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		<title>What an Art Show Taught Me About Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 03:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Stop Waiting to be Discovered; You Can Fight Darth Vader, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 04:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It wasn’t like she asked for the opportunity. We simply walked into the auditorium to save seats up close because we knew Grant was excited to see the Jedi training show on our Disney cruise. A woman stopped Amelia in the aisle and inquired, “Do you like Star Wars?” “Ya,” Amelia responded. What was she [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It wasn’t like she asked for the opportunity. We simply walked into the auditorium to save seats up close because we knew Grant was excited to see the Jedi training show on our Disney cruise. A woman stopped Amelia in the aisle and inquired, “Do you like Star Wars?” “Ya,” Amelia responded. What was she [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>The Prerequisite to Empowering Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I just got a call from our daughter’s school. Amelia forgot her glasses. Ugh. Those glasses are special glasses to help her eyes focus so she can read. Reading is pretty important in elementary school, so I hear. Immediately my heart sank and I began thinking on the dark side… How did I not notice she didn’t [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just got a call from our daughter’s school. Amelia forgot her glasses. Ugh. Those glasses are special glasses to help her eyes focus so she can read. Reading is pretty important in elementary school, so I hear. Immediately my heart sank and I began thinking on the dark side… How did I not notice she didn’t [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Who Needs You To Check Under Their Bed For Monsters?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 05:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It was time for bed and my daughter was distraught, “It could happen anywhere!” She overheard the news about Paris that morning and then managed to avoid thinking about it. But when the hubbub of the day calmed at bedtime, she had nowhere to run. Fear chased her down and mocked her. My sweet 8-year-old begged [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was time for bed and my daughter was distraught, “It could happen anywhere!” She overheard the news about Paris that morning and then managed to avoid thinking about it. But when the hubbub of the day calmed at bedtime, she had nowhere to run. Fear chased her down and mocked her. My sweet 8-year-old begged [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Your New Superpower</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 20:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Apparently, I have a new superpower. My daughter has been sad a lot lately. She is entering that delicate tension between child and teen, running toward independence while simultaneously mourning the loss of naiveté. I rejoice with her and hurt for her. This is, what seems to be, the second in a series of transitions [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Apparently, I have a new superpower. My daughter has been sad a lot lately. She is entering that delicate tension between child and teen, running toward independence while simultaneously mourning the loss of naiveté. I rejoice with her and hurt for her. This is, what seems to be, the second in a series of transitions [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When it&#8217;s not the end of the world, after all.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s not the end of the world, after all. Perhaps you remember Belle from the Birthday Cake post (here)? She is our bull-in-a-china-closet, adorable and adored Pyredoodle. One night a few days ago she pushed her way under our back yard fence and started running around the neighborhood. It’s happened repeatedly, despite our best blockades. [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s not the end of the world, after all. Perhaps you remember Belle from the Birthday Cake post (here)? She is our bull-in-a-china-closet, adorable and adored Pyredoodle. One night a few days ago she pushed her way under our back yard fence and started running around the neighborhood. It’s happened repeatedly, despite our best blockades. [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Be More of Who You Are</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I have a friend in Wisconsin who recently discovered her great love and talent for knitting. She’s made some amazing things this winter! I adore this picture of the smile on her face coupled with the display of her fabulous craftsmanship. Chris has found something special – a way to express her strong attention to [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have a friend in Wisconsin who recently discovered her great love and talent for knitting. She’s made some amazing things this winter! I adore this picture of the smile on her face coupled with the display of her fabulous craftsmanship. Chris has found something special – a way to express her strong attention to [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When The Weight Of Love Knocks Me Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We had time to kill before school. I was feeling particularly drawn to this child in this moment, so I heaved up her 8-year-old self and we bounced around the kitchen to the morning music. We used to dance like this when you were a baby. I’d hold you like this and would bounce you [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We had time to kill before school. I was feeling particularly drawn to this child in this moment, so I heaved up her 8-year-old self and we bounced around the kitchen to the morning music. We used to dance like this when you were a baby. I’d hold you like this and would bounce you [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What The &#8220;Movie Move&#8221; Means To A 5 Year Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I had one of my favorite dates ever – with our 5 ½ year old son, Grant. After a quick trip to Burger King to devour his cheeseburger and strawberry-banana smoothie, we headed home to watch Planes Fire &#38; Rescue. I brought three baskets of laundry out to the living room but when [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last weekend I had one of my favorite dates ever – with our 5 ½ year old son, Grant. After a quick trip to Burger King to devour his cheeseburger and strawberry-banana smoothie, we headed home to watch Planes Fire &#38; Rescue. I brought three baskets of laundry out to the living room but when [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What YOU can do Today &#8211; for your Sweet Hearts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[She was upset. Really upset. I was calm. This time, I was calm. Earlier that day I determined to start a heatwave to offer Warmth for Cold Hearts around me and so I was focused and ready for this little tantrum. This was one cold heart that I’d been concerned about for a while. And the [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[She was upset. Really upset. I was calm. This time, I was calm. Earlier that day I determined to start a heatwave to offer Warmth for Cold Hearts around me and so I was focused and ready for this little tantrum. This was one cold heart that I’d been concerned about for a while. And the [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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