Table of Contents
Foreword Wendy Diamond xi
1 Irresistible
1 Midnight and Slay Awhile April Knight 1
2 A Cat Named Garbage Timothy Martin 4
3 Crippy David Michael Smith 8
4 Peas in a Pod Sue Young 12
5 Wedding Bliss Francesca Lang 15
6 Mimi David Alan Richards 17
7 A Bad Start Harriet Cooper 20
8 The Legacy of Boo Radley S. Kay Murphy 24
9 Taken by Storm Cara Holman 28
2 Eat, Play, Love
10 Please Remember Me Elizabeth Atwater 35
11 Fearless Emma Pie Pamela Tambornino 39
12 The Mysterious Meowing Ron Kaiser, Jr. 41
13 Mutual Trust Cheryl Dudley 44
14 A Tale of Two Suckers Leslie C. Schneider 48
15 Sidney the Wonder Cat Juliana Harris 52
16 Bathing Beauty Trade O'Braks 54
17 The Ballot Box Felice Prager 57
18 A Fallen Blessing Luanne Porper 60
19 The Rescue Deborah Van Dyke 65
3 Do You Know How Much I Knead You?
20 Summer of Skooter Louise Nyce 71
21 A Feline Friend Joan McClure Beck 75
22 Second Chances Garrett Bauman 79
23 Destiny Cate Adelman 82
24 Living with Louie Regina K. Deppert 86
25 The Hollyhock Patricia Sabengsy 88
26 Better than Medicine Ann E. Vitale 91
27 A Gust of Fresh Joy Charles Patria Pettingell 95
4 Who's the Boss?
28 Surviving Charles Monica A. Andermann 101
29 Let Stinking Cats Lie Robert Chrisman 104
30 Clothed in Love Peter Medeiros 106
31 The Wander Years Monica A. Andermann 110
32 The Teenage Years Harriet Cooper 114
33 The Kindest Cut Jayne Thurber-Smith 117
34 Tapped for Service Nancy Kucik 120
35 The Miraculous Mr. Whiskers Anne Erichson 122
36 The Felonious Feline Suzanne Baginsfcie 126
37 The Force Was with Him Leigh B. MacKay 130
5 I Am Cat, Hear Me Roar
38 Escorting a Cat Peter Wood 137
39 Tunnel of Love Sandy Lackey Wright 141
40 Welcoming Audrey Beverly F. Walker 145
41 My Name Is Tabitha Terri Meehan 147
42 Cat Season Maureen Rogers 149
43 Warning, He Bites Shawn Marie Mann 152
44 Big Bang Bailey Francesca Lang 154
45 Loving a Mean Cat Julie Neubauer 158
46 How to Warm a Heart Lauren Gullion 161
6 It's the Cat's Meow
47 Laughter Is the Purrfect Medicine Donna Gephart 167
48 Vacation Cat Ava Siemens 171
49 Cleopatra and the Cookies Felice Prager 174
50 Naughty and Nice Joanna G. Wright 177
51 My Study Partner Sheila Embry 181
52 King of the Wild Pam Williams 185
53 Drools' Fool Margaret Shaw 188
54 Honey and Her Teddy Bears Sandi Tompkins 190
55 Maternity Ward Helen Splane-Dowd 192
7 A Purrfect Life
56 A Knock to the Head Arthur Sánchez 199
57 Eye of the Beholder Marti Hawes 203
58 A Special Cat Sharon Palmerton Grumbein 207
59 The Disappearing Cat Melissa Zifzal 210
60 Peaches Goes on Catkins Felice Prager 213
61 Cat vs. Girl Rebecca Davis 217
62 Not a Regular Cat Ann E. Vitale 220
63 My First Cat Grant Madden 224
64 The Truce Nikki Studebaker Barcus 226
65 First Love Nan Johnson 229
8 Are You Stalking to Me?
66 Cats Are Like Potato Chips Karen Donley-Hayes 235
67 Boris & Bluebell Patti Wade Zint 239
68 The Gift of Lily Renee Lannan 243
69 Cat in Mourning Lynn Cole 246
70 Here Kitty… Go Fetch! Elisa Yager 248
71 The Miracle Kitty Theresa Sanders 251
72 Family Man Darlene Prickett 255
73 From Feral to Friendly Marsha Porter 257
74 Three's Company Debra Ayers Brown 259
9 For All Nine Lives
75 Stockpiling Memories Teresa Hoy 267
76 Emily Avril McIntyre 270
77 Arthur and His Opinions Susan Ward 273
78 The Tail End of a Ninth Life Ruth Jones 275
79 The Ingredients of Happiness Saralee Perel 278
80 Tiger One, Vet None Harriet Cooper 281
81 Steps of Dignity Denise Reich 284
82 A Simple Princess Melissa Laterza 287
83 A Gentle Passing Cynthia Baker 290
10 Over the Rainbow
84 Miracle Cat Angela Marchi 297
85 Grieving Together Sallie A. Rodman 299
86 Oh, Romeo… Natalie June Reilly 302
87 How a Cat Came to Be Pavarotti Jeannine Ouellette 304
88 Where the Dandelion Grows Carol Ayer 308
89 Uri's Story Christina M. Ward 311
90 Whiskers and Me LaVerne Otis 314
91 Remembering Twist Marcia Rudoff 316
92 Buster Talia Haven 319
11 I'll Always Love You
93 Jack's Friends Kathleen Shoop 325
94 Loss and Peace Patricia McElligott 329
95 My Gardening Buddy Michelle Close Mills 333
96 One of a Kind Natalie Smothers 337
97 Guardian Angel Cat Jan Bono 341
98 The Million-Year Promise Juliann Stark 343
99 Noah's Angel Susan Farr-Fahncke 347
100 The Sun Worshiper Julie Catalano 350
101 Achilles' Gift Tara Scaije 354
Meet Our Contributors 358
Meet Our Authors 374
About Wendy Diamond 376
Thank You 378
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 380
