What If....

By Paula Hayes

I remember the first time I saw or should I say became aware of him. My walk from Pt Authority was determined by how many homeless I saw. While I was getting my coffee and bagel from my guy on the street who sold breakfast every morning no matter the weather; I looked over to my left at the crowd in the park and saw him. He had a few people around him talking, smiling and just mesmerized by him. He looked at me and our eyes met, for on a few seconds and then he turned back to those who were hanging on his every word. It felt like a lifetime; his eyes went through me into my soul, if only for a moment.

I went about my morning giving the morning events only a fleeting thought; but somehow, I was changed; somehow, I saw something I did not know what and maybe never really understand.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664201200

Paula Hayes

Hayes recently retired after 45 + years in the business world. She has seen so many changes some good others not so much that she often asked herself the question “what if” many times. A devout catholic she serves as the Chair of the Pastoral Council at St. Mary’s RC Church in upstate NY. She looks to leave behind something that her family can be proud of and hopes that this is not the first and last of her writings. She resides with her husband Peter in a modest one family surrounded by friends and family.

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What If….

Paula Hayes

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ISBN: 978-1-6642-0121-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6642-0120-0 (e)

WestBow Press rev. date: 08/20/2020

Contents

Chapter 1 That Morning Changed My Life!

Chapter 2 What Is Happening?

Chapter 3 The Turning Point!

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

I remember the first time I saw or should I say became aware of him. My walk from Pt Authority was determined by how many homeless I saw. While I was getting my coffee and bagel from my guy on the street who sold breakfast every morning no matter the weather; I looked over to my left at the crowd in the park and saw him. He had a few people around him talking, smiling and just mesmerized by him.

He looked at me and our eyes met, for only a few seconds and then he turned back to those who were hanging on his every word. It felt like a lifetime; his eyes went through me into my soul, if only for a moment.

I went about my morning giving the morning events only a fleeting thought; but somehow, I was changed; somehow, I