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	<description>Encourage ~ Equip ~ Empower</description>
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		<title>The Things We Talk About</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hubs and I have been splitting up a lot lately. Not permanently. More like a &#8220;divide and conquer&#8221; situation. I am so thankful for his stay/work at home abilities because 90% of the time he is doing something for the kids. Lunch. School. Dance and Tae Kwon Do chauffeuring. This week I was in&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Perfectly Imperfect Families</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2015 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This is a story about my (im)perfect family. About sacrifice. About love. Everyone hears about the perfect family. A loving mother and father, two-to-four kids. But &#8220;perfect families&#8221; are the rarity these days, and what you have in reality is one big hot mess of humanity, stepping on everyone&#8217;s toes, breaking rules, and now and then&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>We Can Do Better &#8211; The Hard Talk No One Wants to Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here it comes. That hard talk no one wants to have. The one we have with ourselves that admits we can do better. Do you see this app? This one right here? It looks innocent, doesn&#8217;t it? Rated 4+, you can choose from a variety of cool photos to use as your phone background. There&#8217;s&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Mom Confessions: We&#8217;re That Family Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really a shame that there&#8217;s already a blog, We Are That Family, cause you know what? We are that family too. We are that family that senses something is off center because we haven&#8217;t had enough family time, and decide on a random Saturday morning to fix that. We are that family that throws&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Life from the aisles of Hobby Lobby</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ginger Twins get an allowance every other week. While we don’t pay for chores, if they’re not completed, the kiddos can expect a deduction in allowance. I tell you this so that you can understand how much they look forward to the event we like to call “ohmygoshwejustgotourallowanceletsdropitallintotheclawmachineatwalmart” that happens every other week. Every.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>About a Boy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 08:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Yesterday was an odd moment in my house. I’m not even sure how to describe it, so I’ll just tell you about it instead. &#160; LM is growing up. She’s in a school where she has friends, she feels loved, plays sports, gets good grades, and is in the advanced curriculum group… all good&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Two Siblings Learn Differently</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I told you about our struggle with educating two very different learning styles. One twin, LM: extroverted, independent, a leader and social butterfly from the day she was born, vs the other, LH: Insightful, dependent, and wears his heart on his sleeve. If she can&#8217;t find a way, she&#8217;ll make one. If he&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Club Defeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This girl. She is my heart. Little Me (LM for short) has such a big heart for people, feelings, and words. Here in our new town she was really struggling.  We&#8217;ve always taught kindness and strength and inner beauty, and here&#8230; she&#8217;s struggling with bullies and the strength to know who she is despite what&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What Happens When We Stop Planning Every Second Of Our Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to think of myself as a laid-back mom. Sorta. Okay, maybe not. In reality, I have a million things on my list of to-do’s that go on behind the scenes and make it look like I’m a laid-back mom. For instance, in an effort to allow the kids to have some fun, yet not rule&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>A Note For My Single Friends On Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special note from the She Is Free blog&#8230; We probably seem like the worst people in the world to you, I know. The ones who post all sorts of lovey dovey status updates&#160;on Valentine&#8217;s Day&#160;about our husbands and boyfriends and how perfect they are for us, and God brought us together, and yada yada,&#8230;]]></description>
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