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		<title>I&#8217;m thinking about getting a tattoo&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be 33-years-old on Wednesday, and I think it&#8217;s time I rebelled a little. I have an idea for one. Be Still {Know} written in brown script on my wrist. Probably my right wrist, because I&#8217;m left handed, so I &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2013/04/11/im-thinking-about-getting-a-tattoo/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4679&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Minute Friday: Dive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[{a life}]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find it appropriate that &#8220;dive&#8221; is the prompt for this week&#8217;s Five Minute Friday. It&#8217;s been quite awhile since I participated and I feel like I&#8217;m leaping into something again. So, here&#8217;s 5 minutes of unedited free writing on &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2013/01/10/five-minute-friday-dive/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4676&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>this is not helping me lose weight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was hoping to reach a new goal by December 31st. In 8 months I lost 40 lbs doing Weight Watchers. Actually, it was 6-1/2 months. Since September I&#8217;ve been stuck. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a coincidence that my weight &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/18/this-is-not-helping-me-lose-weight/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4672&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>my grown-up Christmas wish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grown-Up Christmas List]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is mine&#8230; My grown-up Christmas wish: To clean a room, leave, &#38; come back to find it still clean. #4kids #neverhappens #tc&#8212; Melissa Brotherton (@melissa_rae) December 14, 2012 What&#8217;s yours? &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4661&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Break. It. Down.</title>
		<link>http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/10/break-it-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad and I hunted for that particular refrigerator box all over the city. I had this fantastic idea that involved glow-in-the-dark paint, black butcher paper and blowing away the other kids in my science class. It all hinged on &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/10/break-it-down/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4521&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>{timber}</title>
		<link>http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/07/timber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[{a life}]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas tree]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being almost twelve years into marriage and over eight years into parenting, you&#8217;d think that the time for creating new family traditions would be done and over. However, most of our family traditions were forged in sunny Southern California where &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/07/timber/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4630&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lemons</title>
		<link>http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/05/lemons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought a lot about lemons today. That&#8217;s a weird statement, right? Why would anyone want to think about lemons? I mean, it makes sense to think about lemons if you&#8217;re making iced tea, lemonade or maybe fish. But really, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/12/05/lemons/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4605&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Minute Friday: Join</title>
		<link>http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/08/24/five-minute-friday-join/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[{a writer}]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday we had a guest speaker at our church. We&#8217;ve been going through a series called, From Our Family Room, where we have a discussion format rather than a traditional sermon. The topic for the week was leadership, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/08/24/five-minute-friday-join/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4596&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Minute Friday: Dance</title>
		<link>http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/06/29/five-minute-friday-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m taking part in Five Minute Friday over at Lisa-Jo&#8217;s place. That means five minutes of writing on a central topic, and no going back to edit. The community there is inspiring and the different ways that the theme &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/06/29/five-minute-friday-dance/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4585&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Light, Dandelions &amp; Sin</title>
		<link>http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/05/03/light-dandelions-sin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had a moment in talking with a friend where I felt God shine a spotlight on an area in my life that needs to change. Have you experienced that? It&#8217;s extremely uncomfortable. You&#8217;re going along doing the instinctual, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://melissabrotherton.com/2012/05/03/light-dandelions-sin/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissabrotherton.com&#038;blog=10180472&#038;post=4575&#038;subd=melissabrotherton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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