Table of Contents
1 Marking the Most of Memories
1 Bean Soup Jacqueline Rivkin 1
2 Daffodil Month Jennie Ivey 4
3 My Mother's Recipe Box Sally Schwartz Friedman 7
4 Two Lives Paige Cerulli 10
5 A Family Heirloom Allison Knight-Khan 12
6 Learning to Soar Again Jean Kinsey 15
7 Sharing the Journey Ferida Wolff 19
8 Butterfly Miracles Jeanne Wilhelm 22
9 The Red Pen Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow 25
2 Finding Comfort
10 Beacon Sarah Wagner 31
11 Stork Stand Candace Carteen 34
12 Not Quite Unbearable Terri Elders 36
13 Knit Together Barbara Farland 40
14 The Empty Table Joyce Stark 44
15 A Healing Gift Jenny Force 47
16 The Chaplain's Prayer Brenda Dawson 49
17 Cornell Sunflower Sheri Gammon Dewling 52
18 My Daughter, Rose Laraine Paquette 54
19 A Sign from God Ann Schotanus Brown 59
20 From Pain to Purpose Sandra E. Maddox 62
3 Helping Hands
21 A Compassionate Guide Scott Newport 69
22 A Little Child Shall Lead Them Candace Schuler 73
23 Mother's Bracelet Peg Kehret 75
24 I Am a Nurse Melissa Frye 78
25 Mr. Fitz Highland E. Mulu 81
26 Life Is a Series of Choices Liza Rosenberg 85
27 How to Help Beverly F. Walker 89
28 A Quilt of Memories Meaghan Elizabeth Ward 91
29 The Woman Who Could Not Stop Crying Bobbie Jensen Lippman 95
30 A Slice of Heaven Jan Grover 98
4 Attitude Adjustments
31 Secret Shopper Bettie Wailes 105
32 The Eight-Iron Victory John H. Hitchcock 109
33 The Willingness to Let Him Go Cate Adelman 113
34 Learning About Loss Before It's Too Late Saralee Perel 116
35 My Son Lorna Stafford 119
36 Last Laugh Cheryl MacDonald 122
37 When Fathers Weep at Graves Beverly F. Walker 126
38 A Call to Action Susan Palmquist 130
39 Chicago Peace Teresa Curley Barczak 132
40 The Christmas Card LaVerne Otis 135
5 At the End
41 Not Alone Jean Kinsey 141
42 A Final Savasana Priscilla Dann-Courtney 144
43 When I Was a Coward Aleesah Darlison 146
44 Winning the War Laura J. O'Connor 150
45 The Greatest Gift Thomas P. Haynes 154
46 Happy Birthday to Me Verna Wood 156
47 A Time for Tenderness Brenda Black 158
48 Last Words Bridget McNamara-Fenesy 161
49 Little Bird Diane Wilson 164
50 Mourning Ahead Barbara LoMonaco 167
6 Moving Forward
51 Love, College, and Chemo Lisa Tehan 173
52 The Blueprints Cindy Golchuk 176
53 Six Words Brigitte Hales 180
54 Broken Glass Amy Schoenfeld Hunt 183
55 The Chinese Chicken Incident David Chalfin 186
56 Hand-Me-Down Funeral Pat Snyder 190
57 The Gift of Compassion Sami Aaron 193
58 The Uninvited Guest Heather Schichtel 197
59 The Voice from Beyond Craig Idlebrook 200
60 A Hierarchy of Grief Carolyn Roy-Bornstein 202
61 Myfather@heaven.com Harriet Cooper 205
62 Grieve Bee Claire Mix 208
7 Across the Generations
63 The Funeral that Made a Family LeDayne McLeese Polaski 215
64 Phone Calls Sallie A. Rodman 218
65 Grandma on the Block Ferida Wolff 222
66 Gracie's Angels Mandi Cooper Cumpton 225
67 Lillian's Daughter Sally Schwartz Friedman 228
68 New Englander at Heart David Hull 231
69 Dancing into Heaven Libby Grandy 235
70 Nancy Shaylene McPhee 238
71 A Gift of Time Kathy Dickie 242
72 The Miracle of the Easter Pies Bob Brody 246
8 New Beginnings
73 First Day Rob Loughran 253
74 In My Hands Ruth Knox 256
75 Lost and Found Suzanne F. Ruff 259
76 The Light of Morning Lola Di Giulio De Maci 263
77 Fear Barbara Ann Carle 267
78 Find Your Path Larry Agresto 270
79 A New Normal Diane Helbig 273
80 Sneaking Sodas Susan Farr-Fahncke 275
81 Triumph over Tragedy Brenda Dillon Carr 279
82 Boughs of Love Donna Brothers 282
9 Healing in Time
83 The Joshua Tree Amanda Pool 289
84 A Book of Memories Sharon F. Svitak 292
85 David Amy Victoria Austin Hert 295
86 Seven Stages Scrambled Susan Jean LaMaire 297
87 Auntie Beast Carly Commerford 299
88 Stickers Jane Barron 302
89 White Boxes Jo Anne Flaming 305
90 Winging It Terri Elders 309
91 Cyber Blessings Beverly F. Walker 313
92 Sliding into My Father's Shoes Theresa Woltanski 315
10 Signs from Beyond
93 The Blessing of a Dream Beverly F. Walker 321
94 Another Miami Moon Jude Bagatti 323
95 Angels Slobber Too Kelly Van Etten 325
96 Traveling On Rebecca Degtjarjov 329
97 Beyond the Cocoon Michael J. Cunningham 332
98 A Message from Dad Kathryn Radeff 335
99 The Sign Lisa Naeger Shea 338
100 To Fly with Herons Antonia C. Everts 341
101 In Their Heavens Joseph J. Kruger 345
Meet Our Contributors 349
Meet Our Authors 366
Thank You 368
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 369
