Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff (34 page)

Rebecca Woolf
is a freelance writer and photographer who has written for
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II
and
III, Teen Love: On Relationships, Teen Love:
On Friendship, Teen Love: A Journal on Friendship, 19
(the popular UK magazine) and more. Keep your eyes out for Rebecca's first solo book of poetry titled,
Through Broken Mirrors: A Reflective Memoir.
Rebecca is the program director and newsletter editor for Lead the Star, a creative company devoted to inspiring creativity and strength of identity in young adults. To reach Rebecca, please e-mail her at
[email protected].

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I Kiss Like a Horse; The Last Song for Christy;
and
Cookie-Cutter Hands.
Reprinted by permission of Rebecca Woolf. ©2001 Rebecca Woolf.

Have You Ever.
Reprinted by permission of Tiffany Blevins. ©1999 Tiffany Blevins.

I Am Loni
and
Friends to the End.
Reprinted by permission of Cynthia Hamond. ©2000 Cynthia Hamond.

Again; I'm Sorry . . . ;
and
Seize the Day.
Reprinted by permission of Shari Henderson. ©1999 Teal Henderson.

Why I Have to Take U.S. History Again
and
The Purse.
Reprinted by permission of Tal Vigderson. ©2001 Tal Vigderson.

Good-Bye My Angel Dear.
Reprinted by permission of Tyler Phillips. ©1999 Tyler Phillips.

Applying Myself.
Reprinted by permission of C. S. Dweck. ©2000 C. S. Dweck.

The Final Act.
Reprinted by permission of Lisa Teller. ©1999 Lisa Teller.

A Sobering Experience.
©2000 Weider Publications, Inc. Reprinted with permission from
Jump
magazine.

Hitting Bottom.
Reprinted by permission of Susan K. Perry and Jenny Hungerford. ©2001 Susan K. Perry and Jenny Hungerford.

That Warm Night.
Reprinted by permission of Sarah Woo. ©1999 Sarah Woo.

What She Doesn't Know.
Reprinted by permission of Kate Reder. ©1997 Kate Reder.
The Man My Father Was.
Reprinted by permission of Kristine Flaherty. ©2000 Kristine Flaherty.

A Sobering Place.
Reprinted by permission of Monique Fields. First appeared in
Essence
magazine. ©2000 Monique Fields.

What Siblings Know.
Reprinted by permission of Danielle Collier. ©2001 Danielle Collier.

How to Scare a Big Sister.
Reprinted by permission of Natalie Atkins. ©2000 Natalie Atkins.

Sixty-Second Flashback.
Reprinted by permission of Tiani Crocker. ©1998 Tiani Crocker.

Change.
Reprinted by permission of Cynthia Hamond and Carrie Hill. ©2001 Cynthia Hamond and Carrie Hill.

Table for Three
and
Rolling Down Summer's Hills.
Reprinted by permission of C. S. Dweck. ©2001 C. S. Dweck.

A Most Precious Gift.
Reprinted by permission of Jessica Colman. ©2000 Jessica Colman.

Memories of My Mother.
By Amy Jo Johnson as told to Linda Friedman/
Teen People
©1999 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Last Months.
Reprinted by permission of Traci Kornhauser. ©2000 Traci Kornhauser.

Our Song.
Reprinted by permission of Jennifer Dalrymple-Mozisek. ©2000 Jennifer Dalrymple-Mozisek.

It's Been a While.
Reprinted by permission of Catherine Starr. ©2001 Catherine Starr.
Reaching Mom.
Reprinted by permission of Analise Antone. ©2000 Analise Antone.
I Never Knew.
Reprinted by permission of Rosanne Martorella. ©2001 Rosanne Martorella.

I Am.
Reprinted by permission of Krysteen Hernandez. ©2000 Krysteen Hernandez.

Beyond Surviving: Suggestions for Survivors.
Reprinted by permission of Iris M. Bolton. ©1983 Iris M. Bolton.

Learning from My Past.
Reprinted by permission of Rachael Bennett. ©2000 Rachael Bennett.

Another Statistic.
Reprinted by permission of Amanda Parmenter. ©1995 Amanda Parmenter.

An Unbreakable Bond.
Reprinted by permission of Sara Preston. ©2000 Sara Preston.

Losing the Best.
Reprinted by permission of Garrett Drew. ©1997 Garrett Drew.

Turn It Upside Down.
Reprinted by permission of Jessie Williams. ©2000 Jessie Williams.

