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    Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams
    Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams
    Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams
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    Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams

    By Br. Harold Reynolds FSC

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    The short stories in this book are all true. Names, though, have been changed in the interest of justice. The stories are about real boys and girls caught up in situations not always of their own making, and the tragedy that often follows. Yet each story also offers insights for readers to think about as they carry on with their lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnvil Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateAug 11, 2020
    ISBN9789712736193
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      Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams - Br. Harold Reynolds FSC

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      Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams

      Br. Harold Reynolds FSC

      De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute

      City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

      Anvil publishing

      Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams

      A Collection of Short Stories

      Philippine Copyright © 2015 by Br. Harold Reynolds FSC and Anvil Publishing, Inc.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher.

      Inilathala at ipinamamahagi ng

      ANVIL PUBLISHING, INC.

      7th Floor Quad Alpha Centrum

      125 Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong City

      1550 Philippines

      Trunk lines: (+632) 8477-4752, 8477-4755 to 57

      Fax No.: (+632) 8747-1622

      [email protected]

      [email protected]

      [email protected]

      www.anvilpublishing.com

      eISBN: 978-971-27-3619-3

      Edited by Dr. Johnny O. Cabanias, Vice Chancellor for Academics of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

      Cover design, sketches and print edition layout by Engr. Geronimo M. Abugao, Jr. and Mr. Rolly J. Capistrano

      eBook conversion by JP Meneses

      Dedication

      These short stories are dedicated with love and gratitude

      to my beloved parents,

      George Edward and Emily Winifrid Reynolds (nee Walters)

      who raised George, Valerie, Veronica, Gregory, Shirley,

      Edward, and me

      with so much love,

      and to my second family, the De La Salle Brothers,

      my family of adoption and my home away from home

      for more that seventy wonderful years!

      Preface

      Youthful Hearts, Sunshine and Shattered Dreams overtures profounder understandings into the interconnections between life, dreams, experiences especially on the celebration of successes and on contending with the life’s difficulties in achieving one’s dreams. The socio-political issues implicitly and explicitly embedded in this collection of short stories that youngsters the world over have to deal with, how to tide with destitution, how to get educated to have a better life, how to relate to the Creator, how to live in peace and order, how to live in a life mysteriously destined to happen to anyone but retaining still his/her individuality to be able to still connect with the world created especially for everyone are some of the themes accentuated in this book.

      The collection of wonderful stories of Br. Harry which contain socio-political, psychological and spiritual leitmotifs recur for the students to chew over, consider, reflect on, or ideally try to do something in their own little ways as readers get beyond the page to live a life worthy of God’s love and care. For this, readers are given the opportunity to examine their very own lives meaningfully, as they co-exist with significant others.

      May this book creatively, passionately and infectiously written by a dearly loved De La Salle Brother, Br. Harry Reynolds FSC, serve as a humanizing agent and guiding light both for individual and societal change.

      Happy exploring the new world introduced and experienced by Br. Harry!

      Br. Gus L. Boquer FSC

      President/Chancellor

      De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute

      City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

      Acknowledgments

      Grateful thanks to Br. Dante Amisola FSC, the first to review the short stories and raise the possibility of their publication;

      Br. Rory Higgins FSC, then Director of the LEAD Novitiate in Lipa City, who validated Br. Dante’s evaluation and insisted they be used for refectory reading. As the stories are meant for young adults the approval of our novices was especially welcome;

      Br. Gus Boquer FSC, EdD, President of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute and De La Salle University—Dasmariñas, who pushed and prodded me to the finished book we see today. Thank you, Br. Gus for your support and encouragement;

      The Editor, Johnny O. Cabanias, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Academics, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite for his editorial expertise and invaluable advice;

      Engr. Geronimo M. Abugao Jr. and Mr. Rolly J. Capistrano for the design, sketches and lay-out;

      Quotations are from the Holy Bible, the writings of St. John Baptist de La Salle, quoteland.com, ThinkExist.com, Search Quotes, Annabelle’s quotations and Quotations Book.com;

      Finally, I thank my classmates of long, long ago, and the wonderful boys and girls of Malaysia and the Philippines who touched my life so profoundly and so deeply. God continue to love and watch over them and their families.

      Br. Harold Reynolds FSC

      Short Stories

      Come on, Timmy, Let’s go Home!

      The Classmate who Conquered Mountains

      What Could Have Been

      When We Were Young One Day

      The Pied Piper of De La Salle

      A Rover No More

      Fatherless and Lonely

      Something Beautiful for God

      The Spirit of the Glass

      The Buddhist Nun that Never Was

      God Sent You to Me, Brother!

      The Million-Dollar Man

      Come on, Timmy, Let’s go Home!

      Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children.

      —Diana, Princess of Wales

      Timmy O’Meara? Isn’t he that small, sandy-haired kid down the street, the little guy who used to wave to us from the verandah? Didn’t he die suddenly, Harry?

      Yes, you’re right, Joe. That’s him. As far as I know, you always get your petrol from his father’s garage. Well, Joe, I spent some time with his grandfather last night, and he told me the strangest story about that little nephew of mine. It’s hard to believe but he swears it’s true. I’ve known Bob for 50 years, and I’d trust him with my life.

      But, first, Joe, you need to know a few things. Timmy’s a Gosford boy, born and bred here. His pure Irish-Australian genes from his father blended well with similar ones from his mother. Those Reynolds’, though, seem to have been great wanderers, and from them Timmy got a bit of English and Viking blood as well.

      If you can excuse the blond hair and blue eyes, Joe, not much of the Viking came out in Timmy. For one thing, he was in and out of the hospital regularly. Bob told me he thought he was in more often than out. It had something to do with the youngster’s gastro-intestinal system.

      By the time he was about four and a half, Timmy was a veteran of almost a dozen operations. In spite of all his suffering and long separations from the family, he was a lively friendly youngster with a smile for everyone. You know that, yourself, Joe. He was a real charmer!

      When nurses on duty saw Timmy entering the hospital for another stay, they would put aside current duties, sweep the youngster into their arms and carry him off to the children’s ward, smothering him with kisses on the way. Timmy’s resistance to all this was half-hearted at best – not much macho Viking there, Joe!

      What I’m about to tell you now, though, is exactly what Bob told me a couple of days ago. I’m adding nothing and subtracting nothing.

      It seems that Timmy surprised the whole family one morning before breakfast just a week or so ago when they trooped in to see what kind of a night he’d had. He was out of bed in a flash, kissed them all, and said goodbye.

      Goodbye? His older brother, John, suddenly cut in. Goodbye, Timmy? You’re just out of the hospital. You’re not going anywhere!

      It was his mother, though, who put their combined thoughts into words. Timmy, she said quietly, sitting on his bed, now, what are these goodbyes all about?

      The youngster hugged her and said softly, I’m going to die today!

      Don’t be silly, Timmy, she said, You’re not going to die today. C‘mon, let’s get some breakfast.

      Timmy’s two sisters, seven and eight looked on uncomprehendingly at the drama being played out.

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