Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
See Me Melissa Riggio Rachel Buchholz xvi
1 Adjusting
Welcome to Holland Emily Perl Kingsley 2
In the Game Johnny Wray Stephanie Welcher Thompson 5
A Message from John Jo Clancy 10
The Miracle of Jay-Jay Louise Tucker Jones 14
Out of the Mouths of Babes Sarah John S. Smigal 18
Tomorrow Jill Presson 19
No Words Stacey Flood 23
Seeing Through Josh's Eyes Deborah Rose 26
The Voice of Reason Wears SpongeBob Underpants Shari Youngblood 28
One Mother to Another Donna Turenne 33
Reaching Back Pam Wilson 35
A Reason to Celebrate Janet Lynn Mitchell 38
My Finest Teachers Gina Johnson 42
Out of the Mouths of Babes Cheryl Kremer 45
The Vacation Michelle M. Guppy 46
What They Forgot to Mention Sandy Solzen 51
2 Gratitude
Is That All? PeggySue Wells 54
The Little Boy Who Waves Michelle M. Guppy 57
All She Has Connie Ellison 60
One Brief Hour Suzanne Woods Fisher 63
The Gift Jeffrey J. Cain 67
I Won't Do It Nanette Whitman-Holmes 70
Out of the Mouths of Babes Jimmy Hinkley 73
McBuns! Trisha Kay Kayden 75
Challenges Mary Mooney 78
What's the Truth About Thomas? Laura Dean Jeanne Pallos 81
Kids Amaze Me Chynna Laird 85
A Whale of a Time Michelle Ward 89
Talking to Strangers Jennifer Lawler 92
On the Inside Susan Farr-Fahncke 95
Broken-Down Signs Scott Newport 99
Broken Shells Debbie Jaskot 104
3 Milestones
Dancing with Myself Stephanie Welcher Thompson 108
Sunday Morning Hillary Key 112
Speech Therapy Karen Brill 116
Toss of a Coin Ted Kuntz 119
Miniature Angels Susan Farr-Fahncke 122
Milestones Gina Morgan 126
Baby Steps Came in Her Own Time Beverly Beckham 130
The Race Lisa J. Schlitt 133
In Life and in Death, Always Faithful Sarah Smiley 137
Perspectives Dick Sobsey 140
4 Breaking Barriers
Music to My Ears Jacqui Kess-Gardner 144
I Am Dillon York 149
The Spirit of Travis Teresa D. Huggins 150
Amanda's Triumphant March Carol Willoughby 152
The Need for Speed Linda Muzzey 157
The Most Famous Kid at School Rachel Ezekiel-Fishbein Joel I. Fishbein 161
Trials and Tribulations Ellis Rubin Dary Matera 166
You Didn't Give Me a Turn Mary Henderson 171
I'm a Dancer Briana Hobbs 174
One Special Olympian Dominick Castellano 176
5 Community
An Appalachian Miracle Cookie Bakke 180
Out of the Mouths of Babes Rosita Ferro 184
A Classy Kind of Love Patricia Gillule 185
Swimming with John Michele Iallonardi 189
Miracle Field Scott Newport 194
The Dance Kristy Barnes 199
Silent Grace Ashley Carroll 202
The Goal Susan McMullan 206
What I Learned in Middle School Donna Larkin 210
Motherhood Donna Judge Malarsky 214
An Angel Among Us Margaret Prator 217
6 Sibling Revelry
Something about Benny Kimberly Jensen 222
Believe Jennifer M. Graham 226
Silent No More Jordan 231
Teaching by Example Jeanne Moran 233
Just Tori Katherine Schroeder 236
Switching Roles Gina Favazza-Rowland 239
Big Brother Time-Off Kimberly Jensen 241
Out of the Mouths of Babes Deana Newberry 245
7 Early Learning
The Slide Corinne Hill 248
Three Houses Down on the Left Deborah McIntire 252
Illumination Jeanne Schmidlin 256
One Egg at a Time Dawn Morrison 260
Out of the Mouths of Babes Karen Simmons 264
The Case of the Silent Kindergartner Amanda Green 266
Out of the Mouths of Babes Ava Crowell 270
Ace of Hearts Lynn Skotnitsky 271
Labels Lisa Scott Macdonough 274
8 Fostering Independence
Joey's Gold Medal Perry P. Perkins 278
A Simple Question Bonnie Mintun 282
Step by Step Amy Baskin 286
Independence Day Daniel Wray 290
The Class Trip Debra Behnke 295
Good Night, Faith Paulette Beurrier 299
My Dad Made the Difference Pam Johnson 302
The Most Important Words Daria J. Skibington-Roffel 307
Something in Football Lauri Khodabandehloo 309
A Revelation Lisa Logsdon 312
Bearing Gifts Mimi Greenwood Knight 316
The Freed Bird Dillon York 320
Who Is Jack Canfield? 323
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 324
Who Is Heather McNamara? 325
Who Is Karen Simmons? 326
Permissions 327