1．ON LOVE 3
The White Gardenia Marsha Arons 3
Words from the Heart Bobbie Lippman 6
Mama's Soup Pot Leo Buscaglia 9
Contents 11
Acknowledgments 11
Just in Time Dan Clark 14
Gifts of the Heart Sheryl Nicholson 16
Introduction 17
The Other Woman David Farrell 21
Ramona's Touch Betty Aboussie Ellis 25
“Are You God?” Dan Clark 27
The Electric Candlesticks Marsha Arons 28
More Than a Scholarship Stephanie Bullock 32
It Couldn't Hurt Sandy Ezrine 35
A Goodnight Kiss Phyllis Volkens 37
Gifts Page Lambert 41
1,716 Letters Louise Shimoff 45
Martha's Secret Ingredient Reminisce magazine 49
2．ON ATTITUDE AND SELF-ESTEEM 54
Be a Queen Oprah Winfrey 54
Home Is Where The Heart Is Roberta L．Messner 56
A Tale of Two Cities The Best of Bits Pieces 61
Where Do the Mermaids Stand? Robert Fulghum 62
The Pirate Marjorie Wallé 65
So...What Do You Grow? Philip Chard 67
Grandma Ruby Lynn Robertson 70
Problem or Solution? Edgar Bledsoe 72
Just the Way You Are Jennifer Read Hawthorne 74
True Beauty charlotte Ward 76
Angela's Word Barbara K．Bassett 78
Just Say Yes Fran Capo 83
The Gift of Gab Lynn Rogers Petrak 86
I Was a Sixth-Grade Scarecrow Linda Jessup 88
3．OVERCOMING OBSTACLES 94
If There's a Will Kathie Lee Gifford and Stacey Nasalroad 94
We've Come a Long Way Pat Bonney Shepherd 98
And Justice Has Been Served The Best of Bits Pieces 103
No Hair Day Alison Lambert with Jennifer Rosenfeld 105
Just Like You Carol Price 108
Little Red Wagons Patricia Lorenz 111
My Father's Lessons Cathy Downs 116
Who to Believe? More Sower's Seeds 119
The Marks of Life Diana Golden 121
Soaring Free Laurie Waldron 124
Tears of Joy Joan Fountain with Carol Kline 128
4．ON MARRIAGE 132
Home Forever Jean Bole 132
A Little Holiday Magic K．M．Jenkins 137
Paris in the Springtime Jennifer Read Hawthorne 139
Marriage Advice from 1886 Jane Wells 141
A Handful of Emeralds Rebecca Christian 142
What Women Don't Understand About Guys Dave Barry 144
Lost and Found Elinor Daily Hall 150
Grandpa's Valentine Elaine Reese 153
A Soldier's Last Letter Maj．Sullivan Ballou 155
A Love Like That Linda Ellerbee 157
All the Days of My Life Jeanne Marie Laskas 159
It Will Change Your Life Dale Hanson Bourke 163
5．ON MOTHERHOOD 163
As I Watch You Sleep Diane Loomans 166
To My Grown-Up Son Author Unknown 169
Running Away Lois Krueger 171
Taking a Break The Best of Bits Pieces 175
Help Wanted—The Ideal Mother Joan Beck 177
Graduation Day Mary Ann Detzler 181
A Mother's Letter to the World Author Unknown 185
To Give the Gift of Life Patty Hansen 187
Mother's Day Sharon Nicola Cramer 189
6．SPECIAL MOMENTS 194
In a Hurry Gina Barrett Schlesinger 194
No Small Act of Kindness Donna Wick 196
The Last Jar of Jelly Andy Skidmore 200
A Christmas Story Beverly M．Bartlett 203
Who Won? Dan Clark 205
Bush Sneakers Christine Harris-Amos with Cliff Marsh 206
Feather Light Melody Arnett 208
365 Days Rosemarie Giessinger 212
Spots of a Different Color Grazina Smith 215
7．LIVE YOUR DREAM 219
The Wind Beneath Her Wings Carol Kline with Jean Harper 219
What Do You Want to Be? Rev．Teri Johnson 223
Hello,Dolly! Dolly Parton 225
Finding My Wings Sue Augustine 229
Grandma Moses and Me Liah Kraft-Kristaine 232
“We're All Here to Learn” Charles Slack 234
A Room of One's Own Liah Kraft-Kristaine 237
Meeting Betty Furness Barbara Haines Howett 240
Keeping Up with Granny...and the“Old Guys” Teresa Bloomingdale 245
8．ON AGING 245
The Dancin'Grannies Beverly Gemigniani with Carol Kline 249
A Romance of the '90s for Those in Their 70s LillianDarr 252
Bessie Bessie Delaney 255
“Are We Having Fun Yet?” Kim Miller 259
9．HIGHER WISDOM 264
Asking for Miracles Maya Angelou 264
The Wise Woman's Stone The Best of Bits Pieces 267
Let It Be K．Lynn Towse with Mary L．Towse 268
We Are Not Alone Mary L．Miller 272
The Hijacking K．Bernard 275
Miracle in Toronto Sue West 280
War Story Maureen Read 284
Connection Susan B．Wilson 287
Higher Love Suzanne Thomas Lawlor 290
I Wonder Why Things Are the Way They Are Christy Carter Koski 294
10．ACROSS THE GENERATIONS 299
On Giving Birth Kay Cordell Whitaker 299
A Doll for Great-Grandmother Jacqueline Hickey 301
Walking One Another Home Rita Bresnahan 305
The Making of a Woman Doni Tamblyn 310
Tribute to Dad Debra Halperin Poneman 313
Memories of a Childhood Past Sasha Williams 318
Threads That Bind Ann Seely 321
Praise to the Women on My Journey Rev．Melissa M．Bowers 325
Who Is Jack Canfield? 327
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 329
Who Is Jennifer Read Hawthorne? 331
Who Is Marci Shimoff? 333
What People Are Saying About 335