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| Foreword | |
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| Author's Note | |
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| Prologue | |
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| A Rainy Fall, Faraway Places in My Living Room, a Grand Magical Day, and Servitude to My Daughter | |
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| Did Jesus Want the Night Off? Refusing to Order Pizza, Forgetting Our Equation, and the Sum Is Greater Than Our Parts | |
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| Blaming Our Families, Happiness Skyrockets, Watering Camels for Love, and a Door in a Remote, Sleepy Town | |
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| Ghost Beneath the Sheets, a Single Tear Rolls, Blowing Imaginary Kisses, and Healing on the Third Floor | |
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| Buying Cars and Lies, Emotional Digestion, a Contradiction in Terms, and Bucking It Up | |
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| A Boy in the Corner, the Epidural Layer of Wants and Needs, Without Fries and a Malt, and Giggling With the Holy Spirit | |
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| Knowing the Outcome Before You Begin, the Destination Beyond, Expert-Level Mudslides, and Showing Me the Way | |
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| Thunder Blessing, Yucky Kisses, One Child Praying for Another, and That Is Healing | |
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| Miserable Puddles of Mud, the Grinch, Patching Up the Parts I Dug Holes in, and Rocking Under the Christmas Lights | |
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| Temper Tantrums, the Forecast Fell on Deaf Ears, the Sound of My Heart Shattering, and a Resting Place | |
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| Teething With a Vengeance, Hitting the Deadly Dome, Falling Asleep in a Morgue, and God's Tears Mixed in With Ours | |
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| Heavy Summer Air, Sinking in a Couch, Amazing Plans and Mess-ups, and Mere Reflections on a Quiet Monitor | |
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| Sighing the Little-Kid Sigh, No Need to Pray Any Longer, Unworthiness Baked Right in, and Amazing Tutelage | |
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| Backwashing a Pool in a Diaper, the Sound of "Orry," Being Best at Bad, and Forgiving Toward Harmony | |
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| Theater for Cows, Work Trumps Food, Smack-Dab Living, and Awkward Somersaults | |
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| Missing the I Am, Far Removed From Quiet, a Jam-Packed Society, and the Reverence for the Moment | |
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| A Path of Blessing, No More Peacemaker, Sharpened Edges at Christmas, and Celebration | |
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| SpongeBob, Allowing It to Be Given, Burning Bushes, Loving Whispers, and Opening Hearts | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Notes | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Contact the Author | |