Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Forgiveness: 101 Stories about How to Let Go and Change Your Life
400
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Forgiveness: 101 Stories about How to Let Go and Change Your Life
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Overview
Whether it’s forgiving a major wrong or a minor blunder, forgiving someone is healing and frees you to move on with your life. You don’t have to forget or condone what happened, but letting go of your anger improves your wellbeing and repairs relationships. You will be inspired to change your life through the power of forgiveness as you read the 101 stories in this book about forgiving others, changing your attitude, healing and compassion.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611592443 |
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| Publisher: | Chicken Soup for the Soul |
| Publication date: | 12/16/2014 |
| Sold by: | SIMON & SCHUSTER |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 400 |
| File size: | 6 MB |
About the Author
Amy Newmark is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
1 Lessons on Forgiving Fathers
1 The Forgiveness of Robert and Me Anthony Anderson 1
2 Finding Dad Kara Sundlun 5
3 Gramma's Good China David Hall 8
4 Dad the Perfectionist Ferida Wolff 13
5 Healing from Within Vanessa Hogan 16
6 Daddy's Little Girl Linda Bruno 19
7 Change of Heart Kitty Chappell 22
8 Another Point of View John P. Buentello 26
9 Flag Waving for Beginners Daniel Nester 29
10 Rambling to Forgiveness JoAnn Richi 33
11 The Self-Help Section of a Barnes & Noble Kalie M. Eaton 37
12 Forgiving the Unforgivable Sheridan Kee 40
2 Forgiveness between Mothers and Children
13 Mary's Girl Ruth Logan Heme 47
14 Replacing the Pain Kate White 50
15 The Ritual Diane Caldwell 53
16 Understanding My Mother Ann Hoffman 57
17 I Can't Give You What I Don't Have April Knight 61
18 And Now We Are Love Susan E. Méra 64
19 The Cupcake Incident Connie K. Pombo 67
3 Learning to Live with Family-through-Marriage
20 Role Reversals Helen Colella 73
21 The Challenge Kay Conner Pliszka 76
22 The Wedding Gift Valerie D. Benko 80
23 High Hopes Georgia A. Hubley 82
24 The Axe Beverly Fox-Jourdain 86
25 These Things Take Time Melissa Crandall 88
26 Moms Are Like That Sallie A. Rodman 90
27 As She Prayed Jill Burns 94
28 A Gift I Gave Myself Jane McBride Choate 97
29 The Tide-Turning Whisper Annmarie B. Tait 100
4 Patching Up Rifts with Siblings
30 The Gift of a Rose Deborah Lienemann 101
31 Rest in Peace Jerri Elders 110
32 I Make Up Sally Friedman 113
33 Heavenly Forgiveness Mark Rickerby 116
34 Moving Past the Past Charles Earl Harrel 120
35 He's My Brother Michael F. Smith 124
36 I Did Not Understand Lois Kipnis 127
5 When Bad Things Happen in Love and Marriage
37 Forgiveness Is Possible Karen Todd Scarpulla 135
38 A Family Serving Time Diane Nichols 139
39 How to Heal a Family Cecilia Heather MacDonald 143
40 True Forgiveness Cynthia Mendenhall 147
41 The Path to Wholeness Annalee Davis 150
42 Roses Don't Bloom Better on the Other Side of the Fence Jane Smith 154
43 No Apology Necessary Anne Jones 157
44 Finding Support and Finding Myself M.M. Jarrell 161
45 Free Wedding Gown-Never Worn Holly English 165
46 Canvas of Forgiveness Sheila Kale 168
47 The Gift I Needed Yvonne Curry Smallwood 171
48 Guess Who Came for Dinner? Linda LaRocque 174
49 Forgiving Truth Jennifer Hunt 177
50 The One Truly Freed Willow Swift 179
51 Forgiveness After Forty Years Arthur Wiknik, Jr. 183
6 Forgiving Friends and Colleagues
52 Golden Glitter Beth Saadati 189
53 My Fifth Grade Bully Kathryn Malnight 193
54 Don't You Remember? Jean Morris 196
55 The Slow Learner Joyce Stark 199
56 The Magic of Forgiveness Sherry Morton-Mollo 202
57 When Forgiveness Seems Impossible Barbara Kruger 206
58 Rank and File Robert J. Stermscheg 211
59 The Reconnection Lynn Sunday 213
60 When Old Friends Become New Friends Valerie D. Benko 217
61 Thank You, Kate Elizabeth June Walters 221
62 The Apology Kathleen Birmingham 225
63 Coaching the Coach Joe Rector 229
64 The Power Is in Your Hands Eva Carter 232
7 Lessons from the People You Meet
65 Neighbor from Hell Marya Morin 239
66 Soul Marks Crystal Johnson 243
67 Choosing for Myself Nancy Norton 245
68 The Love Symbol Jan Henrikson 248
69 Rare Gems Jo Russell 252
70 What You Do with Your Pain Raymond M. Wong 256
71 What We're Going Through Kristine McGovern 259
72 Pigeonholed in the Park Jennifer Berger 261
73 Forgiving Notes Hope Sunderland 265
74 Finding Peace Debra Rosehill 268
8 When a Crime Has Been Committed
75 The Greatest Gift Immaculée Ilibagiza 275
76 Not Guilty Janet Perez Eckles 279
77 Silencing the Boom Melissa Cronin 283
78 From Revenge to Peace Susan Boltz 287
79 A Mother's Lesson Danielle Lum 290
80 A New Beginning Erin Elizabeth Austin 293
81 An Orchard of Forgiveness Kirsten Corrigan 296
82 Notice of Release Stephanie Cassatly 300
83 A Heart Restored Kathleen Kohler 306
84 Forged by Fire Pat Wahler 310
85 A Precious Gift Sioux Roslawski 313
86 Forgiveness Practice Rita Billbe 316
87 I Am a Survivor Cheryll Snow 319
88 Peace After the Storm Patricia Williams 323
9 The Importance of Self-Forgiveness
89 Finding Honesty Sara Springfield Schmit 329
90 We Did Our Best Judythe A. Guarnera 332
91 The Mistake that Wasn't Margaret Nava 335
92 The Man Without a Face Stacey Wagner 338
93 I Forgive Me Julie Kinder Huffman 341
94 The "Other" Woman Nancy C. Anderson 345
95 The List Robbie Freeman 348
96 The Final Forgiveness Jeffrey Sebell 351
97 Uncle Ron's Laugh Karla Brown 355
98 The Support of a Family Janet Hartman 359
99 Pen and Paper Lois Greene Stone 361
100 My Guilt Collection Jill Burns 363
A Poem that Says It All
101 The Road Ahead Christina Galeone 366
Meet Our Contributors 367
Meet Our Authors Amy Newmark & Anthony Anderson 383
Thank You 386
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 387
Bonus Stories about the Power of Forgiveness
Meeting Mom Katherine Higgs-Coulthard 392
Forgiveness and Freedom Nancy Julien Kopp 397