Hi. It’s Me Gardenia, an Angel: My Adventures from Heaven

By Joanne Reiner

Joanne Schriever Reiner led a very adventurous life, having travelled all over the world. Wanting to write her memoirs, even with the encouragement of her friends, the Leos4, it never happened. Until, Joanne’s companion, Gardenia, passed away.

In order to ease her grief, “Hi. It’s Me Gardenia, An Angel, was written. Gardenia’s Adventures From Heaven is again written through the imagination of Gardenia as she reenacts Joanne’s adventures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664138926

Joanne Reiner

Joanne is a native North Carolinian who has lived in many states and countries. Her first Maltese, Pearl, from North Carolina and her second, Gardenia, from Pennsylvania, were both real little characters with big attitudes. Joanne’s next project will be a time travel with Gardenia to Hong Kong in 1967, during the Viet Nam War and a reenactment of Joanne’s year in Hong Kong at that time. Joanne has 6 children, 6 grandchildren, 2 great granddaughters, 3 grandpuppies and many wonderful friends. Joanne currently resides in Horsham, Pennsylvania with her partner, Rimvydas Dedinas.

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Copyright © 2020 by Joanne Reiner.

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.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 10/30/2020

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Introduction

MY JANUARY ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

MY FEBRUARY ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

MY MARCH ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

MY APRIL ADVENTURES

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

MY MAY ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

MY JUNE ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

MY JULY ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

MY AUGUST ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

MY SEPTEMBER ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

MY OCTOBER ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

MY NOVEMBER ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

MY DECEMBER ADVENTURE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

DEDICATION

This book, written through the imagination of Gardenia, is dedicated to

* Ray Dedinas, Gardenia’s human boyfriend and my biggest fan.

* Calmie Cerino, my daughter and mother of my two 4 legged boys, Dash and Bo.

* Scot Gillies, my son and a devoted son, brother and humanitarian

* Shelley Nerlinger Ondich, my dearest friend who I miss every day, a true lover of rescue greyhounds, and now an Angel.

* Michelle Clark, an L4 for her guidance, friendship and encouragement.

* Ronni Anderson, an L4 for her guidance, friendship and encouragement.

* Peg Kaelin, for constantly urging my creativity

* And Gardenia…my little Angel

I love and thank you all!

Hi. It’s Me Gardenia, An Angel

My Adventures from Heaven

INTRODUCTION

I have been in Heaven for about one year. At first I was not happy but Nana Martha told me that I was in a wonderful place, where I was no longer sick, did not have to have shots two times a day every day, where I could have lots of treats, make friends and could spend time having great adventures like my Mommy and I used to have. Nana Martha was my Mommy’s grandmother a long time ago…now she is the Let’s Be Happy Doctor here in Heaven.

So, I am going to take some creative classes, like writing and art. I remember when my Mommy took a creative writing class. She wanted to write a book about her adventures. She met two ladies in that class, Michelle and Ronni. When they had completed the class, they still got together to talk about their books. They called themselves The Literary Leo Ladies because they all had the Astrological sign of Leo the Lion. They had fun, but Mommy never wrote her book

I have decided that I am going to go on some of Mommy’s adventures and write a book about them. My first step is to complete the two classes and I will