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Tables of Contents for Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
xxi
1. ON LOVE
The Choice
3
6
Baby-Lift
9
5
A Surprise Gift for Mother
14
3
Mother's Day
17
3
All Those Years
20
1
The Bobby Pins
21
4
Squeeze My Hand and I'll Tell You That I Love You
25
4
In the Genes
The Best of Bits & Pieces
28
1
A Child Is Born
29
3
A Perfect Son
32
3
Most Kids Are Born Only Once
35
2
Sisters Three
37
4
The Unlocked Door
41
2
Mom for a Day
43
3
Daddy's Little Girl
46
2
2. A MOTHER'S GUIDING HAND
To Read When You're Alone
48
2
With a Little Help from Mamma
50
5
My Mother Says
55
3
The Inspection
58
2
What Color Is a Hug?
60
4
Garlic Tales
64
3
The Tooth Fairy
67
3
Love Notes
70
3
Saved by the Belt
73
2
Red-Letter Failure Day
75
3
The Midnight Caller
78
6
3. A MOTHER'S COURAGE
My Son, Ryan
84
5
Awright, Mom?
89
5
Moving Mountains
94
2
Hearts Across the World
96
4
Real Vision
100
3
Every Morning Is a Gift
103
4
A Love Without Limits
107
3
A Mother's Fight for a Special Child
110
3
Welcome to Holland
113
4
4. ON MOTHERHOOD
Mom's the Word
117
3
Motherhood--A Trivial Pursuit?
120
4
Art 101
124
1
A Mother's Letter to a Son Starting Kindergarten
125
3
Tale of a Sports Mom
128
4
No More Oatmeal Kisses
132
3
The Signs of Advanced Momhood
135
3
Foreover, For Always, and No Matter What!
138
2
The Quiet Hero
140
2
Breaking In Baby
142
6
When a Child Goes Off to College
148
3
Mother's Helper
151
3
The Stepmother
154
3
I'd Rather
157
4
5. BECOMING A MOTHER
Joy to the World
161
4
An Indescribable Gift
165
2
Motherwit
167
2
She Looks Like Us
169
2
Mom
171
3
I Don't Want a New Baby
174
1
Out of Our Hands
175
5
A Treasure Without Price
180
3
The Chosen One
183
5
6. SPECIAL MOMENTS
The Day We Flew the Kites
188
4
Dance with Me
192
2
The Prognosis
194
1
The Family Dinner
195
3
Bouncing Back
198
3
My Daughter, My Teacher
201
2
The Broken Doll
203
1
A Child's Vision
204
1
May Day
205
4
How Santa Knew
209
1
The Day I Was Too Busy
210
4
The Play's the Thing
214
1
Swift Second
215
3
When Mother Came to Tea
218
2
Finding Her There
220
2
7. MIRACLES
Angel in Uniform
222
2
The Healing
224
2
Adopting a Dream
226
3
Honey, You'd Better Sit Down
229
5
A Promise on Mother's Day
234
3
Mother and Child Reunion
237
5
After 40 Years
242
5
Four Angels
247
7
8. LETTING GO
Home Run for Mom
254
3
Remembering Will Have to Do
257
3
Celebrating My Mother
260
5
A Motherless Child
265
4
Robin
269
5
Letting Go
274
7
John
281
2
To Captain Candy and the Women Who Took to the Skies
283
8
9. A GRANDMOTHER'S LOVE
What's a Grandmother?
Source Unknown
289
2
I Was Born for This Job
291
4
Grandma's Garden
295
4
Dinner Out
299
3
We Need a Rock
302
4
10. THANK YOU, MOM
Mama and Miss Jordan
306
6
When a Mother Blows Out 75 Candles
312
2
Six of the Seven Wonders of My World
314
4
Mailboxes
318
3
My Mother's Riches
321
3
Just Plain Wrong
324
3
Great Lady
327
4
Afterword: Prayer for My Mother
331
8
More Chicken Soup?
333
1
Supporting Children of the World
334
1
Who Is Jack Canfield?
335
1
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?
336
1
Who Is Jennifer Read Hawthorne?
337
1
Who Is Marci Shimoff?
338
1
Contributors
339
11
Permissions
350