Includes bibliographical references.

Share with Us xxv -- 1. Staying Young at Heart -- Risky Business / Jo Coudert 2 -- Prettier Than Freckles / Sue Monk Kidd 8 -- Time Out: Random Acts of Kindness 10 -- Age of Mystique / Anita Cheek Milner 12 -- Strike Out or Home Run? / Harriet May Savitz 14 -- Long Ride / Diana L. Chapman 18 -- Annual Checkup / W. E. "Bill" Thorn 24 -- Daily Prayer / John T. Baker 29 -- 2. Sharing With Others -- Rich Family / Eddie Ogan 33 -- Secret Benefactor / Woody McKay Jr. 39 -- They Call Me "The Umbrella Lady" / Roberta L. Messner 45 -- One Stitch at a Time / Philip Culley 53 -- A Million-Dollar Smile / Paul J. Meyer 58 -- Uncle Li and Sarah Wong / Audrey Bowie 64 -- Greater Than a Super Bowl / Tom Landry 73 -- 3. Across the Generations -- Inventive Generation / Nancy Reagan, William Novak 81 -- Love Is a Grandparent / Erma Bombeck 82 -- Kids on Grandparents / Stuart Hample, Eric Marshall 86 -- All in the Family / Jimmy Carter 88 -- Change of Heart / Muriel J. Bvssman 90 -- Message on an Unmailed Postcard / Jeanne Hill 95 -- Minimaxims for My Godson / Arthur Gordon 102 -- Help for the Helper / Marlena Thompson 109 -- These Things I Wish for You / Lee Pitts 115 -- 4. Celebrating Life -- A Novel Experience / Phyllis S. Heinel 120 -- Together We Can Make It / Lian Clark 124 -- A Second Chance / Renae Pick 128 -- Happy Anniversary / Evelyn Marder Levin 133 -- A Matter of Life and Death / Mickey Mann Johnson 137 -- Hindsight / Max Lucado 143 -- Door Prize / Roberta L. Messner 146 -- Red Shoes with Gold Laces / Sidney B. Simon 152 -- 5. Still Learning -- Profile of a Prime-Timer / Nardi Reeder Campion 158 -- Matchless Moments / Tom Harken 161 -- Mr. Kindrick's Pearl of Wisdom / Dudley Callison 167 -- Cramming for Finals / Florence Littauer 171 -- It's Never Too Late / Mildred Cohn 172 -- An Even Greater Lesson / Barbara Russell Chesser 177 -- Remembering to Forget / Amy Seeger 182 -- Banana, Anyone? / Robert Darden 184 -- 6. On Love -- What He Did for Love / Eileen Lawrence 190 -- Women Want Lingerie / Robert Fulghum 194 -- Loving Muriel / Robertson McQuilkin 199 -- I'll Be Seeing You / Louise R. Hamm 205 -- Ideal Invitation / Del Chesser 211 -- Five Dates, Eleven Hundred Letters and Fifty-Five Years Later / Amy Seeger 212 -- Love's Cross-Stitch / Evelyn Gibb 221 -- Golden Gift / John C. Bonser 227 -- 7. On Overcoming -- A Timeless Tapestry / Vicki Marsh Kabat 233 -- Daddy's Best Birthday / Nita Sue Kent 236 -- Fear Fouls a Pond / Bill Floyd 242 -- A Plan for You / Ruth Stafford Peale 244 -- Two of a Kind / Bettie B. Youngs 247 -- Letters Home from War / Barbara Bartocci 256 -- FDR and Me / Sharon Whitley Larsen 265 -- In the Eye of the Storm / Helen Weathers, Diana L. Chapman 271 -- 8. A Matter of Perspective -- Beautiful Day, Isn't It? / Barbara Johnson 278 -- From Here to Eternity / Michael T. Smith, Kelley Smith 280 -- You Can Be Right / Amy Seeger 284 -- Overnight Guest / Hartley F. Dailey 291 -- List / Agnes Moench 298 -- Mirror Has Three Faces / Kristina Cliff-Evans 301 -- Ready to Roll / Betsy Hall Hutchinson 304 -- Cracking Up / Maureen S. Pusch 308 -- Get Up and Go / Pete Seeger 311 -- 9. On Believing -- Just One Wish / Margaret E. Mack 314 -- Patient and Her Encourager / Scot Thurman 318 -- Bewitched / Penny Porter 322 -- Man Without a Name / Naomi Jones 329 -- Sophie's Seascape / Barbara Jo Reams Russell 332 -- Make Me Like Joe! / Tony Campolo 339 -- Kathleen's Piano / Roberta L. Messner 341 -- Grandma's Garden / LeAnn Thieman 347 -- 10. Living Your Dream -- A Dream Deferred / Marie Bunce 352 -- Never "Too Old" / Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Paul J. Meyer, Barbara Russell Chesser, Amy Seeger 358 -- Sweet Petunia / Leon J. Rawitz 365 -- Special Delivery / Paul Strioling 371 -- Being There / Doris Dillard Edwards 375 -- Reaching My Impossible Dreams / Dan Miller 382 -- High-Flying Nun / Sister Clarice Lolich, Diana L. Chapman 389 -- 11. Reminiscing -- Mom Had a Beef with Rationing / Marie Aiken, Nina Gordon 395 -- My Brush with the Red Cross / Barbara E. Keith 399 -- Mama's Medicines / Lee Hill-Nelson 405 -- A Birthday Remembered / Elizabeth Leopard 410 -- Cat in the Bag / Arnold Fine 414 -- Front Porches / Vicki Marsh Kabat 420 -- World Upside Down / Edith Eva Eger 424 -- Four Chaplains / Victor M. Parachin 428 -- Going Home / Philip Gulley 434 -- 12. Ageless Wisdom -- Making the Rest the Best / Paul J. Meyer 440 -- No Ordinary Auction / Bob Welch 447 -- When I Grow Up / Barbara Russell Chesser 450 -- Rules of the Road / John C. Fitts 458 -- Looking Back / Edgar A. Guest 462 -- Fifty Reasons Why Older Is Better / Lisa Birnbach, Ann Hodgman, Patricia Marx, David Owen, Liz Curtis Higgs 464 -- Who Is Jack Canfield? 471 -- Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 473 -- Who Is Paul J. Meyer? 475 -- Who Is Barbara Russell Chesser? 477 -- Who Is Amy Seeger? 479 -- Lending a Hand--To and from Golden Souls 481.