Introduction 1. ON RELATIONSHIPS Losing the "Us" After a While Soul Mates The Miss of a Great "Miss" My First Kiss,and Then Some First Kiss--First Lesson Changes in Life First Love A High School Love Not Forgotten 2. ON FRIENDSHIP Betty Ann The Gossiper She Told Me It Was Okay to Cry Lessons in Friendship Always Return Your Phone Calls My New Best Friend The Days of Cardboard Boxes 3. ON FAMILY She Didnt Give Up on Me Unconditional Mom The Bible The Birthday The Home Run My B.ig Brother A Brothers Voice Daddy Weirdest A Famous Father Lessons in Baseball The Champ I Love You,Dad I Am Home 4. ON LOVE AND KINDNESS Bright Heart The Secret of Happiness Reaching out to a Stranger Smile Mrs.Link The Mirror A Gift for Two Life Just Isnt Like People First Lilacs Bloom Every Spring Paint Brush 5. ON LEARNING Egg Lessons A Long Walk Home The Cost of Gratefulness I Try to Remember Mrs. Virginia DeView, Where Are You? The Eternal Gifts Socrates Challenge Days Please Hear What Im Not Saying I Am... Sparky Detention Can Be Fun If I Knew Eleven 6. TOUGH STUFF Ill Always Be with You My Story Somebody Should Have Taught Him Just One Drink The Dance The Premonition Dead at 17 "Gabby,Youre Sooo Skinny" Last Wish Gold-Medal Winner Desiderata 7. MAKING A DIFFERENCE What Is Success? Be Cool... Stay in School! The Leader Courage in Action Turning Up Your Light The Oyster Broken Wing Passing the Dream 8. GOING FOR IT! The Girl Next Door Just Me True Height Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan The Gravediggers of Parkview Junior High Adulthood Teenagers Bill of Rights The Boy Who Talked With Dolphins Wild Thing To Track Down My Dream From Crutches to a World-Class Runner If No-Hair Day I Did It! Growing New Beginnings