Acknowledgments Introduction: The Faces of Our Youth 1. RELATIONSHIPS Never Been Dissed--Until Now Loving Yourself First Dear Girl Experience Is a Teacher Dear Boy A Crush Sea Glass Kiss He Finally Said, "I Love You" Why Girls Like Guys The Funeral of My Rose My Childhood Sweetheart I Had to Let Him Go I Never Thought It Would End This Way Please Sign My Yearbook My Knight on His White Horse Fading Fast 2. FRIENDSHIP Why Rion Should Live My Fairy Tale Colorful Shades of Gray My Best Friend Mike Kim When Forever Ends Falling Out My Best Friend My Perfect Friend Sometimes Things Are Never the Same I Don't Talk to My Closest Friend Have a Seat upon a Cloud 3. THE POWER OF LOVE Coffee-Shop Kindness Mary Lou Lessons of Life Healing with Love Forgive The Gift of Time Someday When I'm Older Dear Child--A Sister's Message A Message for Ben Finger Paints and Crayons 4. FAMILY The Best of Brothers Kicki Relief Don't Cry, Dad Ghost Mother Unspoken Years Rikki's Hug About Morn Dear Diary The Turning Point A Birthday Gift The Mother Who Matters Never Enough Angel 5. LESSONS China's Story Forever Changed Kissing the Bully A Difficult Lesson Terri Jackson Children's Eyes Courage Accentuating Difference 6. TOUGH STUFF The Difficulty of These Times 11:21 A.M. Tears Can That Be? Fire and Rain Minutes Like Hours Life After Mom Defining Myself A Name in the Sand Train Tracks Emergency 911 Long Road Ahead A Father's Ties 7. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Owning the World Voices I Just Wanted to Be Skinny Inner Sustenance I am Not Alone Four Kisses Mark's Choice Ability The Final Game Winner 8. SELF-DISCOVERY An Ode to Shoes Happiness from Within Out of Step She Stands Alone The Essence of Adolescence The Two Roads Suspicion Center Stage Teenagers Are Amazing So I Am Told Automobile Ambivalence 9. GROWING UP Minimaxims for My Godson No Longer a Child Finding a Vision No More What Ifs All the More Beautiful Return to High School Inspirations Introduction
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