Sunlit Garden Tales of Gabriella and Joshua's Kin
The tale follows Gabriella in her prime and the long shadow of a past love as she tends a fragrant garden. A widow’s memory, a faithful servant Peter, and a northern boy named Evan bring renewed light to a life haunted by lost romance and quiet yearning.
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Gabriella
Dresden
China
Black Peter
Gabriela
Southland
Peter
Valentine
Gabrielle
Evan
We Are Going to See Grandfather
A tender story follows Gabriella and Evan as love endures across time. Evan’s news of a visit to grandfather rekindles Gabriella’s quiet hope while memories of a shared past deepen her patient yearning. On Valentine’s Day a final letter arrives, hinting at what she cannot quite grasp.
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Joshua
Mrs. Ellison
Eliza
Elizabeth
Gabriella
Evan
Peter
Dresden
China
Minty and the Kitten Rescued by Courageous Stranger
Minty works in her aunt Mrs Bostwick’s hat shop where two hopeful sales stalls loom. A waterlogged kitten floats by and a man rescues it from a flood, returning with the drenched creature to Minty as she hides upstairs.
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Lester
Minty
Nina
Misa Snook
Miss Snook
Bostwicks
Mrs. Bostwick
Miss
Minty Meets Abram in Alberta Daydreams on Balcony
Abram Drew, a prairie rancher visiting Minty and her uncle, shares stories of Alberta as Minty becomes drawn to him. Their growing closeness deepens on warm evenings on the balcony, where Abram asks if she’d like a life beyond the wheat fields and ponies.
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Minty
Mr Bostwick
Abram
Ufe
Abram Drew
Ogden Street
Alberta
Mr. Bostwick
Atram
The Egg Purchase and Red Cross Gift Diary Entry
A girl recalls a day of moral choice during wartime when she buys eggs for fifteen cents, contemplates a school prize, and ultimately donates her money to the Red Cross after a chance encounter with a couple in a car. A relative’s guidance, a misread will, and a later gift of twenty five cents reinforce duty and charity.
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Constance Ann
Red Cross
Granma
Mrs. X
Grama
Red Cross Society
Mistead
Theaf
Ben
Elizabeth
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Elsie Endicott
Taro
Eirza
Father
Mr. Ellison
Elison
Farmer Ellison
Prince
Old
By Phil Moore
Abner Anthony
By Joella Johnson
Janma
Constance
American Red Cross
The
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