PROLOGUE |
| Once There Was a Boy |
| by Selene Foster | 7 |
| Introduction | 8 |
1. THE FINE ART OF
PARENTING |
| Dreamscape | 10 |
| A Glint in Mama's Eye | 13 |
| Parental Intentions | 15 |
| Ignorance Is Bliss | 16 |
| The Birth of a Star | 17 |
| Making the Move | 19 |
| No Worries! | 21 |
| There Are No Accidents | 22 |
| Rich Memories of Marley |
| by Llyn Peabody | 24 |
2. MARLEY UP! |
| Speech! Speech! | 26 |
| Grade School Speech |
| by Selene Foster | 29 |
| Cowboy Troubles | 31 |
| Unconditional Love | 32 |
| Passing the Test | 33 |
| Holiday Update | 34 |
| Pleasures and Pitfalls | 38 |
| Growing Pains | 41 |
| The Good, the Bad, and |
| the Ugly | 45 |
3. A CRASH COURSE
IN MEDICINE |
| High Pressure Parenting | 48 |
| Fluid Facts | 50 |
| Receiving the News | 51 |
| Marley's Network Letter #1 | 56 |
| Lung Cancer 101 | 62 |
| Faith in Doctors | 63 |
| Updating Information | 64 |
| Preparation | 66 |
| Declaring Peace | 68 |
4. FAITH IN FRIENDS |
| Friends in High Places | 70 |
| A Well-known Mystery | 72 |
| Boston Bound | 74 |
| Boston Globetrotters | 76 |
| Good Night Moon | 80 |
| Initiations | 81 |
| Paranoia | 84 |
| Pre-surgery Playtime | 85 |
| Your Wish Is Granted | 87 |
| Learning Curves | 88 |
| A Coordinated Effort |
| by Joseph | 89 |
| Post-Op | 91 |
| Exploring Within | 92 |
| Travel Day | 94 |
| Return Home | 95 |
| Poetry in Motion | 98 |
5. NETWORKING |
| Community Work | 100 |
| Past, Present, & Future | 102 |
| Head, Heart, Hands, & Health | 106 |
| Testing the Ropes | 108 |
| Joseph Juggles |
| by Joseph | 111 |
| Learning with Legos | 113 |
| Life's a Circus | 115 |
| Just Say No! | 118 |
| Dancing Lessons |
| by Selene | 120 |
| Ding! Round Two | 121 |
| Introducing "The Fenstemmers" | 125 |
| Hairless in Ashland | 127 |
| Space Syrup | 128 |
| The Middleman |
| by Selene | 130 |
| Marley's Inspiration |
| by Rebekah | 132 |
6. THE MEDICAL
KINGDOM |
| How Bad Is Bad? | 134 |
| Mind Mush | 137 |
| Macrobiotics vs Marley | 139 |
| Marley and Diet | 141 |
| The Boston Massacre | 142 |
| My Story |
| by Eric Heikell | 144 |
| Operation Removal | 146 |
| Lungless in Boston | 148 |
| Healing | 150 |
| Life's a Blur | 151 |
| Under the Surface | 154 |
| News and Other Illusions |
| by Selene | 157 |
7. KNEEDS |
| Catch Up | 160 |
| The Moment of Truth | 164 |
| A Brave New Marley |
| by Selene | 168 |
| The Effectiveness of Prayer | 169 |
| Giving Thanks | 171 |
| The Bright Side of Sad | 173 |
| Christmas Cheer | 176 |
| A New Year Begins | 179 |
| Who Cares? |
| by Liz Stahlman | 180 |
| Day by Day | 182 |
| Clueless in America | 186 |
| Post Portland | 187 |
8. CEREMONY |
| Creativity: |
| A Breakthrough Cure? |
| by Selene | 190 |
| Portland Preparation | 192 |
| Manifest the Best | 194 |
| Bionic Boy | 195 |
| A Parent's Nightmare | 199 |
| Cause for Celebration | 201 |
| Marley's Meltdown |
| by Gordon | 202 |
| Marley's Monster Bash |
| by Jay | 208 |
| A Monster Success |
| by Selene | 210 |
| Every Day Is Earth Day | 212 |
9. LIFE'S A BEACH |
| Back in the Ring: Round 5 | 218 |
| Paradise |
| by Selene | 219 |
| Return from Maui | 220 |
| Make a Wish | 225 |
| Healing | 229 |
| The Birth of the Coyotes |
| by Lucas Morgan | 230 |
| Summer Plans | 232 |
| Therapy Sucks | 233 |
| Playtime |
| by Selene | 236 |
| Seeing Is Believing | 238 |
| The Oregon Country Fair | 239 |
10. BETWEEN A ROCK
& A HARD PLACE |
| Summer's End | 244 |
| Keeping It Together | 249 |
| Hip Hop | 251 |
| Radiating Personalities | 254 |
| Back to Normal | 257 |
