed from the moment I thanked the nurse for injecting the anesthesia, to the instant I became aware that the industrial clock on the apple-green wall had struck away eight hours.
I lay on the gurney in the post-operating room of the maternity ward and wondered if my child had been born. I tried to touch the swollen part of my belly to see if my baby still lingered inside, but my hand and arm felt too weak to do my bidding.
The nurse returned and bent over me to feel my pulse. My throat and mouth were dry and my voice a struggling whisper, but I managed two words, My baby?
The doctor will see you in a little while. Please try and rest.
I don't care about the doctor, I thought. Did they induce it?
I asked. She did not answer me, but moved away as though she had not heard me.
I closed my eyes. The sooner I slept, the quicker I might wake to some news.
I woke to the nurse's touch on my shoulder. Your husband is here to see you,
she said. Her smile was compassionate.
As she left, I noticed the white identification strip around my wrist. I searched to see if there was an additional name - baby Freda.
It is the custom in some maternity wards to add the name of the child to the mother's I.D. strip. I found only mine.
My husband entered the room and came quickly to my
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