My husband has AIDS. I miraculously don't. How am I going to
survive? ...I try to keep from screaming, "Dennis, you can't do
this to me now. I left my family, my friends, my job, pulled the
kids away from their school and friends-you can't quit on us. You
can't." Through clenched teeth, he controls his response, "Scott,
I'm tired. I'm dying." Dennis is walking away and does not sound
tired; he sounds angry. "Have you not heard anything I've told you
for the last twenty-three years? I love you; you are my life. Don't
you dare think I'm not dying here, too. You may be the one who gets
buried, but I'm the one who has to figure out how to keep living.
I'm dying, Dennis; I'm dying with you." We stand there, energy
spent, emotionally depleted, tears falling. I take him in my arms,
and we hold on to each other as if we draw life's breath from the
other-because we do. He sits on the sofa, and I go find the Dallas
phone book so I can call Restland, the place where we will bury his
body. When Joan Scott Curtis was 43 years old, she found out her
husband was dying of AIDS. He had been infected for thirteen years.
She tested negative. None of this was possible. It was the mid
1990s. All the prejudices about AIDS are not supposed to exist
anymore, but they do. Just Keep Breathing is the remarkable story
about finding courage in small victories, on taking solace in
helping others, and knowing that even though the major battle will
be lost, the ability to live on with grace and dignity is what
defines the war. "An extraordinary journey told in a spiritually
insightful way that will grip your heart and your emotions and
cause you to take a step back and be grateful-that in some way,
you...will know yourself a little better. Patti Machin Garrett,
City Commissioner, Decatur, Georgia
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