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Tables of Contents for Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xvii
Share with Us
xix
1. THE JOYS OF PARENTING
The Pickle Jar
2
4
A. W. Cobb
Geraniums of Love
6
2
Harriet Xanthakos
The Tooth Fairy
8
2
Elaine Decker
The Good Stuff
10
4
Robert Fulghum
Let's Go Fly a Kite
14
3
Robert Dixon as told to
Zan Gaudioso
My Second Birth
17
5
Martha Beck
The Photograph Album
22
4
Alvin Abram
The Spinner Plate
26
2
Lori Broadfoot
Coffee Milk and Oreos
28
4
Hunter S. Fulghum
Daddy
32
1
Laurin Broadbent
Comic-Book Solomon
33
2
Gary Lautens
Driving Me Crazy
35
4
Beth Mullally
I'm Oka
39
3
Rabona Gordon
2. A MOTHER'S LOVE
On Becoming a Stepmother
42
4
Janie Emaus
The Other Mother
46
2
Jewel Sanders
Daddy's Hair Is Red The Best of Bits & Pieces
48
1
I Live with an Alien
49
3
Janie Emaus
A Time for Love
52
3
Noreen Wyper
When He Sleeps
55
3
Josie Lauritsen
Defining Love
58
3
Eileen Goltz
Housewife's Prayer
61
3
Sheila Hammock Gosney
My Wife Doesn't ``Work''
64
3
Gary Lautens
The Gift of Life
67
4
Beryl Paintin
A Mother's Love Revealed
71
6
Nicole Smith
Cyberstepmother
77
5
Judy E. Carter
3. A FATHER'S LOVE
My Ray of Hope
82
4
Robert Dixon as told to
Zan Gaudioso
Hidden Green Words
86
4
Sarah J. Vogt with
Ron Vogt
Hey Son, I Love You, Too
90
3
D. L. Stewart
My Dad Henry
93
4
Peter Fonda
It Takes a Special Man to Fill a Stepfather's Shoes
97
3
Beth Mullally
The Toaster
100
4
Judy E. Carter
A Letter to the IRS
104
5
Bob Mullen
Advice from the Groom's Dad
109
5
Gary Lautens
4. SPECIAL CONNECTIONS
Against All Odds
114
4
Elizabeth Enns
A Hundred and One Atlantic Nights
118
7
Jan Meek with
Daniel Byles as told to
Janet Matthews
From the Heart
125
3
Nancy McBee
The Navy's Baby
128
7
Janet Matthews with
Dan Keenan
Embassy of Hope
135
3
David Like
What Odds?
138
5
Lou Ogston
The Bungee That Binds
143
5
Mary Hiland
Joey Comes Home
148
6
Cheryl Kierstead
5. SPECIAL MOMENTS
Something to Make Me Happy
154
3
Sharon Palmer
A Father's Day Phone Call
157
5
George Eyre Masters
Monsters Under the Bed
162
2
Anne Metikosh
The Special Olympics Bits & Pieces
164
1
Keeping the Magic
165
1
Kittie Ellis
Love of a Child
166
2
Brian Locke
Self-Esteem at Five
168
1
Kathrine A. Barhydt
The Window
169
6
C. J. Herrmann
``You're Having a Baby!''
175
2
Louisa Godissart McQuillen
Welcome, Levi!
177
3
Dawn
Tim Johnson
There Is So Much to Learn
180
8
Leo Buscaglia
6. INSIGHTS AND LESSONS
True Generosity
188
3
Elizabeth Cobb
Maya's Smile
191
3
Susan Farr-Fahncke
I'm Not Your Slave
194
4
Christie A. Hansen
The Millionaire
198
1
William G. Wood
Teen Wisdom
199
2
Margaret Hill
What Parents Say/What Parents Actually Mean
201
2
Andy Skidmore
The Naked Patient
203
3
James Dobson
Man Plans and God Laughs
206
4
Hanoch McCarty
Message from a Guardian Angel
210
3
Joe Tye
Daddy's Day
213
3
Cheryl Costello-Forshey
I Believe in Angels
216
6
Wendy Ann Lowden
7. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
222
5
Bobbi Bisserier
My Son, My Grandson
227
4
Debbie Rikley
Tough Love Wins the Day
231
5
Marina Tennyson as told to
Bill Holton
A Voice for Elizabeth
236
5
David Zinman
My Daughter's Smile
241
6
Lori Thomas as told to
Darlene Montgomery
A Heart in the Shadows
247
7
Sharon Peerless
8. SURVIVING LOSS
Erin's Legacy of Love
254
6
Douglas Kramp as told to
Darlene Montgomery
My Message
260
4
M. Schneider as told to
Zan Gaudioso
Forgiveness
264
3
Mary-Ann Joustra Borstad
Held in Our Hearts Forever
267
4
Diane C. Nicholson
A Dolphin Wish Fulfilled
271
4
Christy Chappelear Andrews
I Miss You Most at Christmas
275
5
Andrea Warren
The Day My Daughter Died
280
3
Marguerite Annen
Cori's Beads
283
4
Chris Lloyd
Rachel's Gift
287
8
Kevin Hann
9. LETTING GO
Watching Me Go
295
3
Diane Tullson
The Video of Life
298
2
Beverley Bolger Gordon
The Parting
300
2
Doreen S. Austman
Dancing in the Street
302
1
Raymond Aaron
The End of Childhood
303
4
Ellyn L. Geisel
A Gift from Brandon
307
3
Myrna Flood
Words That Bind
310
5
David Zinman
Mapping Life's Journey on the Refrigerator Door
315
6
Beth Mullally
10. ACROSS THE GENERATIONS
Bedtime Stories Across the Miles
321
2
Ruth Ayers
Miriam's Umbrella
323
3
Bill Petch
Grandma Meyer's Gift
326
4
Paula Mathers as told to Bill Holton
From Mother to Daughter to Mother
330
16
Barbara Bartocci
More Chicken Soup?
337
1
Supporting Parents and Children of the World
338
4
Who Is Jack Canfield?
342
1
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?
343
1
Who Is Kimberly Kirberger?
344
1
Who Is Raymond Aaron?
345
1
Contributors
346
13
Permissions (continued)
359