Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Love I Choose 5Jessica Mercer Zerr
They Built a Family 8Laura J. K. Chamberlain
A New Kind of Love 11Rachel Wegner
In My Father’s Tears 14Lawrence Kessenich
The Beauty of Aging 17Debi Knight Kennedy
The Gift of Being 20Lorraine Kelly
Gray Hairs and Wrinkles 23Fabiola Piña
Love is Stronger Than Death 26Opal Ruth Prater
Come to My Table 29Shannon Lee Denney
My Best Friend 32Raymond Allinger
Leave the Light On 35Marianne Rogowski
How We Love Our Enemies 38David Waln
What We Tried to Do 41Louise V. Gray
The Most Powerful Medicine 44Ross Hays
The Value of Your Life 47Jenna Greer
Hand-Knit Socks 50Debra Bronow
Deciding to Love Her 53Amy Simmons Farber
Love on Four Feet 56Sarah Culp Searles
A Walk in the Woods Together 59Cindy Lollar
Sam’s Valentine 62Kathy Heffernan
To Dwell in Possibility 65Patricia W. Bennett
Duck Blind Lessons 69James Johnson
First Friend 72Susan Senator
Amazing Grace 75Korinthia Klein
Love Lives through Them All 78Tanuj Bansal
Brotherly Love 81Katie Weiner
Old Love 84Jane R. Martin
Pink Moments 87Connie Spittler
Love Like a Child 90Mary Lineberger
A Death He Freely Accepted 93Greg Gatjanis
The Blessings of Step 96Janet Jayne
Here’s to You, Merrie 99Jordyn Maeda
God Knows about Sacrifice 102Lynne Scott
Love is a Verb 105Sarah Stadler
The Friend Who Makes Me Complete 108Penny Hagin
A Magical Impact 111Jeremy Green
Put on Your Heavy Coat 115Ellen Graf
God is in Her Hand 118John Samuel Tieman
A Gift of Unique Beauty 121Cynthia Chauhan
Four Sisters in Life and Death 124Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow
My Family Tree 127Brenda Huff
Staying Close 130Ginny Taylor
Love on Aisle Three 133David Wuescher
Swing-Shift Kisses 136Scott Saalman
The Courage to Let Go 139Gale A. Workman
All the Mothering You Do 142Patrice Vecchione
Life is a Battle 145Elliana Grace
I Believe in You 148Julie Chinitz
Show and Tell 151Ann Erik
A Tender Lullaby 154Lee Reeves
The Yellow House 157Julie M. Sellers
A Powerful Act of Love 160Susan Hall
Pennies from Heaven 163Reg Stark
Who We Really Are Inside 166Matthew Schmidt
Creation is the Creator 169Vicki Watson
The Power of Friendship 172Nadia Ann Henderson
To Love the Person in Front of Me 175Karla Gergen
Love from Head to Toe 178Lorena Templeton Querns
Made by Hand 181Mary Mrugalski
A Dog’s Life 184Fred Flaxman
Appendix: How to Write Your Own 187This I Believe Essay
Acknowledgments 189