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		<title>Welcome to 2012!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!  If you are reading this, thank you for reading. Thank you for caring about the things I care about. Thank you for the kind words and encouragement throughout the year. Let&#8217;s make 2012 a year of growth, &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/welcome-to-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1881&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#8216;Peace on Earth&#8217; possible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I attended an inter-faith Thanksgiving service where people from all over Indianapolis (of very different faiths) gathered to express gratitude together.  We aren&#8217;t talking &#8220;inter-faith&#8221; as in Baptists and Methodists rubbing shoulders.  We are talking about &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/peace-on-earth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1872&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blessed are those who mourn&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/blessed-are-those-who-mourn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the coming of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I am reminded of so many individuals in my life who have lost friends, spouses and loved ones this year. Grieving while the world is celebrating can be so difficult.  Being sensitive to &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/blessed-are-those-who-mourn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1861&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bread &amp; Water? Or Toast &amp; Tea?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably know by now that I am an extreme optimist.  You have extreme athletes, extreme couponers, and me&#8230; the extreme optimist. I&#8217;m not talking about living in denial that times are tough and that our world can be a &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/bread-water-or-toast-tea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1851&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to (REALLY) Celebrate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the holidays hit, let&#8217;s talk about what it means to celebrate.  I&#8217;m not talking about going through the motions of making meals, entertaining and decorating, but savoring the deeper things that slip away from us if we aren&#8217;t paying &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/how-to-really-celebrate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1835&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Secret Recipe to Impress Your Family on Deadline Days</title>
		<link>http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/a-secret-recipe-to-impress-your-family-on-deadline-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I happened to mention on Twitter that I was happy to have met a writing deadline AND have an amazing dinner for my family &#8212; all in the same day!  I shouldn&#8217;t have been surprised when people wanted to &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/a-secret-recipe-to-impress-your-family-on-deadline-days/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1820&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The thing about pain&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son got braces today. He isn&#8217;t happy about it. In fact, he is pretty mad.  He is mad because he hates the way they look, and he is even more angry about the way they feel when he tries &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/the-thing-about-pain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1812&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Jesus Calling&#8221; &amp; me.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, a package arrived via UPS.  I wasn&#8217;t expecting a package.  My big black dog, Maggie, doesn&#8217;t like the UPS man or his big brown truck so she let out a stern warning to the man in &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/jesus-calling-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1792&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving the Indiana Heat Wave of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just looking back at the Icemageddon blog posts written a few months ago and had to laugh.  Indiana is currently in the middle of the longest, most brutal heatwave in more than 100 years. What&#8217;s with all these &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/surviving-the-indiana-heat-wave-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1777&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional Poverty.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Sutherland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever watch the show &#8220;Hoarders&#8221; on television? If you&#8217;ve ever seen it (or even watched the commercials for it) you have witnessed the insanity. What fear hoarders have of parting with their stuff!  And by &#8220;stuff&#8221; I&#8217;m talking rooms so &#8230; <a href="http://emilysutherland.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/emotional-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emilysutherland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5474946&amp;post=1755&amp;subd=emilysutherland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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