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

Leading 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 Corner

My Mother's Eyes

My Dad

Whistling Pete

Legacy of Love

The Wave Game

Season of Miracles

The Gift of Joy

Al

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

Angels All Around

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

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