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On love. A friend on the line / Jennings Michael Burch -- Simple wooden boxes / Martha Pendergrass Templeton -- A family for Freddie / Abbie Blair -- A birthday song / Robert Tate Miller -- When Kevin won / Janice M. Gibson -- A Mason-Dixon memory / Clifton Davis -- Beautiful on the inside / Pamela J. deRoy -- Such as I have / Bonnie Shepherd -- A hair-raising experience / Debbie Ross-Preston -- Money of my own / Bettie B. Youngs -- The tiger's whisker: a Korean folk tale / Harold Courlander -- On kindness. Hi, Cornelius / Bob Greene -- Changed lives / Tim Kimmel -- Directory assistance / Joanna Slan -- A Christmas story / Author unknown -- Cold hands / Joyce Andresen -- The woodwork angel / Varda One -- The 11th box / Pastor Bill Simpson.; Cont.): The sandwich man / Meladee McCarty -- Don't pass me by / Jude Revoli -- Bidding from the heart / Rita Price -- Ask for the moon and get it / Percy Ross -- Passing on small change / Nancy Mitchell -- Big feet -- bigger heart / The Sower's Seeds -- Winning / Clifford and Jerie Furness -- Goodness defies the odds / Mike Barnicle -- Hope in a bottle / Diana L. Chapman -- The code of the road / Michele H. Vignola -- On parents and parenting. Cookies, forgotten and forgiven / Robert Tate Miller -- What's in a name? Hanoch McCarty -- The only memory that lingers / Ted Kruger -- Urbana farewell / Doris W. Davis -- My own experience / Karrey Janvrin Lindenberg -- A simple act of love / Sharon Whitley -- Permission to cry / Hanoch McCarty.; Cont.): The perfect hug / Hanoch McCarty -- Winners and winners / Al Covino -- When you thought I wasn't looking / Author unknown -- Lessons in baseball / Chick Moorman -- Catch of a lifetime / James P. Lenfestey -- Letters to Eileen / Ann E. Weeks -- Someday / Charles R. Swindoll -- On teaching and learning. Nouns and adverbs / Moments for Mothers -- How could I miss, I'm a teacher! / Hanoch McCarty -- On that note / Krista Lyn Johnson -- A Christmas gift I'll never forget / Linda DeMers Hummel -- A matter of honor / Dave Pelzer -- The lesson plan / Sister Carleen Brennan -- In praise of teachers / Mark Medoff -- The greatest teacher in my life / Dauna Easley -- The thought card / Hanoch McCarty -- On death and dying. A treasure in time / Judy Walker.; Cont.): You don't bring me flowers, anymore / Bits & Pieces -- The grave no one tended / Cheryl L. Costello-Forshey -- Out of the night / Melody Beattie -- The donor / Mary M. Jelinek -- Red Jell-O at dawn / Patricia Lorenz -- When we give thanks / Sidney B. Simon -- A mother is waiting / Moments for Mothers -- I thought you'd want to know / Karen Nordling McCowan -- Matt's story / Diana L. Chapman -- To all parents / Edgar Guest -- She was waiting / Sara Parker -- A matter of perspective. Angel in our backyard / Denise Brumbach -- A little off the top, and a lesson to remember / Andy Entwistle -- The scar / Lih Yuh Kuo -- Thelma / Shari Smith -- Through the eyes of a child / Author unknown -- To save a life / Hanoch McCarty -- The baby flight / Paul Karrer.; Cont.): How to tell when you're rich / Harvey Mackay -- Chuck / Petey Parker -- Calling on a girl named Becky / Robert Tate Miller -- Innocence abroad / Henry N. Ferguson -- Song of the bird / Anthony DeMello -- Looking down / Rusty Schweickart -- Overcoming obstacles. The story of Margaret and Ruth / Margaret Patrick -- Angel at work / Donald Curtis -- Consider this / Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty and Meladee McCarty -- Let me die! / Michael Bowker -- It's up to you / Author unknown -- Unexpected / Detective Anne Newell -- Scattered memories / Lt. Col. Janis A. Nark -- Snowed in / Susan G. Fey -- Susie's run / Thomas R. Overton -- The right thoughts riding in my mind / Kathy Higgins -- A tale of canine courage / Robert Tate Miller.; Cont.): Don't quit / Author unknown -- Persistence pays off / Curtis McAllister -- When your back is against the wall / Pat Riley -- I'll do anything! / Dolly Trout -- Henri Dunant / Bits & Pieces -- Eclectic wisdom. The trouble tree / Author unknown -- The small gift / Morris Chalfant -- The old fisherman / Author unknown -- I was dying / Anonymous -- Encouragement / The Sower's Seeds -- Guess you just had to have known Gladys / Diane Brucato Thomas -- Inspiration / Lea Gambina -- State of mind / Author unknown -- 101 gifts to give all year long / Hanoch and Meladee McCarty.