Table of Contents
Introduction ix
1 Friendship
The Friend That You've Outgrown C. S. Dweck 2
My Friend, Forever Melissa Malloy 4
There Is No End in Friend Rebecca Woolf 6
Sketches Kristina Wong 10
Love Poem Cortney Martin 13
Unfaithful Chiara Tomaselli 16
Bacon and Eggs Beth Dieselberg 19
Andy Scott T. Barsotti 23
For Claire Rebecca Wicks 26
Jonathon Dan Levine 30
Going Away Bethany Trombley 34
SPF 1,000 Lauren Henderson 38
More Than Just Sisters Julie Hoover 42
2 Making a Difference
Just Being There Patrick Seitz 46
I Hope You Dance Dallas Nicole Woodburn 50
The Greatest Audience Greg Faherty 53
Understanding Jenny Cynthia M. Hamond 57
Sometimes We Dream Olivia Heaney 61
My Amazing Brother Carrie O'Maley 64
Super Roy Jeff Heisler 67
Safe at Home Mary Berglund 70
Sight and Insight Eric J. Moore 73
3 Relationships
Reality Check Arielle Jacobs 78
Only a Matter of Time Tal Vigderson 81
Drowning in Somebody I'm Not Mark Whistler 85
Eternity Deiah Haddock 87
Tom(my) Boy Zoe Graye 89
First Love, First Loss Melody Mallory 94
Once Upon a Time I Lost Myself Rebecca Woolf 96
My First Date Sarah Van Tine 99
Junior High Crush Rachel Louise Moore 103
Not Forgotten Sarah Strickler 107
Never Too Late Linnea Gits-Dunham 110
4 Lessons and Learning
My Moment of Truth as told to C. S. Dweck 118
Perfection Brittany Steward 123
Dear John Cynthia M. Hamond 125
What One Boy Can Show a Girl Sarah Erdmann 129
When the World Stopped Turning Michael Punsalan 132
Let Me Live Jennifer Danley 137
Happiness Sarah Provencal 139
Watch Out for That Tree! Cody Carrington 142
Self-Esteem Jim Lauer 144
5 Family
The Doctor's Son Harold Eppley Rochelle Melander 148
My Favorite Professor Brian Eule 152
Uncle Jerry Mary Shannon 156
New Beginnings Sara Ronis 159
When It Counts Heather Woodruff 161
No Longer an Only Child Jessica Wilson 166
My Other Family Phyllis Anne Guilmette 169
She's My Sister Christina Dotson 172
Everything Is Possible Al Batt 176
Grandpa's Gift Cazzey Louis Cereghino 178
A New Coat Peter Lim 181
Dreams Inspired by Dad Emily Peck 184
My Brother, Ben Donata Allison 186
Some Service Eli Shoshani 188
My Father's Truth Rianna Ouellette 192
6 Tough Stuff
Don't Stop the Dance Simone Would 196
When Daddy Died Irene Budzynski 198
Life Is a Gift Lindsay Ann Parker 202
My Mother: Her Depression, Her Strength Laura Pavlasek 206
Take Back the Night Lauren Nevins 210
The Unexpected Julie Lucas 214
A Struggle to Be Me Lizzy Mason 217
The Bully Cheryl Costello-Forshey 220
My Own Thing Neil Katcher 225
Staying Strong Deiah Haddock 229
A Step Toward Healing Yaa Yamoah 234
Unbreakable Bond Lauren Fritsky 237
False Hope Molly Karlin 239
7 Overcoming Obstacles
My Worst Enemy Emily Starr 246
The Sound of My Father's Voice Dinaw Mengestu 249
Watching My Brother Ride Don Keyes 253
So Afraid to Change Chris Sullivan 258
Tear-Stained Eyes Donya Brown 263
Bike Ride Esther Young 266
Silence Is Tiring Brittney Shepherd 269
Bat Mitzvah Blues Rachel Moore 271
8 Growing Up
Moonlight Drives Don Keyes 276
365 Days Kelly Garnett 281
Uniform Amy Nicholson 284
A Perfect Score Lalanthica V. Yogendran 288
Two Ways We Can Remember It Evan Wynns 292
Losing Sight of the Shore Marianne Melcher 296
Live Your Dream Katie Hays 299
Right Kick, Wrong Direction Joseph Losardo 301
Label This! Emily Adams 304
Star of My Own Movie Cecile Wood 306
Oh, the Things That We Feel Danielle Rosenblatt 310
Teenage Clichés Alanna Schubach 312
Who Is Jack Canfield? 317
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 318
Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? 319
Who Is Mitch Claspy? 320
Contributors 321
Permissions 331
