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	<title>Everyday Inspiration</title>
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	<description>Extraordinary moments are waiting in everyday moments</description>
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		<title>Honeysuckle Nights</title>
		<link>http://rayvaleric.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/78/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
       your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14
I will never be accused of being called a Gardener.
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		<title>The Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.  ~Willa Cather 1913
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		<title>Grateful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning as I stepped up on the bus to begin my morning commute into work, the driver welcomed me aboard and asked how I was doing.
&#8220;Good,&#8221; I replied.
While taking my seat, I made eye contact with another passenger and she too inquired after my well being. And again I heard myself reply, &#8220;Good.&#8221;
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		<title>A Master&#8217;s Heart</title>
		<link>http://rayvaleric.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/a-masters-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I was a youngster I&#8217;ve loved dogs.
Big dogs, little dogs, young dogs, old dogs, cute fluffly dogs, cute hairless dogs . I love them all. Dogs truly do have a special place within my heart, and I&#8217;ve been blessed to have shared both my heart and home with some truly amazing dogs. 
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		<title>Morning Gatherings and Everyday Miracles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning while traveling into work, the morning sky so captivated my attention that it simply took my breath away.
Winter here in Indiana means night lingers a lot longer than the day does, so I wasn&#8217;t suprised to see the sky still dark at an hour that normally would have been much lighter. But as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&blog=3126430&post=47&subd=rayvaleric&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Use The Front Doors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other night I had a dream.
Now usually I don&#8217;t even remember my dreams. Most of them are jumbled and tend to jump around from scene to scene, so its hard to remember exactly what they were even about.
But this dream I remember in great detail, and even in my dream state, I realized that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&blog=3126430&post=45&subd=rayvaleric&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Christmas Tree</title>
		<link>http://rayvaleric.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/the-christmas-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 The Christmas Tree
 
 
The other night. deciding it was officially time to begin Christmas at my house, I rescued my Christmas tree from it’s dark corner in my garage. After shaking and rattling it for non-paying tenants of spiders and creepy crawlies, I deemed it was safe to take the small tree into the house.
 
Though not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&blog=3126430&post=41&subd=rayvaleric&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving: A Thanks that Gives</title>
		<link>http://rayvaleric.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/thanksgiving-a-thanks-that-gives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in about the 5th grade, I remember having to write a composition on &#8220;What Thanksgiving means to me&#8221;. Back then I was thankful just to get good grades and to not have to sit next to the cute boy in class. I didn&#8217;t give a whole lot of thought to what Thanksgiving meant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&blog=3126430&post=37&subd=rayvaleric&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Change</title>
		<link>http://rayvaleric.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/the-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then something happens in life that stops you in your tracks, and makes you examine how you look at yourself and the world around you. It makes you take notice of those things you&#8217;d normally turn a blind eye to or tune deaf ears towards. It causes you to change in unexpected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&blog=3126430&post=28&subd=rayvaleric&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Considering the important things</title>
		<link>http://rayvaleric.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/considering-the-important-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thus says the LORD of hosts, &#8220;Consider your ways!      Haggai 1:7
When I first began blogging, I wasn&#8217;t sure what I actually wanted to blog about. There are millions upon millions of blogs on the world-wide net, and many more being added every day. People use blogs for many reasons and through them they share an abundance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rayvaleric.wordpress.com&blog=3126430&post=24&subd=rayvaleric&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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