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	<title>Collect Yourself</title>
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		<title>I Am Getting Rid of My Buts</title>
		<link>http://amysioux.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/i-am-getting-rid-of-my-buts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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In my vocabulary, I am getting rid of the word, &#8220;but.&#8221; 
It reeks of confrontation, judgement:

&#8220;I loved what you wrote but we think differently about that.&#8221;
&#8220;Great blog but it would have been better if&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;I hear what you are saying, but I am right!&#8221;

Yuck.
What about &#8220;and&#8221;?

&#8220;I loved what you wrote and I noticed we think differently about that.&#8221;
&#8220;I both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amysioux.wordpress.com&blog=3171556&post=168&subd=amysioux&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>50 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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I am nearly 50 years old.
I have, quite probably, lived more than half my life now.
And what have I to show for it? Really?
I have given a lot to the pursuit of a successful career, a comfortable home, a lovely and diverse set of friends, and church activities that don&#8217;t inconvenience me too much.  Hideous.
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		<title>Serving Leftovers to a Holy God</title>
		<link>http://amysioux.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/serving-leftovers-to-a-holy-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The Bible says, &#8220;confess your sins to one another so that you may be healed.&#8221;  Since I like to be healed I am sharing this with you.
I just returned from vacation, where invariably my cluttered mind gets uncluttered and God gets through. I think more clearly about things that matter. Also, I read a lot.
This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amysioux.wordpress.com&blog=3171556&post=193&subd=amysioux&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30th High School Reunion, Part Two</title>
		<link>http://amysioux.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/30th-high-school-reunion-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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I am glad I went.
So many fresh faces and fun discovering the ones I remembered from more than 30 years ago. Some I never did recall and others I could recognize in a heartbeat.
The joy of the weekend was learning how many old friends are new pastors, Christian authors, worship leaders, missionaries. I am honored [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amysioux.wordpress.com&blog=3171556&post=186&subd=amysioux&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Class of &#8216;79</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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High school reunions. I&#8217;ve never been to mine.  (For various reasons: Military service at five years, no notice for the 10th, my wedding day was the 20th&#8230;) 
Our 30th is next month. I am going. (Yes, I am dragging my husband along on our 10th wedding anniversary!)
I have mixed emotions about this. (So does my husband!) I really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amysioux.wordpress.com&blog=3171556&post=158&subd=amysioux&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Praise of the Cow</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d really must say right here that the perfect amount of organic grass, chewed mercilessly by a free range cow, regurgitated by his (or her) five stomachs, shortly before being humanely offed and chopped up into New York strip, perfectly grilled by my husband and consumed by moi, gives me the most sensational “God is in His heaven [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amysioux.wordpress.com&blog=3171556&post=122&subd=amysioux&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s JUST Not Right&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://amysioux.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/thats-just-not-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I write this piece over at SisterBlog about my sister&#8217;s swimsuit adventure. I include a shot of me in it. Later, my mouse just happened to roll over the photo and the WordPress SnapShots pop-up appears.
Excuse me, but who said they could include &#8220;Cellulite&#8221; in the metadata???  That is just SOOOO wrong&#8230;  Seriously now.

 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amysioux.wordpress.com&blog=3171556&post=147&subd=amysioux&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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