CHAPTER TITLES:

CHAPTER 1: Angels’ Wings & Other Unexplained

Mysteries

CHAPTER 2: Falling in Love Again

CHAPTER 3: Animal Blessings

CHAPTER 4: War & Peace

CHAPTER 5: Portraits in Time

CHAPTER 6: Hot Dogs & Mustard for Sports Fans

CHAPTER 7: Spit, Feathers, & Other Humorous

Philosophies

CHAPTER 8: Sacred Moments

CHAPTER 9: When Dreams Come True

CHAPTER 10: Helping Hands, Hopeful Hearts

CHAPTER 11: Memorable Memorials

CHAPTER 12: Never Too Late

CHAPTER 13: And So It Goes…

CHAPTER 14: Words of Pearly Wisdom

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CHAPTER 1: Angels’ Wings & Other

Unexplained Mysteries

The Wallet……Arnold Fine

Protected by Prayer……Cheri Fuller

More Than Coincidence……Pamela Freeman

I Remember How the Fiddle Played……Jan Fowler

The Little Messenger……Dora Klinova

The Butterfly Riddle……Duane Gall

Prayers in a Box……Teresa Laudermilk

Mountaintop Experience……John E. Baker

The Forester Counselor……Louise Lorentz

Joys of a Great Grandchild……Gerri Seaton

CHAPTER 2: Falling in Love Again

Five Small Diamonds……Myrna Lou Goldbaum

Wedding Bells Ring Again……Staff Writer

Great New Life after Fifty!……Alma Visser

Finding Healing and Romance at Loma Linda……

David R. Weir

The Courage to Place the Ad……Shirley A. Lamb

Classmates Marry Sixty-One Years Later……Staff Writer

Too Young to Give Up on Life…Myrna Lou Goldbaum

The Second Time Around……Ellie O’Brien Abshire

Chance Meeting……Judith Tischler Rogers

New Love after Cancer……Fred Belk

Love Lasted Sixty Years……Staff Writer

CHAPTER 3: Animal Blessings

Animals I Have Known……Bobbie F. Henry

Just Daisy……Sandi Appleby

The Summer of No Flowers……Julie Ulmer Mathews

Royal Pooch on the Loose……Susan Snowden

The Riot Horse……Dr. Donald E. Bidlack

He Made Me Love Him……Amber Costa

To Err is Human, To Forgive is Feline……

Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

WHAT WAS I THINKING?!!……Jan O’Leary

To My Golden Girl……Bea Goldblatt

CHAPTER 4: War & Peace

The Girl with the Apple……Herman Rosenblat

The War Secret……Fred Owen

Christmas 1945 at Camp 347……Klaus Penning

The “Dis-Orderly Day”……Reverend Joseph Warner Skiles, Jr.

