Excerpt from Chicken Soup for The Parent's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out a fistful of coins. With a gamut of emotions choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither of us could speak.

A. W. Cobb

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