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Special Treat ??“ David Wainland

March 9, 2006

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I BRAKE FOR SPEED BUMPS

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By David Wainland

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Speed bumps, a poor analogy

For the moments of crisis in life

I have always faced those occasions

With the resistance they deserve

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No two alike

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No two reactions the same

As I approach them

I brake for speed bumps

I brake

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I never stop

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If you know me

Know my writings

You??™ll remember the bump

I rode through

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July 6, 2003.

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The day I learned

My son, Jeremy had died

Only thirty years old

Handsome, smart

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Only thirty

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I thought it the end of my world

The end of life

It wasn??™t

There are many reasons

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To go on living

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His wife now married

Skylar, his daughter

Joyful, blond and three

My daughter, Lisbeth my strength

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Compassionate Mark, her husband

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Their children, adopted

Handsome Matthew from Guatemala

Beautiful Hannah from Virginia

My loving sister Laurie

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My love, my heart, my wife, Jamie

Family and friends

My writing, my art

My faith

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Life itself

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March 1^st his birthday

I face the sadness

Once again

I brake

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I do not stop.

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David Wainland

David @ DavidWainland.com

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About Me:

I am a professional artist and metal sculptor known as Sculptoons and I??™m the creator of custom tabletop items. I paint as well as cartoon. My work is displayed at art festivals in Florida.

My passion is writing and I have completed two novels, Matecumbe Key ?©, about the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and Red Absinthe ?©, a murder mystery set in 1926 New Orleans. When I am not working on my art I write stories, poetry and essays about life.

I??™m married and the father of two. My son passed away in July of 2003 and left behind a beautiful daughter. Just one of my three grandchildren. My daughter and her family live in New Jersey