On the Wings of a Swan

By Rainer Neumann

Veiled watercolors illustrate an allegory of love and faith during a time of great conflict.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312375802

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On the Wings of a Swan

On the Wings of a Swan

as remembered by

Rainer Neumann

Copyright © 2007, Rainer Neumann

Published By

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Copyright © 2007 by Rainer Neumann

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

ISBN: 978-1-312-37580-2

Illustrations were originally painted in watercolor by the author.

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Dedication

To my mother and father

and the extraordinary life they lived

Title

On the Wings of a Swan

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It seemed long ago when a woman, not young, not yet old, sat in her favorite chair. Through her frosted windowpane she looked out onto a winter garden. A tall cottonwood tree, large enough to shade her in the summer now allowed her to see beyond it. It was a view she usually welcomed but today a feeling of sadness covered everything in front of her. Her eyes were moist from her thoughts, thoughts that seemed to leave her helpless. It was a feeling she detested. This morning, however, she had this feeling of helplessness take over and there she sat in her usual chair at this time of the day and at this time of the year not

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knowing what to do. She had felt or been on the verge of this helpless feeling before and she had usually been able to summon up the courage to do something about it, to think of something, a possible solution to the problem or problems confronting her. These seemingly endless problems that arose in her life usually had to do with her children but even