Chicken Soup for the Soul: Moms Know Best: Stories of Appreciation for Mothers and Their Wisdom Book

A Special Foreword   Jack   Mark     xi
The Power of a Mother's Love
Mom's Favorite Child   Sue Thomas Hegyvary     1
I Love You, Daddy   Donn Marshall     4
A Mother's Intuition   Glynis M. Belec     7
Birthday Girl   Barbara Bloom     10
Love Can Last Forever   Deb Plouse Fulton     12
The Sandals That Saved My Life   Mallorie Cuevas     14
The Mailbox   Patty Duncan     17
A Loving Mother   Holly Howard     20
Mother's Goblets   Debra Ann Pawlak     23
A Mother Sings   Peggy Vincent     27
Great Times with Mom
Salsa Lessons   Maria Luisa Salcines     33
A Bus Trip for Mom on Mother's Day   Anne Schraff     35
Too Late   Esther Copeland     38
Picture-Perfect Bologna   Diane M. Vanover     39
The Nightgown   Alicia Nordan     41
Trouble Brewing   Cynthia Briche     46
Making Memories   Tonna Canfield     47
A Time for Memories   Sharon Wright     50
PickingMarshmallows   Nancy Sweetland     53
Oh, to Be Rich!   Sande Smith     56
Whittle-ed Away   Carol McAdoo Rehme     60
A Second Chance   Cynthia Blatchford     63
Buried Treasure   Margarita Engle     65
The Gypsy Angel   Lucinda Shouse     68
Maternal Insights and Lessons Learned
A New Home   Elisabeth A. Freeman     75
Only Love Lasts Forever   Denise   Rett Ackart     80
Lessons My Mother Taught Me   Marta A. Oppenheimer     82
A Forgiving Heart   W. W. Meade     85
Pink and Blue Makes... Green?   Debbie Farmer     89
In Her Golden Eyes   Diane Nichols     92
Always a Nurse   Shelly Burke     96
Don't Close the Door   Christie Kelley Montone     98
Wishing Away   Lana Brookman     101
Pictures of the Heart   Joanna Emery     105
On A Mother's Support
Two Pairs of Eyes   Barbara E. Stephens-Rich     111
The Call at Midnight   Christie Craig     114
Keywords to Survival   Peg Sherry      118
The Pink High-Tops   Dorothy Raymond Gilchrest     122
Rhythms of Grace   Marilynn Griffith     125
A Canine Nanny   Christine Henderson     128
Mountains of Laundry   Veronica Wintermote     131
Locked In   M. L. Charendoff     134
Knowing When   Helen Colella     138
Come Back Home   Linda H. Puckett     141
Close Your Mouth, Open Your Arms   Diane C. Perrone     144
Moms Overcoming Obstacles and Solving Problems
Chasing a Rainbow   Terri Cheney     151
Jet   Lynn Pulliam     154
Bad Day, Good Life   Barbara Stanley     158
Tough Love   Nanette Thorsen-Snipes     161
Little Dolly   Jennifer M. Paquette     164
The Potato Puppy   Linda Stafford     167
Mother's Magic   Mimi Greenwood Knight     170
Bosom Buddies   Alice Collins     172
Small Soldiers   Rachel Berry     175
When All Hope is Lost   Janet Lynn Mitchell     178
Time for Me
Ceiling Fans   Marie Jones      183
Freedom   Bonnie West     186
The Hammock   Patricia Lorenz     189
Paper Suits Me   Mary Clare Lockman     192
The Amazing Technicolor Dream Table   Patricia Lorenz     196
Gotta Watch the Fish Eat   Cheryl Kirking     199
Getting Away   Kimberly A. Porrazzo     203
A Mother's Wisdom
May Basket   Sue Dunigan     207
I Love My Body... Now   Regina Phillips     209
Pearls of Time   Karen Majoris-Garrison     212
"One Day, You'll Look Back on This..."   Laurie Lonsdale     216
Calling Mr. Clean   Karen C. Driscoll     219
Second Skin   Caroline Castle Hicks     221
Three Words   Jo-Ann Hartford Jaques     223
The Story of Mary the Maid   Naomi Bluestone     225
A Fib and the Matinee   Mary Alice Dress Baumgardner     228
Adam's Apples   Kim Aaron     230
Mirror, Mirror   Joy Margrave     232
Famous Last Words   Barbara LoMonaco     236
Always Believe in Miracles   Gerrie Edwards      238
The Bond between Mother and Child
A Mother Is Born   Regina Phillips     245
Love and Water   Emily Sue Harvey     247
My Original Role   Deborah Shouse     251
Happy Father's Day!   Hazel Holmes     254
Saying I Love You   LindaCarol Cherken     257
A Gift of Faith   Kelly E. Kyburz     260
The Mother's Day Gift   Joan Sutula     264
In Mom We Trust   Rebecca Woolf     267
My Name Is Mommy   Stacey A. Granger     270
This Is the Best Day of My Life   Dian Tune Lopez     275
Letting Go
The Gift   Anne Lambert     281
A Mother's Love   Pat Laye     284
Who'll Water My Teardrops?   Win Herberg     287
Can I Come with You?   Beverly Beckham     291
Warm Rocks and Hard Lessons   Joan Shaddox Isom     294
Crossing Over   Angela Martin     298
Peace for Pickles   B. J. Taylor     300
Gratitude
Graduation Message   Robert A. Concolino     307
My Mother   Staci Warren     311
Mother's Hands   Louisa Godissart McQuillen     313
One Rose   Jolie "Jes" Shafer-Kenney     315
Mothers Deserve More than One Day   Roy Lang III     317
Mini Massage Therapists   Marian Gormley     319
Patches   Cathy Novakovich     322
I Am My Mother   Anne Tews Schwab     325
Mother to Mother   Annette Seaver     328
More Chicken Soup     333
Who Is Jack Canfield?     341
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?     343
Who Is Amy Newmark?     345
Acknowledgments     349