Chicken Soup for the Soul — Season 1, Episode 8: Pitch/Dance Night/Attitude, One of Life's Choices/Grass/Goodwill...

Episode synopsis

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.

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• E4Billy / Salesman's First Sale / Angel in Uniform / Handwriting on the Wall....
• E5From the Heart/Don't Hope, Friend, Decide/How Much is Enough/Going, Going, Gone...
• E6Faith, Hope and Love/Behind Every Great Man is a Great Woman/Mother's Day...
• E7Just Say It!/Security Blanket/Try Something Different/Live Your Life...
• E9The Green Boots/How Magic Helped a Blind Girl See/Lady, Are You Rich?...
• E10The Anniversary / Lady, Are You Rich? / Where's My Kiss, Then?
• E11Rescued/The Surprise Date/What Bravery Is/Lost and Found/Paco Come Home
• E12Angels Once and a While / Carrie's Gift / A Secret Promise Kept
• E13Sand Castles /Crying's Okay/ It's Never Too Late / Egg Lessons