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Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit: Inspiring Stories for Young Women About Hope, Strength, and Wisdom
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Overview
Heartwarming, haunting, and often hilarious, the delicious stories in Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit touch on the things all young women face as they move into adulthood and search for spiritual grounding during times both tame and turbulent. Written by teens themselves as well as by women with good memories for those years gone by, these true-life tales range from lighthearted vignettes to poignant confessions. The Chocolate storytellers share their own moving experiences about setting a goal and reaching it, about being the victim of a cruel trick and rising above it, about finding love in unexpected places, and about finding the Divine in all things.
Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit will help you discover all the facets of a spirit-filled life ways to nurture your faith in yourself, to use your creative gifts, to find love through friends, parents, partners, and teachers, and to experience pure joy.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780743222891 |
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Publisher: | Touchstone |
Publication date: | 06/04/2002 |
Series: | Chocolate , #6 |
Edition description: | Original |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 1,125,541 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d) |
Age Range: | 13 - 17 Years |
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Introduction
Heartwarming, haunting, and often hilarious, the delicious true-life stories in Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit will remind you how much you have in common with young women everywhere. The Chocolate storytellers have shared their own moving experiences about setting a goal and reaching it, about being the victim of a cruel trick and rising above it, about finding love in unexpected places, and about finding the divine in all things. These stories will comfort you and show you that joy often lies just on the other side of pain. You'll also discover why a bit of mischief can sometimes open the path to spiritual fulfillment.
Alive with humor, honesty, and the intimacy of close friends, Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit will help you discover all the facets of a spirit-filled life ways to nurture your faith in yourself, to use your creative gifts, to find love through friends, parents, partners, and teachers, and to experience pure joy.
The stories in Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit are written by teens themselves as well as by women with good memories for those years gone by. From lighthearted vignettes to poignant confessions, these stories touch on the things all young women face as they move into adulthood and search for spiritual grounding during times both tame and turbulent. These stories also celebrate the mentors that I believe God supplies each of us the role models, teachers, and friends we encounter along the way to help guide us when we're lost, believe in us when we're afraid to believe in ourselves, and cheer for us when we succeed.
So find a comfy, sacred place, nibble on some chocolate, and let the heartwarming stories in Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit fill your heart. As you turn the pages, listen for the messages that were meant just for you and look for the stories that would bring your friends the comfort they need as well. I hope that these stories will provide inspiration and show you how far you've come as you decide what you value, what qualities you hold dear in yourself and others, and where to find spiritual comfort when you need it most.
May Chocolate for a Teen's Spirit warm your heart and bring you the hope, strength, and wisdom you so richly deserve.
Copyright © 2002 by Kay Allenbaugh
Table of Contents
ContentsIntroduction
I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
The Love Letter Kathleen Pimentel
Life's No Day at the Beach Beverly C. Lucey
Parking Problems Stephanie Ray Brown
Haunting of Hatchet Hollow Emily Moorehead
I Don't Know These People Betty Auchard
How Slick Stan Learned Probability Laurie Nuck
II DISCOVERING LIFE'S TREASURES
You Can't Go Back Judith Morton Fraser
Not My Type Lisa Sanders
Kay's Tips for Teens Kay Allenbaugh
A Good Lesson Betty Auchard
Getting Over Him Anne Pennebaker
Worth Waiting For Jacquelyn B. Fletcher
III GROWING FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Breaking the Rules Brianna Mahin-Ayers
The Christmas Ball Susan B. Townsend
In One Fell Swoop Wendy (Reid Crisp) Lestina
My Own True Name Diane Gonzales Bertrand
The Real Winner Nancy B. Gibbs
Barnyard Tae Kwon Do Alana Jenkins
