Chocolate for a Woman's Dreams 77 Stories to Treasure as You Make Your Wishes Come True

by Allenbaugh, Kay

• ISBN13: 9780743217774
• ISBN10: 0743217772
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-04
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

Is anything sweeter or more precious than a treasured dream? InChocolate for a Woman's Dreams,77 all-new, real-life tales celebrate the power of dreams to shape our lives at any age, whether we are exploring new possibilities, achieving long-sought goals, or making long-held wishes come true. Here are stories of women who overcome adversity to start anew, and women who gracefully take on the inevitable changes that each stage of life brings. Whether the goal is enhancing their personal lives with friends and families, improving their professional lives by pursuing new challenges, or learning to see the joy in all things, the women here show that anything is possible when we listen to our hearts and follow our dreams. With its irresistible subject and its abundance of cheer, humor, and encouragement,Chocolate for a Woman's Dreamsis sure to be on the top of your wish list.

Author Biography

Kay Allenbaugh, the creator of the Chocolate series, is a writer and speaker known as "The Caretaker of Stories for Women of the World." She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Contributors to Chocolate for a Woman's Dreams include bestselling authors, motivational speakers, newspaper columnists, radio hosts, spiritual leaders, psychotherapists, businesswomen, and many others.

Table of Contents

Introduction	15	(4)
I DREAM WEAVERS
My Wedding-Day Surprise	19	(2)
Jennifer Dobrenski
Tips for Sweeter Dreaming	21	(2)
Kay Allenbaugh
Magic Happens	23	(4)
Mary Zelinka
I Dreamed of Italy	27	(3)
Gloria Attar
Warm Hands, Warm Heart	30	(3)
Taylor Joseph
Lucy's Legacy	33	(5)
Linda Aspenson-Bergstrom
Painted Ladies Rule	38	(3)
Marilyn D. Davis
This Name's for You	41	(6)
Beth Boswell Jacks
II HAPPILY EVER AFTER
I Married a Millionaire	47	(3)
Lana Robertson Hayes
Confessions of an Addict	50	(3)
Betty Auchard
A Want-Ad Bonus	53	(4)
Alicia Wilde Harding
The Sleepwalker	57	(3)
Eleanor McLaughlin
Queen of the Aisles	60	(3)
Beverly C. Lucey
Ode to Joy	63	(4)
Phyllis Jamison
No Place Like Home	67	(3)
Valentina A. Bloomfield
Under Foot	70	(7)
Tammy Wilson
III FAMILY HIGHLIGHTS
Reel Time	77	(4)
Sande Boritz Berger
Boys and Wheels	81	(2)
Lana Robertson Hayes
Ashley	83	(3)
Candis Fancher
A Chinese Business Lunch	86	(3)
Talia Carner
Finders Keepers	89	(3)
Rene B. Melton
Whispered Prayers	92	(3)
Kristi Frahm
Ageless	95	(3)
Michele Wallace Campanelli
Goodbye, My Son	98	(5)
Judi Sadowsky
IV TELLING IT LIKE IT IS
English as a Second Language	103	(2)
Holly Noelle Schaefer
A Victorious Tug of War	105	(4)
Beth Duncan
Heating Up the Office	109	(4)
Melanie Anderson-Caster
Divas!	113	(2)
Sheila Stephens
Life's Not Fair	115	(4)
Felice R. Prager
Adoption Day	119	(3)
Roberta Beach Jacobson
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words	122	(3)
Dena McClung
Moments of Truth	125	(6)
Ursula Bacon
V CREATING A NEW REALITY
Full Throttle	131	(3)
Susan Farr-Fahncke
Cutting Her Losses	134	(3)
LaVonne Holland
Launching a Dream on Lobsters	137	(2)
Barbara Davey
In the Twilight Zone	139	(3)
Margo Ballantyne
Doing College Again---My Way	142	(3)
Betsy Humphreys
I Temped for the Vatican	145	(3)
Linda H. Waterman
The Mentor	148	(3)
Mitzi Chandler
Memories and Modeling	151	(8)
Catherine Vaughan-Obregon
VI KIDS ARE TEACHERS, TOO
Prying Eyes	159	(3)
Shelley Sigman
A Walk by Faith	162	(3)
Kathie Harrington
Cannonball!	165	(3)
Debra Ayers Brown
Sophia and the Boom-Boom-Boom	168	(3)
Carol L. Skolnick
Otherwise	171	(3)
Carol Tokar Pavliska
You Just Had to Be There	174	(3)
Libby Simon
What a Wonderful World	177	(6)
Kathleen Hilliard Coyne
VII RITES OF PASSAGE
Christmas Magic	183	(5)
Geraldine (Gerry) Trickle
Her Majesty's Muscle	188	(3)
Beth Schorr Jaffe
The Time-Tailored Table	191	(3)
Cindy Kauffman
The Loft Bed	194	(4)
Molly Meyers
Liberty's Timeless Glory	198	(4)
Renie Szilak Burghardt
Moopy and the Ranger	202	(3)
Felice R. Prager
Autumn Leaves	205	(4)
Lynne Layton Zielinski
These Boots Were Made for Walkin'	209	(6)
Amy Lynne Johnson
VIII A PARADIGM SHIFT
My Life	215	(5)
Luci N. Fuller
Democrat Cake	220	(3)
Tammy Wilson
Martha Stewart in Disguise	223	(4)
Lillian Quaschnick
Coming Full Circle with Mickey	227	(4)
Jennifer Gordon Gray
A Bottle of Bubbles	231	(3)
Mary Sass
The Gift of Validation	234	(2)
Jennifer Brown Banks
True Rewards	236	(3)
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Under the Stars	239	(6)
Claudia McCormick
IX HOLY ENCOUNTERS
Discovering Freedom	245	(4)
Lea C. Tartanian
My Special Angel	249	(5)
Mary M. Alward
Amazing Gracie	254	(4)
Jayne Garrett
Lessons from a Box of Toys	258	(3)
Linda Aspenson-Bergstrom
High-Altitude Believing	261	(4)
Dena McClung
The Emissary	265	(3)
Lisa Robertson
Snow Angel	268	(5)
Elizabeth Krenik
X ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Mannequin	273	(2)
Edna Miner Larson
Mom's Makeover	275	(2)
Pamela Jenkins
A Shopping Spree	277	(4)
Amy Munnell
Technology for the Millennium	281	(2)
Leigh Senter
Sweepstakes Dreaming	283	(3)
Lillian Quaschnick
The Hunt for Wild Asparagus	286	(4)
Jean Schneider
Hawaii Unplugged	290	(3)
Sheila S. Hudson
More Chocolate Stories?	293	(2)
Contributors	295