Grace Padua

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“FOOD CURES” by Grace Padua

Mirasol is preparing food for the coming celebration of her daughter's eighteenth birthday. She must have to pick the right foods for these group of teens who may be having some difficulty when it comes to the kind of food they must be eating. Marivic her daughter wants to please her friends telling her mother to pick the food they want to eat on her birthday. So Marisol secretly gathered recipes for the occasion. She knows how food affects the overall health of the family and she wanted to share the healthy food her family is eating and ...

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“TAKEN BY MISTAKE” by Grace Padua

It was Emely's last year in high school. Sometimes it was boring for her to do all her subject assignments day in and day out. She thought of joining a pen pal club to spend her free time answering letters from pen friends. Letters came by trickles at the first month but soon the school mailbox was full of letters sent to her. She tried to answer them all but later on she noticed her allowance was almost spent for stamps so she began to choose who are her pen friends to be amusing and interesting. One of them comes from a well known fam...

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“THE PROMISE” by Grace Padua

For those who are believers about creation let me tell you why not to be skeptic of the beginning when this world where humans lived was being created. But first we must delve into the early periods of human civilizations that were erased by time and disappeared on Earth. Take into account the Mayan Ruins that proves the Mayan civilization has existed the same thing with the Pyramids of Egypt when Pharaohs ruled the land. The mythical Greek civilization who has an indelible contribution to human civilization maybe the most mysterious for...

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“BEHIND A CANVASS” by Grace Padua

The Art Exhibit will be held in the middle of March at the gallery of a Five Star Hotel in the metropolis. Marjorie and Hector agreed to attend the event thinking they would be able to meet the well known National Artist of the whole country. Why they were so anxious to meet him being their classmate in their elementary grades who learned the basic colors and the art of painting. First , when their teacher let them identify the basic colors in their coloring books, they have to identify objects before coloring them. In those early years Mar...

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“BLOWING BUBBLE DREAMS” by Grace Padua

The rainy season has started after a long summer bringing a relief to the dried open cracks of soil in which farmers are waiting for. If the rain continues and the rice paddies are filled with rain water farmers have to bring out their farm equipment. They used to fatten their farm animals but technology took over to till the soil and prepare the rice paddies This time Faustino arrived for vacation to pick up his parent...

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“POCKETSTONE” by Grace Padua

Some parents tries to hold the minds of their children. Can you imagine if their children ask permission to have a slip in with their friend they almost panic and say to their children many precautionary measures not to do this or that at their friend's house. At a certain household here the reigns of strict discipline is applied in which Renato finds his actions are following the rules set by his [parents. That summer...

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“THE BEAUTY GOODNES & JOY IN SILENCE” by Grace Padua

They say that action speaks more than words that many times we hear someone say " I can"t say it," What does that mean? Many people work and have hobbies that they made ihese hobbies to earn a living and their work will say what they want to say. take the case of a painter who uses his paint brush working inside his studio unwind silently painting what he sees in his mind or go to an open field and paint a landscape and that gift of silence is guiding him to finish his work. Any distraction might hinder the flow of beautiful scenery and colo...

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“GOODBYE KISS LAST FAREWELL” by Grace Padua

How did Love started? Many wonders where it came from. Think about it . There are many definitions of Love. May it be kindness, mercy or charity? To a believer in God.s perspective God is Love. Who does God love? Many said , For God so loves the world that He gave His only begotten that no one will perish but have an everlasting life. There is much to ponder about these words of God. Humans in the world is that what it means? This makes sense to believers but nothing sensible to non believers. Why do believers put all their efforts to pr...

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“INTERCONNECTION” by Grace Padua

Why is there a New Year to celebrate? When did the calendar started? As an ordinary person this might be surreal to change something every time New Year's Day is coming. To some there maybe no change in one's personal life but do what has to be done. But wait! How about if my friend Cornelio tried to make a New Year's Resolution five years ago and that resolution is continuing until now just adding or changing it a litt...

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“THE TASTE OF FOOD CULTURE” by Grace Padua

Rosana had migrated to the West from the East. She had a hard time adjusting what food she had to buy at the grocery store when she wanted her food she had used to eat before. Where can she find the kind of freshly gathered tropical fruits gathered mostly from backyard gardens planted by the homeowner? She remembered how self-sufficient was her family pertaining to food household needs. His father had a parcel of land wh...

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“RUN AWAY” by Grace Padua

Man is describe that he is in power if he is holding a high position working in a prestigious company receiving all sorts of favors when ii is offered to him. This man is holding an executive position to manage many people under him. They call him Sir Pip, in short for Petronilo. Being an Operations Manager there are all kinds of reports on top of his table he has to attend to. His foremost agenda is to spread the Word o...

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“THE SECRET CHAMBER” by Grace Padua

At an early age Agapita was an early follower of Jesus when her mother brought her to Sunday school. What was injected to her memory is the presence of an unseen Deity who can oversee everything that happens to everyone in their everyday lfe. outside of herself of her own thinking she was led to a secret world where she had laid a foundation of her beliefs but the most ntriguing part was the opposite practice of her moth...

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“BARBIT MAGICAL P0WERS” by Grace Padua

One summer day Polly decided to go out to the fields and play. Yes to play to spend time with nature. He thought he might see some moving creatures and small creatures creeping in the thick foliage of tall grasses and not only that he wanted to bring home what would be his playmate. He is tracking down a trail used by the villagers to go to the forest but he may not reach that far. The field was openwide to look what i...

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“The Ambush Bride” by Grace Padua

Many people in their community where Mary Jane lives doesn't believe she is going to be married soon. Even Mary Jane herself don' t know why. She wanted to runaway. Why is she afraid to get marry? There are may reasons , maybe thousands of them. First and foremost is that the man she is going to marry come from a notorious family belonging to a clan they call themselves being powerful claiming they control the peace a...

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“THE TEACHER AND THE LEARNER” by Grace Padua

The world is full of knowledge. this can be acquired by going to study in a school where a teacher was trained to impart knowledge to students. It is the formative years when a child starts to learn about his/her surroundings inside the classroom. How will a teacher introduce herself to the learner? This is an enormous task since the child coming from a household who has no background but only their experience when t...

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