Introduction.
1. ON LOVE
The Healing Power of Love
How Much Love Can You Fit in a Shoebox?
Discretion Is the Better Part of Marriage
You Do It Quiet
Blue Christmas
A Hand to Hold
Daisy's Trip
Lilies of the Valley
The $325 Salvation
The Kindness of Strangers
Los Angeles Gets It Together
A Simple Act
Hope
My Father's Gift
Sprite
First-Day Employee
First Night
Missing Pieces
A Christmas Adoption Miracle
The Storyteller
My Second Proposal
The Swordsman
2. ON PARENTING
Rebuilding a Stairway to Heaven
The Bus Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Crossing Over
Through the Years
Loading with My Chin
Why Monks Sit in the Snow
Making Room for Shooting Stars
My Favorite Father's Day
Dear Old Dad
My Name Is Mommy
Mikey's Goal
One Rose
Can I Come with You?
A Daughter's First Dance
Love Notes
Rite of Passage
Wishes for My Daughter
The Handwriting on the Wall
Leftover Halloween Candy
3. ON DEATH AND DYING
Gramma's Blanket from Heaven
Homer and the Racing Car
Seeing Around the Comer
My Mother's Eyes
My Dad
Whistling Pete
Legacy of Love
The Wave Game
Season of Miracles
The Gift of Joy
The Gift
Mr. Michael Ted's Big Production
4. ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
Wrestling
The Cage
Don't Touch Me
Two Little Boys Named Chris
Big Heart
A Touch of Lemon
The Dustpan Carrier
The Influence of the Insignificant
A Neighbor I'll Never Forget
5. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
Everyday Heroes
Weep with Those Who Weep
Sandy, I Can't
Perfectly Normal
The Pony
Consider This
Casting a New Mold for Heroes
Around
Angels All
The Bicycle
6. LIVE YOUR DREAM
A Glass of Lemonade
From Hodgkin's to Ironman
The First Step
I Promise, Mama
A "Real" Beautiful Person
This Is Not a Permanent Situation
The Confidence Course
Twenty Things You Should Do in This Lifetime
7. A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
My Dream House and My Boy
The Tattooed Child
Coat of Many Colors
When Social Security Speaks
Never Give Up
The Little Leaguer I'll Never Forget
Hold On to Your Hair!
Memories and Laughs
Make Mine Vanilla
8. ECLECTIC WISDOM
Write Your Own Life
Nice Timing
Take Some Time
The Movers and the Gentleman
Old Wives' Tales
The Runaways
The Journey of Success
Acknowledgments
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