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		<title>The times they are a-changin&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command.&#8221; ~ Bob Dylan Tagged: cherished photos, children, dancing, possibilities, rhythm, stories<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=1114&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parting the water&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I fish better with a lit cigar; some people fish better with talent.&#8221; ~ Nick Lyons, Bright Rivers, 1977 My dad loved to fish.  I can close my eyes and see him sitting in his boat with a big &#8220;stogie&#8221; in his mouth and his fishing line in the water, waiting for a bite.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=907&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lazy A</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh! dear old barn, where my childish days Were passed full oft, how I long to be Only a child again, to play Beneath thy roof with the old-time glee!    From The Old Barn, by Mary Dow Brine (1816-1913) Tagged: cherished photos, child, connection, gratitude, heart, home, relationship<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=1050&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The inconvenience of truth&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do most of my radio story listening in the car.  I hear bite size sound spurts while going to and from work, running errands, or some other quick trip reason.  Sound bite stories can be frustrating if you want the whole story.  Sound bites stories can be great, if what you love is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=259&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day and the other 364&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know how true it is in other countries, but in the United States we are big on Valentine&#8217;s Day.  You only have to walk in any store by the first of February to witness our commitment to this heart felt day of expressing our love for the important people in our lives.  Aisles [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=1023&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts re-gifted, or paying it forward&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://growthlines.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/gifts-re-gifted-or-paying-it-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://growthlines.wordpress.com/?p=941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to thank Jen of step on a crack&#8230;or break your mother&#8217;s back&#8230;  for nominating GrowthLines for the 7 X 7 Link Award.  Thank you, Jen for setting a worthy standard that proves writing can contain both clarity and beauty.  That in a single sentence, writing can guide our steps and document our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=941&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An old piece of clay.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.&#8221; ~ John Updike Tagged: art, cherished photos, integrity, possibilities<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=966&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging for Mental Health, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pledge my commitment to the Blog for Mental Health 2012 Project. I will blog about mental health topics not only for myself, but for others. By displaying this badge, I show my pride, dedication, and acceptance for mental health. I use this to promote mental health education in the struggle to erase stigma. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=932&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singing my ABCs&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to say big thank you to Debbie at Two Minutes of Grace, for sharing the ABC award with me. The time it has taken me to respond is no indication of how much I appreciate being thought of by Debbie. The ABC instructions are: Add the logo to your site. Pass the ABC [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=910&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a motherless child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.  Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.  Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, a long way from home,&#8221;. Reading this post may be like sifting through a pile of scattered thoughts.  A reflection in itself of the fact that losing a parent is an experience that covers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growthlines.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13203681&amp;post=891&amp;subd=growthlines&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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