Table of Contents
Part 1 Finding Creative Care
Chapter 1 In Which Ruth Teaches Me What Joy Looks Like 3
Chapter 2 The Upside of Having No Friends 13
Part 2 Defining Creative Care
Chapter 3 When Opposites Come Together 43
Chapter 4 "Yes, and…" 59
Chapter 5 Beautiful Questions 75
Chapter 6 Proof of Listening 89
Chapter 7 Connecting to the Larger World 101
Chapter 8 Opening Yourself to Wonder 113
Chapter 9 All of the Above-Cultivating Awe in Our Lives 123
Part 3 Changing Care Through Creativity
Chapter 10 Penelope, the Hero Who Never Left Home 139
Chapter 11 From Islands to Archipelagos 161
Chapter 12 Bill Teaches Me about Time (and Rocks) 171
Chapter 13 Let Voices Ring 187
Chapter 14 "Wait, You Live Here?" 199
Chapter 15 "I'm Worth Stopping For" 215
Chapter 16 Wendy's Neverland, or Can Creative Care Be Scaled? 231
Conclusion: Facing the Future 261
Acknowledgments: A Bit on the Writing Process and Boundless Gratitude 271
Notes 275