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		<title>Reset</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time for a reset.
My  attention is so divided lately that I&#8217;m forgetting one important thing:
I matter.
If only within the four walls of my home, I matter. And my family gets me. And that&#8217;s good enough&#8230;or it should be.
However it is that I can forget that sometimes, I don&#8217;t know.
So I&#8217;m resetting some things, starting with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=2040&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better Kid than I Was</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our oldest son turns 13 this week.
When I turned 13, I had already partaken of cigarettes (although I didn&#8217;t keep smoking them because they made me barf). Before 13, regardless whether I lived with my dad or  my mom, my friends and I were sneaking out at 1:00 AM and walking to the high school to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=2022&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Does One Get There?</title>
		<link>http://alexawrites.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/how-does-one-get-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell me, please, how one gets to the place where crying an ocean of tears is just one blink away &#8212; without any obvious cause?
How is it that meditating on all things good, and seeing the positive side of whatever, can be a trail that leads to a desolate clearing that seems laden with sorrow?
It is so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=2000&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve Got Questions&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking for myself, I don&#8217;t mind being asked about my tattoos.
I don&#8217;t even mind when people draw conclusions about me when they see my tattoos because I was once that person&#8230;
&#8230;yes, that person who secretly assumed the worst about anyone who would &#8220;defile&#8221; their skin with such permanence. That was me.
Being &#8220;inked&#8221; has opened doors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1921&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A *Blah* Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t seem to shake the feeling of *blah* lately.
I can&#8217;t seem to identify its origin.
It&#8217;s just there, and it magnifies every little thing that bothers me into a fully-enveloping, suffocating blob&#8230;If amplifies all the disappointments and self-talk of my failings into roars that allow no opportunity for a moment&#8217;s peace.
This is the reality of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1957&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Order of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happened on a day recently when I couldn&#8217;t have felt less capable of being a voice of encouragement.
A friend here in town, and hours later, a friend two states away, told me, word for word, &#8220;I just have no peace right now.&#8221;
Both times, my heart broke for them&#8230;and selfishly, for myself. I had been bearing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1924&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faux Peace by Floodlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This notion about eradicating war sounds like Utopian thinking.
Of course it would be ideal to have peace and not war. Of course all the people of the earth &#8212; indeed, all the people of any microcosm &#8212; should be able to coexist in peace.
I suspect that any person who doesn&#8217;t go around looking for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1900&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happier Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must have been a peculiar sight to the checker who remarked, &#8220;Wow, that&#8217;s a lot of sprinkles on that doughnut.&#8221; I wasn&#8217;t buying a dozen doughnuts for the family; I was buying a single, &#8220;real&#8221; doughnut for myself.
What came out of my mouth was, &#8220;It brings out the kid in me.&#8221;
The intersection down the street [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1863&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Instant Miscommunication</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you agree that instant communication has resulted in more misunderstanding than real communication?
No? Well, hear me out here.
A conversation through email or text messaging is potentially not a private one: replies with BCCs and &#8220;forwards&#8221; are just one click away. These &#8220;conversations,&#8221; in the absence of face-to-face dialogue are fertile soil for conflict. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1853&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health vs. Creative Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I made a lifestyle change in April, I feel fantastic&#8230;at least, physically.
 
Creatively, I am withering. I haven&#8217;t had any blog-worthy ideas.
 
In April I decided to stop eating anything after 7:00 PM. That meant no more midnight microwave popcorn indulgences for me.
 
The unintended (yet obviously foreseeable) consequence: my mind and body could not keep the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1830&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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