Foreword                                           xiii
1  Out of the Blue
  1.   Booger,
    Bob Lenox                                      1
  2.   The Brave Spider,
    Jamie Farris                                   5
  3.   It's Not the Answer. It's the Question.
    Andrew E. Kaufman                              9
  4.   Becoming a Patient,
    Hester Hill Schnipper                          12
  5.   Numb,
    Joseph O'Rourke                                16
  6.   Tough,
    Liz Elliott                                    19
  7.   Cancer Cannot Cripple Love,
    Emily Beaver                                   22
  8.   How Do I Say This?
    Benjamin Schwartz                              26
  9.   Cancer Sucks,
    Emmarie Truman                                 30
  10.  From Tiara to Tumor to Team,
    Elaine Truman                                  34
2  Not So Soon
  11.  Changing the World,
    Becky Campbell Smith                           41
  12.  The Wrong Answer,
    Daniel Burns                                   45
  13.  What Makes You Smile?
    Cassic Silva                                   49
  14.  The Numbers to Live
    Nisha Drummond                                 53
  15.  The Catheter,
    Jasan Zimmerman                                55
  16.  Fighting Back,
    Amanda Racette                                 58
  17.  Positive,
    Frank Emerson                                  61
  18.  The Change,
    Za Zette Scott                                 64
  19.  Deal With It,
    Robert Gelnaw                                  67
  20.  Moments,
    Lori Brower                                    71
3  For Better and For Worse
  21.  Glad to Be Alive,
    Shereen D. Vinhe                               79
  22.  One Ball, Two Strikes,
    Jonathan Rowe                                  83
  23.  My Mantra,
    Donna Reames Rich                              87
  24.  Survivors Rule!
    Matthew Zachary                                91
  25.  Stronger,
    Natalie Flechsig                               94
  26.  Marry Me,
    Charles Marshall as told to B.J. Taylor        98
  27.  Sorrow to Joy,
    Christine Durbin                               102
  28.  Harder on the Patient or the Spouse?
    Marc Silver                                    105
  29.  Cancer Through My Eyes,
    Amy Chmielewshi                                108
  30.  Cancer Cell Beater,
    Mark McKinlay                                  112
4  Unfinished Business
  31.  My Cancer Triathlon,
    Susie Leonard Weller                           119
  32.  Still Climbing,
    Sean Swarner                                   122
  33.  In Her Honor,
    Kelly Espy                                     125
  34.  Eat Pie,
    Dave Balch                                     129
  35.  My Journey,
    Daniela Palik                                  131
  36.  Red Mohawk,
    Spin Zucker                                    135
  37.  Getting My Dad Back,
    Alysia Zucker                                  138
  38.  Cinnamon Hearts and Rocky Mountains,
    Bonnie Jarvis-Lowe                             141
  39.  The Room of Hope,
    Al Cato                                        144
  40.  My New Life,
    Debra Manforcl                                 147
5  Dreams and Nightmares
  41.  In the Ring,
    Ali Zidel Meyers                               153
  42.  Ode to Joy,
    Charlotte Wheeler                              156
  43.  Nuclear Medicine,
    Nicholas Samaras                               159
  44.  11:11,
    Patience Moore                                 161
  45.  Balloons,
    Allyson Hellyer                                165
  46.  Love You More,
    Julia Singer Katz                              168
  47.  How Long?
    Peter Collins                                  171
  48.  Kiss,
    Anetta Nowosielska                             175
  49.  Honeydew,
    Gretchen Whiting                               178
  50.  What a Doctor Can and Cannot Do,
    Paul Winick                                    181
6  Partners
  51.  Confessions of a Cancer Caregiver,
    Cynthia Siegfried                              189
  52.  Our Mantra,
    Ken Wachsberger                                193
  53.  Freak,
    Lindsey Goldhagen                              196
  54.  A Most Unlikely Partner,
    Rosalinde Block                                200
  55.  What Can I Do to Help?
    Barry Katz                                     203
  56.  The Power to Transform,
    Kathleen Gerard                                206
  57.  The Front Porch,
    Vince and Rebecca Yauger                       210
  58.  Two Friends' Journey,
    Pam Washek                                     213
  59.  Salutations,
    Sharon Parkes                                  217
  60.  A Love for Listening,
    Marsha Dale and Marc Silver                    219
7  Loss
  61.  A Promise to Keep,
    Lauren Spiker                                  227
  62.  Evelyn's Story,
    Pius Kamau                                     230
  63.  Three Weeks of Silence,
    Eleanor Bergholz                               233
  64.  The Shower,
    Laura L. Strebel                               236
  65.  The Healing Power of Ice Cream,
    Joe Hayslett, Jr                               237
  66.  My Regret,
    Erika Vogel Hoffman                            240
  67.  The Letter,
    Christopher Bodell                             244
  68.  One in Infinity,
    Helen Luo                                      247
  69.  A Man's Best Friend,
    Daniel Molitor                                 250
  70.  Angels,
    Angie Edge                                     253
8  Fear and Hope
  71.  Affirmations,
    Deborah Shouse                                 259
  72.  But I Feel Fine,
    Jim Paddock as told to Raquel Haggard          263
  73.  Chemo Hair,
    Susan Farr-Fahncke                             266
  74.  Fear,
    Michael D. Gingerich                           270
  75.  Serious Foolishness,
    Karen McCarty                                  273
  76.  Can Lightening Strike Twice?
    Tamara Kraus                                   276
  77.  The Butterfly Effect,
    Arnie Preminger                                279
  78.  A Woman's Choice,
    Lillie D. Shockney                             282
  79.  Fighting the God Fight,
    Joseph Civitella                               284
  80.  The Fear of Hope,
    Marsha Dale                                    287
9  Letting Go
  81.  How Nurses Nurse Nurses,
    Elizabeth Bussey-Sowdal                        293
  82.  Relay for Life,
    Daniel Wald                                    296
  83.  A Good Goodbye,
    Jess Knox                                      298
  84.  From the Other Side of the Looking Glass,
    Gerald J. Elfenbein                            301
  85.  An Unknown Angel,
    Elaine Herrin Onley                            305
  86.  A Time to Remember,
    Georgia Shaffer                                308
  87.  A Letter to My Sister,
    Mike Sackett                                   311
  88.  Life Is Good,
    Michelle W Lau                                 314
  89.  The Rope That Binds,
    LaVerne Otis                                   318
  90.  House Call,
    Glenn Bubley                                   321
10 Into the Light
  91.  I Am a Cancer Patient,
    Amy Breitmann                                  327
  92.  Taking Nothing for Granted,
    Joe Schneider                                  329
  93.  My Learning Curve,
    Bella Saltzer                                  333
  94.  Transcendence,
    John G. Watson                                 336
  95.  Blessed,
    Anne Shaw Heinrich                             338
  96.  Five Minutes,
    Werner Haas                                    341
  97.  A Humbling Experience,
    Lori L. Smart                                  343
  98.  Love Can,
    Megha Bajaj                                    346
  99.  9139,
    Travis Eisenbise                               349
  100. The Moment,
    Taylor Gettinger                               352
  101. I Am a Giant,
    Sarina Smith                                   355
Meet Our Contributors                              359
Who Is Jack Canfield?                              374
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?                         375
Who Is David Tabatsky?                             376
Acknowledgments                                    377
Resources                                          378
About Chicken Soup for the Soul                    381
Share with Us                                      382