Table of Contents
1 The Best Advice
1 Pink Pyrex Michelle Bruce 2
2 No Traci E. Langston 4
3 Full of Memories Marie Loper Maxwell 6
4 Give It a Year Nicole Ann Rook McAlister 9
5 Shopping with Mom Kathleen Kohler 12
6 What I Never Knew I Knew Angelique Morvant 14
7 Evening Things Up Victoria Marie Lees 16
8 The Mom Gene Sarah Williams 18
9 Worth Passing On Shannon Pannell 22
2 Lessons for Life
10 The Girls of Troop 32 Nancy Learned Haines 25
11 Lessons from a Six-Carat Diamond Kim Kelly Johnson 28
12 The Cycles of Life Kathleen Healy-Schmieder 31
13 My Mom the Entrepreneur Gavan Norton 34
14 Mom's Wisdom Eugene Mead 37
15 New Shoes Barbara A. Bruner 40
16 My Handyman Mom Mary Vigilante Szydlowski 43
17 Don't Phone It In Christy Heitger-Ewing 46
18 Fueled by Love Kim Freeman 49
19 The Lovely Month of May Sara Etgen-Baker 51
3 Gratitude
20 Diwali with My New Family Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar 56
21 Happy Birthday to Us Stephen Rusiniak 60
22 The Queen of the Special Project Vicki Kitchner 62
23 Tough Love Cherise Payne 66
24 Mom Turned Mentor Melanie Saxton 69
25 The Gift of Spontaneity Dyan Zuber 72
26 Enriched Tracy Kirk Crump 75
27 Letting Go of Fear Wendy Newell Dyer 78
28 That Dam Work Ethic Dennis Mitton 81
29 Mom's First and Last Vacation Linda J. Hawkins 84
30 Take a Bow, Mom Jan Bono 86
4 Role Models
31 Mom's Spark Weston L. Collins 90
32 Teaching by Example Julia Lucas 93
33 My Hallmark Mom Susan G. Mathis 97
34 In My Genes Cheyenne H. Huffman 99
35 The Path You've Paved for Me Katie Wright 101
36 Go to Them Lisa Solorzano Petit 103
37 Plates of Compassion Brenda Keller Robertson 105
38 Making Peace with Grandma Nicole L.V Mullis 107
39 Badger Fierce Shelby Kisgen 109
40 The Can-Opener Queen Linda O'Connell 113
5 Like Mother, Like Daughter
41 Tea for Two Kati Felix 117
42 The Nurse Jessica Gray 120
43 Turning into My Mother Randi Mazzella 123
44 A Journey Twice Taken Diane Stark 126
45 Role Reversal Christine Many Luff 130
46 A Waffle at Breakfast Patricia Wood 133
47 A Sweet Goodbye Alice Muschany 135
48 Just Like Grandma Sheri Zeck 138
49 Reunited Michelle H. 141
50 Learning from the Best Diane Stark 144
6 Wise Words
51 Why Not Be Both? Brian Danforth 149
52 A Different Path Jill Berni 151
53 The Strength of Forgiveness Kim Carney 154
54 Happy for No Reason Anju Jain 157
55 A Strange Sound S. Chamberlain 160
56 The Letter In-Young Choi 163
57 The Triple B Christy Heitger-Ewing 166
58 U-Turn Jana Bernal 170
59 An Ordinary, Special Day Diane Stark 171
60 What Words? Audrey RL Wyatt 175
7 Embracing Change
61 Tattoos for Two Donna L. Roberts 178
62 Road Trip Julia M. Toto 180
63 My Mother the Feminist Heidi Griminger Blanke 184
64 The Matchmaker Candy Schulman 187
65 Bonding over the Kitchen Sink Christina Hausauer 191
66 Money Well Spent Barbara Brockway 195
67 Baby Stuff Lynne Daroff Foosaner 197
68 How to Raise an Adventurer Liz Harrison 200
69 Showing Up Trade Severs 203
70 My Mother the Model Jerry Zezima 206
8 Always There for Us
71 My Mother's Chicken Soup Laura Harris 210
72 She Kept My Room Ready Carla Varner 213
73 Mirror Image Kimberly Patton 214
74 Trusting Your Gut Amburr Phillips 217
75 I Didn't Know, but My Mom Did Abbie Dunlap 220
76 Blue Stitches Robbie Iobst 223
77 Truth and Consequences Barbara Bank 228
78 The First "I Love You" Miranda Lamb 232
79 And the Good News Is … Johnny Tan 235
80 Hope in an Envelope Kat Crawford 238
9 Special Fun
81 The Great Escape Mary Lovstad 242
82 Christmas Mysteries Rose Hofer 245
83 The Ever Blooming Hibiscus Deborah Lean 247
84 Mom's Last Rites Patt Schwab 250
85 Puzzle Me This Martha Willey 252
86 The Easter Bunny Strikes Again Cheryl E. Uhrig 255
87 The Queen of Yes Diane Stark 258
88 Mom's Unexpected Birthday Guest Marianne Sciucco 262
89 Who Knew? John M. Scanlon 265
90 My Mother's Matron of Honor Suzannah Kiper 267
91 My Mother and the Dress Diane St. Laurent 269
10 A Mother's Strength
92 The Way I Love My Babies Kristin Baldwin Homsi 272
93 Row Strong Beth Fortune 275
94 Breaking Down Walls Kathleen Monroe 278
95 All-American Mom Elizabeth A. Pickart 281
96 The Bell Tara Flowers 285
97 Potato Salad School Andrea K. Farrier 289
98 A Foundation Built on Love Kori Sciandra 292
99 The Photographs Daniela Trivino 294
100 More than Life Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow 297
101 Her Final Mountain Carrie Bennett Bland 301
Meet Our Contributors 303
Meet Amy Newmark 319
Thank You 321
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 322
