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		<title>With Pen &#8211; A Lost Art?</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/05/21/with-pen-a-lost-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While flying to Hilton Head Island for our anniversary, I scoped out the occupants of the seats nearby. You do this too, don&#8217;t you? I wonder where they&#8217;re going, where they&#8217;ve been, and why they&#8217;re traveling. Is it business, pleasure, &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/05/21/with-pen-a-lost-art/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating 30 Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call it unwinding, regrouping, refilling the cup, pushing the pause button. My husband and I celebrated 30 years of marriage at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina recently. In a way, it was like buffering &#8211; allowing our lives to download &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/05/17/celebrating-30-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Storms and Heavy Lifting</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/19/storms-and-heavy-lifting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Storms bring out the best in people. We in Wyoming know this. We just experienced a three-day snow storm. On the fourth day, the wind blew and our driveway became rolling hills of drifts. I remember the first day we drove &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/19/storms-and-heavy-lifting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Practice Makes Perfect</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/17/practice-makes-perfect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practice makes perfect. This singsongy cliché played through my head like a monastic chant while practicing the piano as a teenager. Although I never achieved perfection in piano playing, practicing definitely helped. With those who pursue the piano, a life &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/17/practice-makes-perfect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You Are What You Do</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/12/you-are-what-you-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all heard the saying, &#8220;You are what you eat.&#8221; I was curious so I checked out the origin of this phrase at The Phrase Finder and this is what I found: This phrase has come to us via quite &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/12/you-are-what-you-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Book as a Child?</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/10/favorite-book-as-a-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal mission statement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What was your favorite book as a child? Did it influence the person you are now? Being a horse-crazy little girl with pony-tail braids, I checked out every horse book the library owned. If you could locate the library&#8217;s checkout &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/04/10/favorite-book-as-a-child/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Day to Love Him</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/27/a-day-to-love-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[For God so loved the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John 3:16]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Revelation 2:4]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smoothpaths.com/?p=2680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was an evening in winter and the sanctuary&#8217;s lights were low. Several of my youth group sat in pews coming to the realization that they needed a Savior. Then I went forward, taking the hand of a friend, and &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/27/a-day-to-love-him/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bitter or Better?</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/22/bitter-or-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundant Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Worst Hard Time. No, it&#8217;s not about an event in my life. It&#8217;s not about the experience of helping a college student with living arrangements last fall. It&#8217;s not about my dogs getting sprayed by a skunk a few &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/22/bitter-or-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Law vs Freedom</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/13/law-vs-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundant Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craziness. It&#8217;s my new word lately and it perfectly describes the car accident I had yesterday. It was so surreal I was looking for the movie cameras. I left Walmart and was third in line at the stoplight. While waiting, &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/13/law-vs-freedom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>India &#8211; Back Home</title>
		<link>http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/11/india-back-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Kay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abundant Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christ has done it all]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Off the plane and home. There&#8217;s no place like it. This Kansas-bred girl thought it strange when we arrived at the Bangalore airport and walked into the large open room for customs, there greeting us was an advertisement with Dorothy &#8230; <a href="http://smoothpaths.com/2013/03/11/india-back-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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