The Greatest Generation……Tom Brokaw

Vovochka……Dora Klinova

Graveyard Shift……Patrick M. Flannery

CHAPTER 5: Portraits in Time

Burnt Toast……Kathe Kokolias

Making the Grade……Irene Miller

Saturday Afternoons at the Movies…Dorothy E. Demke

The Soda Jerk……Bea Goldblatt

The Butcher……Roxie Parks

Love, Uncle Marty……Martin S. Goldberg

Priceless Gifts……Shirley Huston

The Wedding Present……Anne J. Basile

Memories of Bubie……Hilda K. Phillips

Did You Hear Me?……Donna Kicak

Stop, Charley, Stop!……Jim Craw

MiLouise……Joanne Pottier

CHAPTER 6: Hot Dogs & Mustard for

Sports Fans

Every Second Counts……Lance Armstrong

Orange Bowl “Warm-Up”……Jim Rogers

My First Parachute Jump……Mary Stage

Three Runs, One Hit, and Two Errors…Alan Rosenbluth

Ole’s Hakai Pass……Martha Scott

Special Moments……Carol Mann

CHAPTER 7: Spit, Feathers, & Other

Humorous Philosophies

The Many Uses of Spit……Shirley Huston

Grouch Prevention 101……Melody Fleming

Laughter……Maria Shriver

An Evening at the Chicken Ranch Brothel……

Jeanne Greene

Ms. Malaprop……Gordon W. Frederickson

Deer Camp……Nancy C. Lydick

The Living End……Andrea Giambrone

Just Call Me Emeril……Gloria Burke

Lucille Ball……Paul Ryan

Shy Suitor……Mary Jane Rollheiser

Fountain of Youth……Alan Rosenbluth

We Are the Young……Phyllis Costello

Thirties Nostalgia Leaves Much to be Desired……

Gloria Burke

The Tell-Tale Truth About Trash…Shmuel Shimshoni

CHAPTER 8: Sacred Moments

Three Strings…Jack Riemer…As Told by Gloria Loring

Picnics at Shady Nook……David R. Weir

May Day Friends Forever……Patricia Westerfield

Washing Dishes in the Great Northwoods……

Anne E. Haugan

Please Keep Those Phones Ringing!…Shirley A. Lamb

The First Time I Met Stella……Else Jacobs

Saved by a Hat……Geraldine Salvatorelli

Slivovitz……Ruth Rosenthal

A Drawer Full of Memories……Anne J. Basile

Sweetie Pie……Lois J. Miller

The Pacifier…Dora Klinova

Memories are Made of This……Nancy C. Lydick

CHAPTER 9: When Dreams Come True

The Tunnel Tree……Klaus Penning

Aqua and Beautiful……Carol Mann

Farm Girl Goes Hollywood……JoAnn Fitzgibbons

Dancing the Irish Way……Terry Lee

About Whoopi Goldberg……Celebrity Short Stories

A Gift to Remember……Ruth Elvin

CHAPTER 10: Helping Hands,

Hopeful Hearts

Seventy-Five Cents, Exact Change…Dorothy E. Demke

Pray for Alice!……Kathy May

Locked Inside……Ruth Rosenthal

The Block Party……Dr. Carolyn Bohler

The Helping Hand……Bobbie F. Henry

CHAPTER 11: Memorable Memorials

You Gotta Laugh!……Mavis Mathews

A Living Memorial……Shirley Huston

Unforgettable Moments……Jeanie Lowry

The Builder……Elaine Roberts

Where Lilies Grow……Dawn Huntley Spitz

CHAPTER 12: Never Too Late

Back to Space……John Glenn

Young at Heart……Barbara J. Broton

Where is China Camp?……Anthony A. Krizan

Never Too Late to Change……Margaret (Peggy) Burnett

The Best is Yet to Come……Joan van Ommen

Finding My Place in the Desert……Shirley Gibson

An Unforgettable Gift……Joan van Ommen

Chapter 13: And So It Goes

The Clothes Chute……Gloria Burke

I Believe in Facebook……Kathe Kokolias

I Danced All Night……Wynette Scalia

Senior Moments……Carol Corwin Bekendam

The Rummage Sale……Jan Fowler

A Matter of Style……Cheryl McFadden

It’s Still a Good Run……Gloria Burke

Growing Up……Barbara Whitehead

Chapter 14 : Words of Pearly Wisdom

When All You Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough……

Harold Kushner

Money……Byron Katie

The Story of the Queen Bee……Barbara A. Berg

Letter to Page……Phyllis Costello

Find Your Magic Star……John Gray, Ph.D.

“Seniorless” Seniors……Andrea Giambrone

Your Problem is a Gift……Barbara A. Berg

Senior Savvy……Jan Fowler

This delightful, charming book features stories which inspire, uplift, entertain, or simply portray the triumph of the human spirit. We all have timeless stories within us—stories we ourselves have lived or stories people we know have lived—and which we want to share. These wonderful contributing authors have done what we all must do: Leave written memoirs as a legacy for our families to enjoy. Doing so helps fill the empty spaces in our hearts.