Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will: 101 Stories about Overcoming Life's Challenges

by Amy Newmark

Overview

Tough times won’t last but tough people will. These 101 empowering stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles will help you find your own path through life’s challenges.

You are tougher than you think, and your inner reserves of strength are just waiting for you to call on them. This powerful collection of revealing, personal stories will help you handle whatever arises in your life, whether it’s financial challenges, health issues, relationship troubles, loss and grieving, natural disasters, or any of the other ways in which life sometimes goes off track. The courageous people in these pages are the role models who show us what is possible. Prepare to be inspired! You’ll find the 101 stories in this book broken into chapters entitled:

• The New Normal
• Count Your Blessings
• Find Your Inner Strength
• It Takes a Village
• Coping with COVID
• Attitude & Perspective
• Moving Forward
• Meet the New You
• Face Your Fears
• Loss, Grieving, and Healing

Chicken Soup for the Soul books are 100% made in the USA and each book includes stories from as diverse a group of writers as possible. Chicken Soup for the Soul solicits and publishes stories from the LGBTQ community and from people of all ethnicities, nationalities, and religions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611590760
Publisher:	Chicken Soup for the Soul
Publication date:	11/02/2021
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	329,082
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Amy Newmark is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Table of Contents

1 The New Normal

1 Andrà Tutto Bene Jenine Zimmers 1

2 Broken Vessel Gold Meadows 5

3 The Empty Room Amanda ReCupido 8

4 Lost for Words Danielle M. Wong 12

5 Letting Annie Go Sharon LaCour 16

6 Our Woods Laura Wheatman Hill 25

7 Look Up Cheryl L. Forshey 29

8 Moving Forward in a Paused World Diane Stark 32

9 The Rose Lorri Danzig 36

10 I Was There Ingar Lammers 40

2 Count Your Blessings

11 Worst Day Ever Joan Donnelly-Emery 44

12 The Value in a Penny Lexcee Reel 47

13 Fire on the Mountain Shirley Redmond 50

14 Be Like Dad Angela Rolleman 54

15 Bald Is Beautiful Paula W. Millet 57

16 Fortitude & Gratitude Steven M. Kaufman 59

17 That Silver Linings Playbook Chandra Thomas Whitfield 62

18 It Started with a Dollar Donna L. Roberts 65

19 How's It Going? What's New? Brian Rashid 68

20 Puzzled Nikki Campo 70

3 Find Your Inner Strength

21 Becoming a Butterfly Lakeyshia N. Crummel 75

22 Already Enough Maria Victoria Espinosa 78

23 From Tragedy to Triumph Natasha Williams 81

24 What Does Love Look Like? Audrey Wick 84

25 The Health Benefits of Egg Yolks Whitni Kostboth 88

26 Growing into Confidence Josh Granovsky 91

27 First, You Weep Paula W. Millet 95

28 Patience and Crutches Ree Pashley 99

29 Golden Noose ReBecca Gardea 102

30 Uke Can Do It Suzette Martinez Standring 105

4 It Takes a Village

31 Do You Want a Blanket? Lori Bryant 109

32 Fire and Nice Barbara LoMonaco 112

33 Sweet Talking Cynthia Briggs 115

34 A New Life Molly O'Connor 118

35 Young Minds Cassandra Ulrich 122

36 The Pain of Serenity Nicko Rochell 125

37 The ReedPop Note Fairies Amber Curtis 129

38 The Twinkle Heist Dan Short 133

39 Teddy Bear Tears Elizabeth Harsany 137

40 How Bigfoot Helped Me Through Quarantine Sarah Prager 141

5 Coping with COVID

41 The Vegetable Connection Lori Hein 145

42 Be a Firefly Tamra Anne Bolles 147

43 Travelling All Over Again Debra Rughoo 150

44 That's Ms. Mommy to You Stephanie Sprenger 153

45 Wedding Cake & COVID Lauren Morton 157

46 As Screens Come Up, Walls Come Down Teri Rizvi 161

47 Make-Believe & Magic Sharon Haston 164

48 Pandemic Delivery Amy Mullis 167

49 The Bread Bandits Darcy Daniels 170

50 Let the Music Play Cj Cole 173

6 Attitude & Perspective

51 "Bike Ride, Kids?" Kristine Meldrum Denholm 177

52 Another Glorious Year Jack Byron 182

53 Check Engine David-Matthew Barnes 186

54 Pretty in Pink Randi Grant 189

55 Theatre of the Mind Angela Ayres 192

56 Fight Like a Girl Pastor Wanda Christy-Shaner 196

57 Container of Hope Dorian Leigh Quillen 198

58 I Woke Up! Nancy Emmick Panko 201

59 Healing Erin Solej 204

60 The Cooky Book Lisa Pawlak 206

7 Moving Forward

61 A Mother's Love and Courage Kelly Wright 211

62 Small-Town Heartbreak, Big Apple Dreams Shelby Krommenacker 215

63 Validation Tracy Robinson Whitaker 219

64 Recipes for Healing Steve Coney 222

65 My Treasure Map Michele Ivy Davis 224

66 Relief Within My Heartache Kellie Burley 227

67 Omens of Happiness Nathan Burgoine 229

68 Desperate Times, Hidden Treasures Regina Schneider 232

69 Do You Have a Pen? Marvin Yanke 236

70 Windblown Message L.A. Kennedy 239

71 A Silver Lining Pamela Jane 241

8 Meet the New You

72 The Fire Within John Apel 246

73 Epic Anyway Kirsten Alexis 250

74 Bold Progress Morgan Cruise 253

75 Rainbows Along the Way Diane DeCaprio 256

76 Miles of Me Heather Martin Jauquet 260

77 Soldiers Don't Smile Liesl Marelli 263

78 A True Reflection Katie Bergen 266

79 A Mid-Mom Crisis Julie Chavez 268

80 I Am Bald and I Am Beautiful Lindsay Walter 271

81 Flying Nighties Valerie Anne Burns 274

9 Face Your Fears

82 Stronger Than We Think Diane Stark 278

83 On Laying Your Burdens Down Brandi Chantalle 282

84 The Big Red Beast Susan A. Karas 285

85 Adopting Faith Mimi Greenwood Knight 289

86 The Unexpected Gift Leah Kaufman 294

87 The Only One Mariah RI 299

88 Mirroring Light Maura Schauerman 302

89 A Doubting Sort of Faith Jeremy R. Summerlin 305

90 The Gift of Adversity Kristen Mai Pham 311

10 Loss, Grieving, and Healing

91 The Obituary Alana Pedalino 316

92 Messages in His Books Noelle Sterne 319

93 The Coloring Book Cristina Vergara 322

94 The Junk Drawer Brenda Mahler 325

95 When the End Is the Beginning Ginny Brown 327

96 The Healing Garden Cindy Hudson 331

97 Surviving Beyond the Shadow Kat Heckenbach 334

98 On Family Heirlooms Brandi Chantalle 337

99 Finding Peace Rocks Katie O'Connell 340

100 Recovery Judith Eassa 343

101 Triumphing Over Tragedy Melinda Richarz Lyons 347

Meet Our Contributors 351

Meet Amy Newmark 365

Thank You 367

About Chicken Soup for the Soul 368