| Marley's View on Cancer | 259 |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
| by Selene | 261 |
| Food Fight! |
| by Jennifer S. | 263 |
| The Bedtime Ritual | 265 |
11. LOSING PATIENTS |
| Living with Cancer | 274 |
| Society's Blindness | 275 |
| Misunderstandings | 276 |
| Alive and Kickin' | 280 |
| Talk About Dying | 282 |
| Sticking Our Necks Out | 286 |
| Frustration | 288 |
| I Did It My Way | 291 |
| Two New Tumors | 292 |
| Who's in Charge? | 294 |
| Decision Made! | 297 |
| Yet Another Tumor | 298 |
| Suicide Watch | 299 |
12. HOPE |
| Radiation | 304 |
| Happy but Tired | 307 |
| Fighting Fire with Fire | 310 |
| Oregon Country Fair Revisited | 313 |
| Third Neck Tumor | 317 |
| A Dog Story |
| by Janet Spencer | 319 |
| Reunions | 321 |
| The Marley Filter |
| by Patty Foster | 324 |
| A Powerful Gift | 325 |
| Breathing Easy | 329 |
| Ouch! The Day Had Come |
| by Catie Pratt | 331 |
| Changing the World | 332 |
| Grasping at Straws | 334 |
13. GRAVE HUMOR
& TIDAL WAVES |
| The Guestbook | 338 |
| Grave Humor | 340 |
| Knee Deep in Trouble | 341 |
| Keen New Knee Trick | 343 |
| Mobile Man | 345 |
| Conversations with Marley |
| by Llyn | 349 |
| Just Say Yes! | 351 |
| A State of Grace | 353 |
| Wilderness Report | 356 |
| Eighteen and I Like It! | 358 |
| Life in the Fast Lane | 366 |
14. THE LITTLE THINGS |
| Tumors–R–Us | 372 |
| Communication | 376 |
| Medical Inventions | 377 |
| An Invitation to Stay Alive | 379 |
| Still Alive! | 380 |
| In the News |
| by Jennifer Strange | 382 |
| Brian's Mom | 387 |
| The Marley Effect |
| by Martha Hammon | 388 |
| The Flip Side of Hope | 389 |
| Invisible Arms | 394 |
| When it Rains, It Pours | 397 |
15. THE HOME STRETCH |
| Rites of Passage | 400 |
| The Party's Over | 407 |
| Roller Coaster Racing | 409 |
| The Last Wild Ride |
| by Lucas Morgan | 413 |
| Wake Up Call | 414 |
| Preparing for the End | 416 |
| The Beginning of the End | 420 |
| Water World | 422 |
| Words Unsaid | 426 |
16. NO PLACE LIKE HOME |
| The Final Switch | 430 |
| The Girls Grow Up | 432 |
| Uncle Jay's Alert | 436 |
| Decision Road | 437 |
| Visitors | 439 |
| Newman Reports |
| by Jay | 442 |
| Grand Central | 444 |
| Brianna | 446 |
| Coyote's Call | 447 |
| Honoring the Fighter | 448 |
| Axey's Good-bye | 449 |
| Benny Boy | 451 |
| Reality Check | 452 |
| Selene Beanie | 455 |
| Home Alone | 457 |
| A Brief Hello and Good-bye | 461 |
| Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! | 462 |
| The Last Breath | 466 |
17. MARLEY RIDES |
| A New Chapter | 470 |
| The Marley Man Rides | 473 |
| Down by the River | 474 |
| Day Two – Post Departure | 479 |
| Marley's Donation Update | 452 |
| Decorations | 483 |
| Day Three – Post Departure | 485 |
| Celebrating Loss | 488 |
| Reflections |
| by Joseph | 491 |
| Day Four – Post Departure | 492 |
| Solo Time | 494 |
18. THE FINE ART OF
GRIEVING |
| My Angel |
| by Vanessa Blount | 496 |
| The Fenstemmers, Part II | 499 |
| Lessons of Grief by Glen | 501 |
| Life with a Purpose | 502 |
| Memorial Invitation | 503 |
| The Memorial | 504 |
| In Retrospect | 507 |
| Remembering to Breathe | 510 |
| Coyotes:An Endangered Species? |
| by Lucas Rex Morgan | 511 |
| Tracking Loss | 514 |
| Life Is But a Dream | 516 |
| New Year's Resolution | 517 |
| Gestation | 519 |
| Blast Off! | 520 |
| My Marley Miracle |
| by Marvin Fenstemmer | 522 |
| The Fenstemmers, Part III | 524 |
RESOURCES |
| Making Sense of |
| Living & Dying | 526 |
| Grieving | 526 |
| Medical Stuff | 527 |
| Quotations | 527 |
