Chocolate For A Woman's Heart 77 Stories Of Love Kindness And Compassion To Nourish Your Soul And Sweeten Yo

Introduction 17

I DIVINE INTERVENTION Back-Seat Driver Anamae Elledge 21 A Dream Come True Ursula Bacon 23 Small Miracles Jill and Candis Fancher 26 A Wise Man, a Mentor, or an Angel? Donna Hartley 28 Turning Point Rev. Deborah Olive 32 Divine Assistance Rev. Mary Omwake 34 Earth Angel Ann Albers 36 Our Teachers Come in Many Forms Kay Allenbaugh 39

II GROWTH SPURTS Angel of the Lord Arline Crawford Burton 45 Just a Hair More Love 0.C. O'Connell 47 Soulmating Catherine Lanigan 49 Moving the Moon Sarah Jordan 52 Healing with Love Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey 54 The Miracle of Self-Love Jill Goodwin 57

III FEEDING FEEDING A WOMAN'S HEART HEART Snapshots of the Heart Linda Dunivin 61 The Pajama Connection Ellen Urbani Hiltebrand 64 Pairs and Spares Liz Curtis Higgs 68 The Lucky Photo Lorri Vaughter Allen 71 Mercy Street Holly Fitzhardinge 73 Love Is Not for the Faint of Heart Chassidy A.F. Persons 77 Marriage Encounter Christine D. Marek 80

IV MAXIMUM EXPOSURE Soap Box Derby Marci Madsen Fuller 85 The Miracle Bus Jill Lynne 88 The Power of Love Michelle Cohen 90 The Virtues of Mr. Wrong! Jennifer Brown Banks 94 Ginny's Excellent Adventure Bailey Allard 96 My Trucker Constance Conace 99

V PATHFINDERS Pray to God and Read the Paper Susan LaMaire 105 Flight of Destiny Robin Ryan 107 Fern Cave Sharon Kinder 110 Letter to Tim T.J. Banks 113 And Baby Makes Three Donna Hartley 117 It's About Time Nancy Kiernan 119

VI FREE AT LAST A Walk on the Wild Side Judith Morton Fraser 125 The Warm Fuzzy Hostile Group Jody Stevenson 129 Create Your Own Heaven Today Christine Harvey 132 You Are My Brother Kathi J. Kemper 134 The Journey Home Marie Hegeman 136 Me, Myself, and I Stephanie Lauridsen 140 Modeling for Life Joeann Fossland 142

VII MOMENTS OF TRUTH We Are All Connected Jean Wenzel 147 The "Write" Match Alice Stern Weiser 149 Leading from the Heart Holly Esparza 151 My Sailor Man Linda Ross Swanson 154 Feedback Is a Gift Diane Ripstein 157 Rhymes and Reasons Antionette Vigliaturo Ishmael 160 It's All in the Frijoles Yolanda Nava 162 Something to Chew On Rita Davenport 165

VIII THE ANIMAL CONNECTION One Soul, Two Halves Ellen Urbani Hiltebrand 171 Keeping the High Watch Eileen Davis 176 Dazy Joy Cindy Potter 178 Oscar Cindy Hanson 180 Look-Alike Lucys Susan Miles 182 A Flutter of Butterfly Wings Lon My Lam 184 A Gift of Love Debb Janes 186

IX ACTS OF KINDNESS The Memory Jar Mary Lo Verde 191 Road Warriors Ann Benson 193 For the Love of Students Emory Austin 196 Love Notes Debra Ayers Brown 198 Surrogate Dreamer Marlene L. King 201 Special Delivery Lisa Juscik 204 Rituals That Touch the Heart Kay Allenbaugh 206 Lesson for a Lifetime Sheila S. Hudson 208

X A A DEEPER REFLECTION Four Weddings and a Miracle Kate McKern Verigin 213 Does the Breast Have a Soul? Lynne Massie 217 All That Glitters Mary Carroll-Hackett 220 A New Deal Burky Achilles 222 Entrances and Exits Linda G. Engel 225 For Betty Tammy Kling 228 United States of Motherhood Joanna Slan 230

XI SERIOUSLY FUNNY A Streak of Love Carole Bellacera 235 Venus Rising Carmen D'Amico 237 When Will I Be Thin? Maureen Gorsuch 239 The Great Zucchini Caper Karyn Buxman 240 Warranty X Ann E. Weeks 245 The Purple People Jennifer Howard 246 A Christmas Surprise Indeed! Roberta B. Jacobson 248

More Chocolate Stories? 249 Contributors 251 Acknowledgments 269 Permissions Acknowledgments 270

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