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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Well That Was Funny front cover

A Pregnant Pause

How do people make it through life without a sister?~Sara Corpening Whiteford We gathered at the outdoor venue for a wedding on an unusually warm and humid summer day in Minnesota. Our niece Andrea, the bride, was stunning. Twenty-five years earlier, she had celebrated her fourth birthday by serving as a flower girl in my wedding along with her older sister. Today, she was the bride, and her ...

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Emerald Dreams

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.~Saint Augustine “And this is me kissing the Blarney Stone,” says my seventeen-year-old daughter. She turns the pages of her new photo album, recounting her recent ten-day journey abroad, and my mind wanders back… way back to when she was only five. “Someday I’m going to Ireland,” she had said, holding her Childcraft book in he...

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My Heroes

I think that someone is watching out for me. God, my guardian angel, I’m not sure who that is, but they really work hard.~Mattie Stepanek Many years ago, I was a student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where I lived on campus. I had an evening class that was a fifteen-minute walk from my dorm. No one in my dorm was taking the same class and neither were any of my friends, so I wal...

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The Choice to Come Clean

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.~Tryon Edwards My heart pounded as I stared at the screen. I re-read the message from my friend, Noelle. Someone had upset her by sharing her personal news, a recent development Noelle had shared with only a few people. She didn’t know who let the word out, but she was hurt and disappointed. I felt so guilty. I kne...

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Annie and the Fish Pond

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.~Lao Tzu The minister agreed to marry us in my mother’s living room so Steve wouldn’t have to stand up in front of “all those people.” We dressed up for the occasion, went out to dinner, and spent the night at a small country inn. One year later, with a new life and Annie making us a family, it was...

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