1. SINGLE AND HAPY 3
Room at the Table Vivian Eisenecher 3
The Professor and the Soulmate Bryan Aubrey 5
Is Fire Goddess Spelled With Two Ds? Linda Stafford 9
Lessons form Aunt Grace Nardi Reeder Campion 13
Seeing 20/20 Bill Asenjo 19
Have Freedom, Will Travel Dawn McKenna 22
The Visit C. J. Herrmann 26
Fascination with Dree Megan Martin 31
I Don t Even Know Your Name Jean C. Fulton 35
Everything He Had Judith Gillis 36
Surviving the Shipwreck Cara Wilson 40
A-Head of the Game Katie Mauro 45
2. DATING 45
Bowled Over Jan Coleman 47
Reply to Box 222B Barbara Baumgardner 52
New Year s Eve Dilemma Judith L. Robinson 56
Dave Barry s Guide to Finding a Mate Dave Barry 59
On the Rocks Dick Purnell 65
A Good Catch Jeanne Marie Laskas 70
The Surprise Date Rosemary Laurey 74
A Cure for Cold Feet Pamela Elessa 79
Dating Again Joan Rivers 84
Loving Henry Terry L. Fairchild 88
The Last Date Cindy Jevne Buck 93
The Invitation Oriah Mountain Dreamer 99
3. FINDING YOUR MATE 99
How David and Lily Got Together Arnold Fine 101
The Moment It Happens Carol A. Price-Lopata 106
The High School English Teacher Arnold Fine 111
Perennials Jackie Shelton 115
Hope Is Where the Heart Is Joan Wester Anderson 121
The Letter Doris Byers as told to Shirley Byers Lalonde 126
What s Your Sign? Janice Lane Palko 130
An Educated Woman Christine E. Belleris 135
Love at First Bite Christine Harris-Amos as told to Chiff Marsh 137
A Chance of a Lifetime Michelle Wolins as told to LeAnn Thieman 140
The Right One Diane Goldberg 146
Mrs. Grodefsky Arnold Fine 150
4. MAKING A DIFFERENCE 150
One Day at a Time Cathy Gohlke 154
Can You Love Me? Pamela J. Chandler 157
Christmas Is Coming! Deb Gatlin Towney 160
Mama s Heart Toni Fulco 163
The Angel at the Bank Arnold Fine 167
5. SINGLE PARENTING 175
Hands to Go Round Linda Butler 175
Take Heart, Mom Cielle Kollander 178
A True Christmas Nancy Rue 182
Sidelined Judith Black 189
One Man and a Baby Paul Breon 193
Marty s Friends James M. Jertson 196
Outside the Circle of Possibility Patricia Lorenaz 198
For Forever Rob Gilbert and Karen Wydra 203
Where the Heart Is Brenda Nichols Ainley 204
For the Record Rob Loughran 209
A Wish Seed Lizanne Southgate 210
Message in a Mug Tina French 214
Dr. Mom Melanie M. Watkins 217
A Real Family Christmas Kay Bolden 220
NO Time for Dreams Barbara Feder Mindel 223
A Faded Card Louise Lenahan Wallace 226
What I Did on My Son s Summer Vacation Tom Durkin 229
Making the Grade C. L. Howard 233
6. SINGLE AGAIN 238
Love Is Just Like a Broken Arm Christie Craig 238
Let the Magic Begin Cathy Lee Cryosby 241
The Drawer Wouldn t Close Jan Nations 248
The Ten-Dollar Bill J. A. Jance 253
Looking Toward the Light David Haldane 257
Lightning s Gift Maggie Baxter 262
Starting Over Jennifer Harris 266
My Sailor Man Linda Ross Swanson 269
Paid in Full Bobbie Reed 273
7. LOSING A PARTNER 277
Rudy s Angel Wilma Hankins Hlawiczka 277
He Has Not Left Me Joyce Brothers 280
Love, Leo Doris Delventhal as told to B. J. Connor 286
Cultivating My Garden T. J. Bands 290
A Widow s Workshop Shirley Pease 294
The Journey Christie Craig 297
The Voyage Anne Marion as told to Eileen Lawrence 301
Unk s Fiddle Steven Burt 304
A Single Long-Stemmed Rose Mary Livingstone Benny and Hilliard Marks with Marcie Borie 308
8. WE ARE NOT ALONE 312
Angels, Once in a While Barb Irwin 312
Flowers from Our Garden Jerry and Lorin Biederman 316
A Small Miracle in Nashville Yitta Halberstam and Judith Leventhal 320
The Best Seat in the House John Morris 326
Santa Redeemed Jean Bronaugh 331
A Bunch of Violets Carol Fannin Rohwedder 334
Heart Reconstruction Barbara Lighthizer 338
Rescued by a Drowning Dog Carren Strock 341
The Face of Compassion Michael Clay 344
9. FRIENDS AND FAMILY 350
A Lasagna Kind of Christmas Linda LaRocque 350
Between Two Worlds Kari West 354
Dad Is There for Me Again——and Always Cynthia Mercati 357
Life s Final Pieces Barbara Jeanne Fisher 361
The Makeover Maggy Rose McLarty 366
Unbroken Circle Laurie L. Oswald 369
A Shining Thing Arthur Gordon 373
Turning the Page Jan Coleman 377
Full Circle Meredith Hodges 380