Little Miss Goodbar Robin Michelle Mendoza
IV BRINGING SPIRIT TO LIFE
Oliver Bascom Kathleen Pimentel
Gettin' My Mojo Workin' Beth Boswell Jacks
New Girl in School Susan B. Townsend
Seek and You Shall Find Kim Keenan
Remembering Jess Beth Ziemnik
Spirit Petals Sheila Stephens
Friends Forever Alaina Smith
V TEEN MISCHIEF
Sometimes You Just Can't Win Sherry Bennett
Confessions of a Weekend Hippie Felice R. Prager
Big Buns Cheryl Jenkins
Sharp Edges Shelley Sigman
A Fair to Remember Tamra B. Orr
VI FROM SHIFTING SAND TO SOLID GROUND
Practice Makes Perfect Carol Sjostrom Miller
Scaling New Heights Mary H. Wu
Plastic Curtains Judith Bader Jones
My Unkissed Self Marilyn D. Davis
One Lick at a Time Margaret C. Price
The Grass Is Always Greener April Burk
VII YOU ARE NEVER ALONE
The Witch and Her Magic Potion Renie Szilak Burghardt
Growing Pains Kelly Scheufler
Driving Miss Lisa Lisa Kaufman
That's What Friends Are For Stephanie Bernier
Looking for Familiar Clues Alice T. Cheek
Sticks and Stones Sande Boritz Berger
From Not to Hot Gayle Trent
VIII PROUD MAMAS
Kelly's Choice Anne Goodrich
The One-Year Rule Carole Gaunt
When Yes Means No Carol F. Fantelli
A Class Act Nancy Smith Harris
Say What? Cindi Pearce
Saving the Best for Last Barbara Ann Dush
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Contributors
What People are Saying About This
Inspiring, real-life stories that will cheer the soul and lighten the mind and breathe hope into the life of every teen.
( Sean Covey
bestselling author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens)
Here is the truth about learning to live and love from women who have been there. Read it!
(Iyanla Vanzant
author of Don't Give It Away
These warm and wonderful stories show young women how precious they are and how fabulous they can become!
( Marianne Williamson
author of A Return to Love and Enchanted Love)
Chocolate for a Teen's Soul provides wisdom that women of any age need to live life with grace and stamina. Wish I had had something like this when I was young!
( Carmen Renee Berry
coauthor of Girlfriends and Daddies and Daughters)
Introduction
Rich stories, like chocolate, not only make you feel good, they can also serve as comfort through confusing times. Many of the stories in Chocolate for a Teen's Soul are written by young women themselves. You will be amazed at the ability of these writers to tell it like it is about everything from personal triumphs, conflicts, and challenges to most embarrassing moments. Some have had to "draw a line in the sand" as they discovered their own boundaries, while others tell of first loves that were never meant to last. These true stories will help you not only survive, but flourish, as you discover what these young women from the teen years to early twenties have learnedoften the hard wayabout what it means to be growing wise and growing strong. As I began this latest volume of Chocolate stories, I must admit that at first I felt intimidated, because while I'm young in spirit, my chronological years are showing up in many ways! My desire was to find your collective heartbeat and gather stories that talk about the things that matter most to you. I'm pleased to say that the assortment of stories offered in Chocolate for a Teen's Soul are as variedranging from poignant to playfulyet connected as each of you are to one another, no matter how old you may be.
Every young woman needs a mentorsomeone older whom they can think of as having it all together. Many powerful stories in this book are written for young women by young women themselves, and they are also written by women who will serve as mentors as they look back on their own unforgettable moments with an "if I'd known then what I know now" kind of spirit.
Today, more than ever before, you have the opportunity to be high-tech and wildly creative, and to reinvent your world as you gobut now and then you may find yourself longing for things to be more simple. With so many forces at play, it's no surprise that you may feel grateful for all the opportunities available to you and overwhelmed at the same time. In no other time in your life will you have the youthfulness to climb mountains, the fresh eyes to see the world anew, the passion for first loves, or more desire to be fiercely independent and unique. And with all these opportunities come challenge.
So grab some chocolate and sit with a friend, your older sister, your mom, your mentor, or by yourself and read the stories that are calling to you. May these stories make you laugh and cry, may they provide humor to something you might be taking too seriously, or may they be your companion as you seek answers to your own hurdles. In Chocolate for a Teen's Soul, triumph always reignsand that's the best kind of inspiration of all! Copyright © 2000 by Kay Allenbaugh