Grandma Series Iv: Poems, Jokes, Short Stories and Words of Wisdom for Grandchildren

By Lydia Bongcaron Wade

THIS IS THE NINTH BOOK THE AUTHOR HAS PUBLISHED THROUGH AUTHORHOUSE PUBLISHING. IT INCLUDES POETRY, JOKES,SHORT STORIES AND WORDS OF WISDOM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.
: THIS IS THE FOURTH OF A SERIES OF THE AUTHOR'S MEMOIRS. THE REST OF HER BOOKS ARE ABOUT LOVE, ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE, ESSAYS AND SHORT STORIES. THEY ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH AMAZON.COM, AUTHORHOUSE. COM AND BN.COM. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ORDER AND PURCHASE AT BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORES.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781665511810

Lydia Bongcaron Wade

This is the sixth book written by the author. Her first was a family drama entitled Where Miracles Grow. The second and third are memoirs: Grandma Series I and Grandma Series II. The fourth is a romance fiction, Love Born on the High Seas, and the fifth is an epic romance novel entitled Love Born in the War Front. She was born and grew up in the Philippines and has been living in the US since in 1985. She was a teacher for seventeen years in Manila, worked as an education officer in Nigeria for nine years, then was employed by the Department for the Aging as a case manager, benefits/entitlements specialist, and food and nutrition lecturer at four senior centers in Queens, New York, for eighteen years. She has traveled extensively within the United States and to many countries around the world. Her book Grandma Series II: Grandma’s Travels details her travel experiences. In between writing her books, she attends meetings with a writers’ group at McHenry College and hosts a radio show called The Homemaker with Lydia. This show is available at 101.5 FM, Huntley Community Radio, every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and at HuntleyCommunityRadio.com.

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Published by AuthorHouse  12/30/2020

ISBN: 978-1-6655-1182-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-1181-0 (e)

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Contents

Part 1 Poetry

A Grand Child’s abc of Prayer

A Child’s Wish

Aunt Helena

Roses

My Pet, Buddy

Sunshine and Rain

Laughs

The Talking Parrot

Fishing in the Lake

Grandma and Lenny

Unfortunate Girls

It was a Funny Dream

Short Stories And Tales

The Fortunate Orphans

The Buried Treasure

The Prisoner

Joseph’s Long, Lonely Walk Home

The Three Young Musketeers

The Strange Doll

Words of Wisdom for Grandchildren

About the Author

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Grandma and elizabeth, at home

Dedicated

To:

Elizabeth and katherine

My dearest youngest

grand daughters

PART 1

POETRY

A Grand Child’s

Abc of Prayer

A - Angels and saints in heaven

Watch over me

B - Bless your child day by day

C - Children come pray and play

With me

D - Do all that’s good.

Respectful, honest, and obedient

E - Everyday and every night, my

Angel michael protects me.

F - Friends, they abide all the way

G - God loves me, cares for me

More than the grass, the

Trees and the birds

H - He makes me laugh or cry, he

Comforts me with his sweetest smile.

I - I believe in jesus’ love and in his

Mercy;

J - Join me all children,

Praise him, trust him and

Love him.

K - Keep me out of harm’s way,

L - Lead me, my good shepherd

As i walk the scary

Pathway

M - My heart longs for mother,

Father, grandma, all

My family;

N - Not many things i want and

Need, nothing worth more

Than your love lord

O - Over the years i grow, i

Learn the hard way;

P - Past is gone, present is here,

Future i fear;

Q - Quest for success maybe

Hard, uncertain.

R - Requires courage, patience

And hope,

S - Seek him to carry me on his

Shoulders through pain.