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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my photographic response to this week&#8217;s photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see the world differently. And seeing the world differently is something I always find enriching. I don&#8217;t require a lot for &#8220;escape.&#8221; I&#8217;d love to take [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10589&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Plain Grapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my post the other day about feeling conflicted about the recent success of one of my former high school classmates, I wanted to demonstrate that I&#8217;m not all sour grapes about other people&#8217;s success. Last week, an article by one of my junior high school friends appeared in the L.A. Times. In eighth grade, on a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10571&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my photographic response to this week&#8217;s photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see the world differently. And seeing the world differently is something I always find enriching. The first three pictures are patterns from our homeschool nature class [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10564&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sour Grapes Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I found out that I graduated high school with a woman who is now a famous mommy-blogger with a recent New York Times Best Seller. I felt a bit conflicted when I heard about this. And by &#8220;conflicted&#8221; I mean &#8220;in a bit of a crisis.&#8221; My clearest memory of this particular [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10539&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Sign the Darnedest Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were having a lovely trip to the fabric store. The moment we walked through the door, my daughter paused, took a deep breath and said, &#8220;I love the smell of the fabric store!&#8221; We did our shopping, filled our carts with ribbons in all the colors of the rainbow, and discovered a section of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10556&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Moon and Mother&#8217;s Day: A Post About Writing and Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 21:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I dreamed I looked up into the night sky and saw suspended there an enormous moon. This moon wasn&#8217;t just, &#8220;Hey, look at this big moon.&#8221; This moon was so huge I could hardly describe how huge it was. It looked like it was very, very close to Earth, like if I held a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10549&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 22:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You&#8217;re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown My rating: 3 of 5 stars Divided into ten &#8220;Guideposts,&#8221; The Gifts of Imperfection combines Brown&#8217;s research on wholehearted living with insights from her personal life as she tries to implement what she&#8217;s learned. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10543&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anticipating Super-Heroism</title>
		<link>http://imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/anticipating-super-heroism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two days inside our microwave display, this spider suddenly disappeared. I can only assume that we&#8217;re in for a Peter Parker scenario. That will dramatically change my five-year plan. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10532&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my photographic response to this week&#8217;s photo challenge by The Daily Post. I like taking photos, especially for this type of challenge. I find it leads me to see the world differently. And seeing the world differently is something I always find enriching. &#8220;From Above&#8221; at a Girl Scout farm trip. Filed under: The [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10526&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Digs</title>
		<link>http://imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/new-digs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d only planned to change my header image. I found a font I liked, printed out a reference sheet, put on my sun hat, swept the driveway, then knelt in front of my garage and drew my blog title. With my kids&#8217; help, I took a few photos, and with my kids annoying me because [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=imperfecthappiness.wordpress.com&#038;blog=14773141&#038;post=10503&#038;subd=imperfecthappiness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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