Sorrowful Lesson.
Reprinted by permission of James Kisner. ©1997 James Kisner.

Someone to Watch over Me.
By Eva Unga, excerpted from
Woman's World.
©1998 Eva Unga, used by permission of Eva Unga and
Woman's World.

A House Is Not a Home
and
A Different View.
Reprinted by permission of Zan Gaudioso. ©2001 Zan Gaudioso.

Building Bridges; Born to Win; Go for the Gold;
and
And Then I Tell My Story.
Excerpted from
Teens with the Courage to Give,
copyright ©2000 by Jackie Waldman, used by permission of Conari Press.

Losing Myself.
Reprinted by permission of Jenny Deyo. ©2000 Jenny Deyo.

Help Me.
Reprinted by permission of Hawon Lee. ©2000 Hawon Lee.

Nightmares.
Reprinted by permission of Kara MacDonald. ©1999 Kara MacDonald.

The Birth of an Adult.
Reprinted by permission of Jonathan Krasnoff. ©1999 Jonathan Krasnoff.

Unstoppable.
By Nick Springer as told to Stephanie Booth/
Teen People
©2001 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Long Journey Home.
Reprinted by permission of Phillip Thuss. ©1998 Phillip Thuss.

Lumps.
Reprinted by permission of Christina Angeles. ©2000 Christina Angeles.

The Walk That Changed Our Lives.
Reprinted by permission of Maggie McCarthy. ©1999 Maggie McCarthy.

What My Father Wore.
Reprinted by permission of Bret Anthony Johnston. ©2001 Bret Anthony Johnston.

The Graduation Speech.
Reprinted by permission of Cheryl Costello-Forshey. ©2001 Cheryl Costello-Forshey.

It's Just the Way We Are.
Reprinted by permission of Kristy Glassen. ©2000 Kristy Glassen.

My Greatest Teacher
and
My Grandma Told Stories.
Excerpted from
Tying Rocks to Clouds

by William Elliott. ©1996 William Elliott. Published by Quest Books, an imprint of Theosophical Publishing House.

Starving for Control. Seventeen
magazine/Jamie-Lynn Sigler ©October 2000.

Just One of Those Days.
Reprinted by permission of Jenny Sharaf. ©2001 Jenny Sharaf.

Suffering in Silence.
Reprinted by permission of C. S. Dweck and Ruth Greenspan. ©2001 C. S. Dweck and Ruth Greenspan.

Numb.
Reprinted by permission of Jessica Dubose. ©2000 Jessica Dubose.

This Too Shall Pass.
Letter excerpt reprinted by permission of Shari L. Henderson. ©2001 Shari L. Henderson.

I Have an Angel; Mother;
and letter. Reprinted by permission of Bonita L. Gainor. ©2000 Bonita L. Gainor.

Some People Come.
Reprinted by permission of Lauren Anderson. ©1999 Lauren Anderson.

My Guardian Angel.
Reprinted by permission of Meghan O'Brien. ©2000 Meghan O'Brien
.

I Wonder as I Wander.
Reprinted by permission of Hilary Begleiter. ©1999 Hilary Begleiter.

The Death of a Friend.
Repinted by permission of Cassius Weathersby III. ©1999 Cassius Weathersby III.

Timeless Friendship.
Reprinted by permission of Andrea Wellman. ©2001 Andrea Wellman.

Grandma's Words of Wisdom.
Reprinted by permission of Heather Deederly. ©1999 Heather Deederly.

Smiles in My Heart.
Reprinted by permission of Sara Tylutki. ©1997 Sara Tylutki.

Let's Go Dancing in the Rain.
Reprinted by permission of Claire Hayenga. ©1999 Claire Hayenga.

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me.
Reprinted by permission of David M. Romano. ©1993 David M. Romano.

Wherever You Go.
Reprinted by permission of Kari Ann Fiegen. ©2000 Kari Ann Fiegen.

Somewhere in the Middle.
Reprinted by permission of Liza Ortego. ©1999 Liza Ortego.

Losing Becky.
Reprinted by permission of Gwynne Garfinkle. ©2001 Gwynne Garfinkle.

Something I Couldn't See.
Reprinted by permission of Caroline Smith. ©2001 Caroline Smith.

Where the Locks Click Open.
Reprinted by permission of Stephanie Maria Hsu. ©1996 Stephanie Maria Hsu.

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