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• ISBN: 9781890627850
• ISBN: 1890627852
• Physical Description: print
  292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2007.

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Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Gifts: Two Birth Stories / Kathryn Lynard Soper xix -- Gift of Respect -- 1 Aidan's Gift / Valle Dwight 3 -- 2 What To Do With A Boy / Jessica Capitani 10 -- 3 On His Thirteenth Birthday / Jodi Reimer 16 -- 4 Belonging / Rebecca Phong 21 -- 5 Oh, Yeah? / Robin Roach 25 -- 6 From Generation to Generation / Debbie Ellenbogen 30 -- 7 Different / Tammy Hodson 34 -- 8 It's Better Than Good / Janine Steck Huffman 38 -- 9 Mommy / Kelly Rimmer 44 -- 10 Acceptance / Shari Adelson-Pollard 47 -- 11 Sunshine / Jeanette Bollinger 51 -- 12 Who's Winning? / Sandra Assimotos-McElwee 55 -- Gift of Strength -- 13 Notes From the Deep End / Jennifer Enderlin Blougouras 61 -- 14 For Such a Time as This / Emily Vesper 64 -- 15 Travels with Brendan / Tammy Westfahl 68 -- 16 For James / Leilani Lucas 72 -- 17 Nourishment / Deborah Minner 76 -- 18 Matthew's Secret / Katy Shapro 80 -- 19 Lifting Each Other / Anita Minor 83 -- 20 School of Life / Ann Bremer 87 -- 21 Fight the Good Fight / Joanne M. Crouse 91 -- 22 Dream / Rosemarie Aiello-Gertz 95 -- 23 We Are Not Alone / Michelle Adams 99 -- 24 Where There's a Will, There's a Way / Kelly Anderson 103 -- 25 Emma Sage / Tara Marie Hintz 107 -- Gift of Delight -- 26 Surprise! / Cynthia Yunke 113 -- 27 Light the Way / Alicia Culp 118 -- 28 Blue Ribbon. First Place / Carol B. Mills 123 -- 29 Buddha Bean / Beth Crawford 127 -- 30 A Hopeful Future / Nancy Iannone 130 -- 31 Enjoying the Ride / Leah Spring 135 -- 32 Lost and Found / Traci Cross Williams 139 -- 33 In the Moment / Gina Vivona 142 -- 34 Expecting / Peggy Cooper-Smith 145 -- 35 Green Onion / Cori Guillaume 149 -- 36 Big Sister / Karen Roberts 152 -- 37 Speech Therapy / Kelly Schuh 156 -- 38 Loving Emma Jayne / Emily Zeid 159 -- Gift of Perspective -- 39 Beginning / Renee Sherman 169 -- 40 Entertaining Angels / Barbara Curtis 174 -- 41 Defining Moments / Sherrill Rechner 177 -- 42 Slow Motion / Stephanie Bissol 183 -- 43 When the Other Shoe Drops / Beth Price 187 -- 44 Ups and Downs / Bethany Balsis 193 -- 45 Miracle Man / Katy Servos 198 -- 46 Stepping Out / Stefanie M. Miller 204 -- 47 Lucky / Carey Branam 208 -- 48 Nolan: A Little Dream / Catherine Finn 212 -- 49 Eighth-Grade Dance / Nicol Hudson 215 -- 50 What I Know Now / Carla Reeves 219 -- Gift of Love -- 51 Life that Chose Me / Monica Braat 225 -- 52 Tiny Hands / Courtney Koblitz Fields 230 -- 53 Brothers / Dena Castellano-Farrell 236 -- 54 Birthday Guilt / Michelle Helferich 240 -- 55 Kindness Received / Francine Ferraro Rothkopf 244 -- 56 Blessing of an Imperfect Life / Janis Gonzales 248 -- 57 Growing / Sarahlynn Lester 253 -- 58 Through the Eyes of Love / Tammy Bonser 259 -- 59 Crecer Con Amor / Charo Boggian 263 -- 60 Quality of Life / Renee Parker 268 -- 61 Luckiest People in the World / Jane Leahy-Smith 273 -- 62 Live Long, Laugh Often, Love Much / Andi Matthews 278 -- 63 First Words / Jennifer Graf Groneberg 288.

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