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Tables of Contents for Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xv
Share with Us
xvii
1. FATHERHOOD
A Moment Can Last Forever
2
3
Graham Porter
Wake-Up Call
5
4
Bob Welch
Warning: An American Teenager Is Loose in Europe
9
3
Dave Barry
How I Got into the Movies
12
4
Gunter David
The Smell of Grass
16
2
Adelaide Isaac
Rapid Rites of Passage
18
5
Stefan Bechtel
Benched
23
3
James Robinson
Mollie's Moment
26
4
Bill Shore
The Tooth
30
2
David R. Wilkins
The Red Chevy
32
4
Bob Carlisle
My Secret Valentine
36
2
Robert Fulghum
My First Fish Story
38
2
Jay Leno
Play It as It Lays
40
4
Bill Cosby
2. SPORTS, VACATIONS AND OTHER ADVENTURES
Finding My Way with Jesse
44
5
Scott Russell Sanders
He's Your Fish, Son
49
5
Marty Trammell
Father at Sea
54
4
Hugh O'Neill
Becoming a Jock Dad
58
4
Andy Smith
That's My Boy!
62
4
Dave Barry
Softball People
66
6
Stacey Becker
Hunters' Bond
72
6
Frank M. Dattilio
The Family Ski Trip
78
5
Ernie Witham
The Last Rainbow
83
4
Jim Fieberg
Final Season
87
7
Bob Welch
3. RITES OF PASSAGE
No More Sunday Matinees
94
4
Lenny Grossman
The Important Test
98
4
Brent L. Cobb
Daddy Loves His Car
102
6
Hugh O'Neill
Fathers Are Good at Telling Tall Tales
108
3
Jim Hornbeck
Nerd Day
111
1
Ron Chapman
Another Milestone
112
2
Richard Cohen
The Bank of Dad
114
2
Mark Treyz
Last Words
116
3
H. L. ``Bud'' Tenney
Taking Care of Things
119
7
W. W. Meade
You Can Share My Daddy
126
2
Linda L. Kerby
Little Boxes of Chocolates
128
3
Barbara A. Crowley
Don't Let Go, Dad!
131
3
Richard H. Lomax
Daddy's Little Girl
134
3
Michele Campbell
Grandpa Pinch-Hits
137
6
F. Anthony D'Alessandro
Catch and Release
143
6
Dee Berry
Now I Understand My Dad
149
7
Hank Whittemore
4. BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY
A Handful of Blackberries
156
6
W. W. Meade
Family Picture
162
4
Gary Rosberg
A Father's Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 13
166
2
John G. ``Giovanni'' Grippando
Statistics
168
2
Bits
Pieces
Working from Home
170
3
Ken Swarner
My Biggest Fan
173
1
Bits & Pieces
Where Am I Going So Fast?
174
3
Jim Warda
Employee of the Year
177
2
Ken Swarner
You Can Do Anything
179
2
Tina Karratti
Taking the Time
181
3
Charles R. Swindoll
5. SPECIAL MOMENTS
Riding Tandem
184
6
Erik Weihenmayer
A Secret Promise Kept
190
4
Brian Keefe
Longer, Daddy ... Longer
194
2
John Trent
What Any Father Would Do
196
2
Ivan Maisel
I'm Daddy's Girl
198
2
Becky Freeman
The Walnut Tree
200
6
Calvin Louis Fudge
A Different Perspective
206
2
Bits & Pieces
Golf Balls in Heaven
208
3
Mark Donnelly
The Confession
211
2
Gerald R. Winner
The Stranger Who Became My Dad
213
4
Susan J. Gordon
My Father's Day Card
217
2
Tom Krause
My Wife Is Having a Baby
219
4
Robert D. McLane II
The Color of Love
223
4
Allison Harms
A Piece of Chalk
227
3
Holly Smeltzer
Holding Hands
230
3
Chris Schroder
More Than a Friend
233
2
Stanley R. Frager
A Young Man's Odyssey
235
7
Calving Louis Fudge
6. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
Perfection
242
4
Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn
Nonstop
246
6
Stephen Fay
Babies and Restaurants Are the Chernobyl of Parenting
252
4
Dave Barry
If You Love Me, Say That!
256
2
Mitch Anthony
Night Moves
258
2
Ken Swarner
The Gag Gift
260
6
George Parler
For My Grandson
264
Floyd Wickman
Terri Sjodin
When Life Throws a Hardball
266
5
Mike Harden
A Year of Firsts
271
3
Bob Perks
My Father, the Hero
274
4
Beth Clark
The Lovesick Father
278
4
Philip Yancey
My Father's Fishing Partner
282
7
Geoffrey Norman
Hello ... Good-Bye, Daddy
289
4
Victoria Robinson
The Most Precious Gift
293
3
Linda Rivers
A Favorite Recollection
296
3
Rosalie Silverman
The Turtle
299
4
Steven M. Wheat
Down Suicide Hill
303
5
Hugh O'Neill
7. A FATHER'S WISDOM
A New Perspective
308
1
Sean Coxe
Uncle Bun
309
2
Jan Nations
Once the Son, Now the Father
311
5
W. W. Meade
Dad, I Have a Beach Ball
316
3
Jeff Bohne
Pass It On
319
5
Joan Lewis
A War Story
324
2
June Sandra Karshen
My Forever Valentine
326
3
Pamela Underhill Altendorf
Dad's Squirrel
329
4
Loralee H. Hartje
My Father, My Son, My Self
333
6
Walt Harrington
Thank You, Dad
339
10
James Ruka
More Chicken Soup?
343
1
Supporting Children and Families
344
1
Who Is Jack Canfield?
345
1
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?
346
1
Who Is Jeff Aubery?
347
1
Who Are Mark and Chrissy Donnelly?
348
1
Contributors
349
12
Permissions (continued)
361