Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts & Rekindle the Spirits of Fathers Book

	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	xv
	Share with Us	xvii
1.	Fatherhood
	A Moment Can Last Forever	2
	Wake-Up Call	5
	Warning: An American Teenager Is Loose in Europe	9
	How I Got into the Movies	12
	The Smell of Grass	16
	Rapid Rites of Passage	18
	Benched	23
	Mollie's Moment	26
	The Tooth	30
	The Red Chevy	32
	My Secret Valentine	36
	My First Fish Story	38
	Play It as It Lays	40
2.	Sports, Vacations and other Adventures
	Finding My Way with Jesse	44
	He's Your Fish, Son	49
	Father at Sea	54
	Becoming a Jock Dad	58
	That's My Boy!	62
	Softball People	66
	Hunters' Bond	72
	The Family Ski Trip	78
	The Last Rainbow	83
	Final Season	87
3.	Rites of Passage
	No More Sunday Matinees	94
	The Important Test	98
	Daddy Loves His Car	102
	Fathers Are Good at Telling Tall Tales	108
	Nerd Day	111
	Another Milestone	112
	The Bank of Dad	114
	Last Words	116
	Taking Care of Things	119
	You Can Share My Daddy	126
	Little Boxes of Chocolates	128
	Don't Let Go, Dad!	131
	Daddy's Little Girl	134
	Grandpa Pinch-Hits	137
	Catch and Release	143
	Now I Understand My Dad	149
4.	Balancing Work and Family
	A Handful of Blackberries	156
	Family Picture	162
	A Father's Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 13	166
	Statistics	168
	Working from Home	170
	My Biggest Fan	173
	Where Am I Going So Fast?	174
	Employee of the Year	177
	You Can Do Anything	179
	Taking the Time	181
5.	Special Moments
	Riding Tandem	184
	A Secret Promise Kept	190
	Longer, Daddy ... Longer	194
	What Any Father Would Do	196
	I'm Daddy's Girl	198
	The Walnut Tree	200
	A Different Perspective	206
	Golf Balls in Heaven	208
	The Confession	211
	The Stranger Who Became My Dad	213
	My Father's Day Card	217
	My Wife Is Having a Baby	219
	The Color of Love	223
	A Piece of Chalk	227
	Holding Hands	230
	More Than a Friend	233
	A Young Man's Odyssey	235
6.	Overcoming Obstacles
	Perfection	242
	Nonstop	246
	Babies and Restaurants Are the Chernobyl of Parenting	252
	If You Love Me, Say That!	256
	Night Moves	258
	The Gag Gift	260
	For My Grandson	264
	When Life Throws a Hardball	266
	A Year of Firsts	271
	My Father, the Hero	274
	The Lovesick Father	278
	My Father's Fishing Partner	282
	Hello ... Good-Bye, Daddy	289
	The Most Precious Gift	293
	A Favorite Recollection	296
	The Turtle	299
	Down Suicide Hill	303
7.	A Father's Wisdom
	A New Perspective	308
	Uncle Bun	309
	Once the Son, Now the Father	311
	Dad, I Have a Beach Ball	316
	Pass It On	319
	A War Story	324
	My Forever Valentine	326
	Dad's Squirrel	329
	My Father, My Son, My Self	333
	Thank You, Dad	339
	More Chicken Soup?	343
	Supporting Children and Families	344
	Who Is Jack Canfield?	345
	Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?	346
	Who Is Jeff Aubery?	347
	Who Are Mark and Chrissy Donnelly?	348
	Contributors	349
	Permissions	361