1.Opportunity 1
2.A Little Change 3
3.Manners 7
4.Relish the Moment 10
5.The Last Stop 13
6.The Love of Beauty 19
7.Secret Ingredients of Tough People 22
8.The Value of Time 25
9.Food for the Thought 30
10.Things Are Not Always What They Seem 33
11.Perseverance 36
12.Island of Feelings 39
13.Spring Thaw 42
14.Thoughts for a New Year 46
15.We Are on a Journey 49
16.An Identity of One's Own 51
17.Facing South 54
18.What You Make ofYour Life Is Up to You 57
19.Is Packing Important to You? 61
20.Forever Friend 65
21.Life Is Like a Poem 68
22.A Beautiful Story 72
23.What Women Want 76
24.The Importance of Just Being There 82
25.The Terribly,Tragically Sad Man 89
26.A Glimpse of Home 98
27.A Mother's Letter to the World 102
28.As the Twig Is Bent 105
29.Dad 109
30.Eulogy for a Dog 115
31.My Resignation 119
32.On Pleasure 123
33.Rat Deliverer 127
34.The Wisdom of One Word 130
35.Time's Fingers 135
36.Under the Whether 138
37.We Are Just Beginning 142
38.Youth 145
39.She Lives Fairly Well 148
40.Surrender to the Fact That Life Isn't Fair 153
41.Facing Frustration 156
42.The Important Things in Life 159
43.Friends 163
44.Wrinkles 167
45.Another Kind of Love 170
46.Attitude Is Everything 173
47.Become More Patient 178
48.Think of What You Have Instead of What You Want 182
49.A Mother's Fight for a Special Child 186
50.Don't Let Go,Dad! 192