{"id":248,"date":"2015-11-26T21:01:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2015-11-26T21:05:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T04:05:33","slug":"chicken-soup-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Soup for the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to authoring his own books, Rick Lauber is also a proud member of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for The Soul <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family \u2013 twice! Lauber has seen two of his contributed stories to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> accepted for publication \u2026 you can find his stories in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul: It\u2019s Christmas!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Cat<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With over 250 titles, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has become a highly-trusted and very familiar name in the book publishing business. With each new book they compile, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> receives thousands of story submissions, so being selected as a contributor is certainly an accomplishment and an honour! <\/span><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"249\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/chicken-soup-for-the-soul\/attachment\/chickensoupforthesoulpets\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg?fit=536%2C829\" data-orig-size=\"536,829\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chickensoupforthesoulpets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg?fit=194%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg?fit=536%2C829\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-249 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"chickensoupforthesoulpets\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg?resize=194%2C300 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ricklauber.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/chickensoupforthesoulpets.jpg?w=536 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>In his story for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul: It\u2019s Christmas!, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauber recounts a warm and surprising memory involving his aging father (then suffering with late-stage Alzheimer\u2019s disease) and a basketball. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Cat, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauber shares the story of a family cat who proved to be almost too clever for his own good!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to authoring his own books, Rick Lauber is also a proud member of the Chicken Soup for The Soul family \u2013 twice! Lauber has seen two of his contributed stories to Chicken Soup for the Soul accepted for publication \u2026 you can find his stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: It\u2019s Christmas! 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