A Cup of Comfort for Courage

by Sell, Colleen

• ISBN13: 9781593370039
• ISBN10: 1593370032
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp

Summary

This remarkable collection will renew your belief in the power of ordinary folks to transform their world through acts of bravery. Each compelling story tells of an everyday triumph that will help you face your personal challenges with courage you didn't know you had. You'll never forget the heroes and heroines in A Cup of Comfort for Courage. You'll find yourself returning to A Cup of Comfort for Courage again and again -- whenever you need to renew your faith that we all are capable of moving mountains. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Something More
Maura Bedloe	1	(9)
Mercy from the Flames
Patricia A. Murphy	10	(9)
The Promise of Indiana
Christina Hamlett	19	(9)
Of Silk and Steel
Christy A. Caballero	28	(4)
You Got Beat by a Girl
Danielle deLeon	32	(6)
All Creatures Great and Small
Peggy Vincent	38	(5)
Reinventing Myself
Janet Lindstrom	43	(8)
Moving Grandma West
Tanya Ward Goodman	51	(9)
Where Doves Dare to Fly
Libby Simon	60	(6)
You've Got to Be Kidding
Marie Schnerch	66	(8)
Leaning into the Harness
Christy A. Caballero	74	(4)
This View
Lisa J. Solomon	78	(6)
Eva: Princess of True Grit
Beth Rothstein Ambler	84
The Eagle and the Sparrow
Beate Korchak	90	(4)
No More Waiting
Joy Pincus	94	(7)
The Green Chalk Heart
Susan DeMersseman	101	(4)
Dad's Belt
John Gaudet	105	(3)
The Rose of Tucumcari
Kathryn Presley	108	(9)
Go, Lu, Go!
Lu Stitt	117	(5)
Ninety-Day Wonder
Sande Boritt Berger	122	(6)
Against All Odds on the Field of Dreams
Danya-Zee Bulkin	128	(5)
The Shtick of a Lifetime
Amy Brady	133	(7)
Darkness and Sunshine
Kirsten and Lise Day	140	(9)
The Art of Living
Cinda Williams Chima	149	(7)
The Courage of John Bankston
Dan Cooper	156	(4)
Counter Actions
Carol Padgett	160	(7)
What If?
Caroline Kennedy	167	(8)
Let's Keep Dancing
Lorraine Wylie	175	(5)
Wildfire
Loretta Kemsley	180	(8)
The Power of Words
Emmarie Lehnick	188	(8)
Keys Made of Ivory
Lois Greene Stone	196	(5)
A Year in the Life of a Heroine
Kimberly Ripley	201	(5)
The Ultimate Power Pole
Gillian Wakelin	206	(6)
Love's Imprint
Candace Carrabus	212	(5)
Encounter in Yucatan
Ruby Long	217	(6)
I Thought I Could Fly
Linda Henson	223	(7)
Westward, How?
Annemarieke Tazelaar	230	(9)
Angel of Courage
Betty Downs	239	(5)
Live
Mary Brockway	244	(10)
Steady as She Rises
Nan B. Clark	254	(8)
The Fourth Time into the Water
Greg Beatty	262	(9)
It's the Little Stuff
Cathleen C. Robinson	271	(6)
Valor Knows No Stranger
David A. Walsh	277	(6)
When Traversing Steep Terrain
Linda M. Mastro	283	(6)
Mink Coat and Cherry Suite Dreams
Leslie J. Wyatt	289	(5)
Curtain Call
Talia Carner	294	(5)
Hope Where You Least Expect It
Marcia E. Brown	299	(4)
Home Is Where the Hearth Is
Barbara Davey	303	(6)
Tell Your Story in the Next Cup of Comfort!	309	(2)
Contributors	311	(12)
About the Editor	323