Chicken Soup for the Soul

The Window / All the Good Things / The Appointment / The Cookie Thief

A Sandpiper to Bring You Joy / The Cape / Starlight, Starbright / The Gift ...

A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY: Despondent over her divorce, a woman finds solace on the beach with a little girl who teaches her to love again. THE CAPE: Much to his mother's dismay, a kindergartner risks his acceptance to a private academy by insisting his name is Superman. STARLIGHT, STARBRIGHT: A teenage girl wishes upon a star for the courage to approach someone she likes, but discovers she's not the only one wishing. THE SEED JAR: The seeds of hope are sealed in a jar for two sisters reunited after a tragedy. TAKING A BREAK: An overworked mother of three rambunctious boys is ""a-rested"" during their game of cops and robbers. THE GIFT: Saying it with flowers, kindness wins the day on a city bus. LOOK OUT, BABY, I'M YOUR LOVE MAN: Opportunity knocks at a radio station, but is a D.J. hopeful prepared to answer?

No Less a Starfish / My Convertible / Love Is Never Lost / A Gentle Caress....

NO LESS A STARFISH: A woman's emotional scars from a mastectomy are healed by a starfish and a little girl. LOVE IS NEVER LOST: After his girlfriend breaks up with him, a high school football player learns that love never is really lost. A GENTLE CARESS: A young couple learns that it's not what you say that means the most. THE LAST DANCE: At his father's death bed, an estranged son remembers the only closeness they've ever had. WRITE YOUR OWN LIFE: The endless possibilities of life are encompassed in a pen. THE PRETTIEST ANGEL: ""Benjamin Franklin"" is faced with his toughest question, by a boy whose mother has died. THE WALLET: A man finds a wallet and discovers a treasure inside far more valuable than any amount of money.

Billy / Salesman's First Sale / Angel in Uniform / Handwriting on the Wall....

BILLY: A clown in a pediatric ward learns his job is more important than he could have ever imagined. THE SALESMAN'S FIRST SALE: A young boy's rocky apprenticeship in sales teaches a valuable lesson to his parents. ENCOURAGEMENT: Even the astute Nathaniel Hawthorne learns that there's nothing stronger than someone's belief in you. THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL: A little boy writes on new, expensive wallpaper -– what's a mother to do? ENDURING LABOR: A well-meaning nurse pulls an unsuspecting man into a delivery room, and he witnesses the greatest moment of his life. MY CONVERTIBLE: Late for a meeting, an egocentric executive speeding in his new convertible gets a new outlook on life, delivered by a brick. LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE: Compassion by strangers is so welcomed, even by a dog-tired canine. ANGEL IN UNIFORM: Two World War II soldiers meet back on American soil and discover what they have in common might save a life.

From the Heart/Don't Hope, Friend, Decide/How Much is Enough/Going, Going, Gone...

FROM THE HEART: An adopted boy learns from an unexpected source the value and significance of family. DON'T HOPE, FRIEND…DECIDE: A young married man realizes that relationships are not a matter of destiny but of choice. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?: Caught in the net of his hectic life, a businessman learns what the finer things in life really are from a fisherman. GOING, GOING, GONE: In their eagerness to earn extra allowance money, two young sisters clean out their parents' garage all too well. JOE'S PLACE: A group of teens learns that their two wrong assumptions can be turned around into a righteous act. AN AFTERNOON IN THE PARK: A young boy has a ""vision"" as he searches for God in a city park. NIGHT WATCH: A Marine brings comfort to a father on his death bed through ""memories"" they never shared.

Faith, Hope and Love/Behind Every Great Man is a Great Woman/Mother's Day...

Cat Hammons was in this episode as the mother everyone is willing to help get back to school.

Just Say It!/Security Blanket/Try Something Different/Live Your Life...

JUST SAY IT: A widower discovers that the best Valentine a person can receive is the one that is given away. SAFETY BLANKET: A young son's thoughtful gift cloaks his father in devoted love. TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT: Inspired by a common housefly that thinks it is trapped, three men find a way out of their own dilemma. LIVE YOUR LIFE: A mother questions her skills as a parent until she discovers the sage writings of her daughter. THE PERFECT DOG: A deaf boy demonstrates to his class why his ugly dog is also the most beautiful. SILENT NIGHT: Two World War II soldiers, an American and a German, are trapped together in a barn on Christmas Eve and learn who one another really are.

Pitch/Dance Night/Attitude, One of Life's Choices/Grass/Goodwill...

PITCH: In an unexpected fashion, a high school baseball player learns as much about parental love and pride from his coach as he does from his parents. DANCE NIGHT: An athletic tomboy invited to her first dance is apprehensive about her father's response when he sees her all dressed up. ATTITUDE: The attitude of a self-proclaimed positive thinker is put to the test, and then it becomes personal. GRASS: The simple beauty of green grass becomes a metaphor of an adult son's newly rediscovered affection for his mother. GOODWILL: Clothes don't make the young man, nor do they win his heart. BERNIE'S BALLOON: A young girl misses her deceased grandfather and sends him a note to heaven via balloon. The biggest surprise is the return message. THE REAL FATHER: Questioning the paternity of the child he is raising as his own, a man discerns the true meaning of parenthood.