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		<title>Pay Particular Attention.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember Andi Ashworth saying at one of the women&#8217;s retreats for our church to pay attention because everything is important. I&#8217;ve tried to be better about that, with a mixed level of success. &#160; Some days when the hustle is too frantic in the morning and the list of to-do&#8217;s around the house is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=198&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many who participate in Ash Wednesday have their head marked with ashes. This is an external sign and reminder that we are simply dust. Lent for many is about austerity and suffering. It is our time to mirror when Jesus went into the desert to fast and pray. A time of sobriety.  And yet, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=193&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lent Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Ash Wednesday. The start of Lent.  The start for many of a season of fasting. Sometimes the fasts are silly, or may at least appear silly from the outside.  Sometimes they are truly sacrificial fasts that last the full 46 days&#8230;fasts that most of us wouldn&#8217;t be able to sustain. What is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=186&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Start of a New Adventure&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, for a variety of reasons, we&#8217;ve decided to begin homeschooling next year. One of the contributing factors is that we have seen some amazing kids who are homeschoolers&#8230;I mean truly wonderful kids.  I homeschooled Zachary for one year, back in his 2nd grade. We did okay, but I know we could do much better. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=180&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Never Thought&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, I&#8217;m spoofing off my friend Michael&#8217;s Things I Think thread that he posts each week on his blog. A few things have struck me this past week&#8230; 1. I never thought I would want new carpeting more than just about anything I can think of. Seriously. More than a stereo or camera equipment at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=176&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday Tribute to a Wonderful Dad&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I celebrated my Mother&#8217;s birthday. Today I get to celebrate my Dad&#8217;s.  There are few people in our lives who are more influential than our parents, and we have no control over who they will be. What a blessing I was given in being born to Fred Mossman. The person I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=165&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Painful Beauty of Heaven.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are moments when I catch a glimpse of Madeleine and it takes my breath away. A moment where she reaches for me, or where she accepts food I&#8217;m giving her, or where she looks at me and I can see the absolute trust and vulnerability in her. It takes my breath away because there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=157&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is not right, it is not how it should be.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Can you give me the numbers I need if I want to call you?&#8221; &#8220;Sure.&#8221; I repeated the numbers for the third time. &#8220;So, those are the numbers I can use to mail you something?&#8221; These are the common conversations with my mother. Repetition. Confusion. She doesn&#8217;t know how to spell many words, and doesn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=150&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>These Days are a Wonder.</title>
		<link>http://thesmallrain.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/these-days-are-a-wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an article I linked to on FaceBook, and saw that many friends shared as well. The article talks about the burden sometimes we moms feel when someone older tells us to treasure every moment with our kids. I thought the contrast between chronos time and kairos time was good. There are moments that are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=146&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet my friend Gianna&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then go see the movie.  First, watch this clip:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesmallrain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=29441382&amp;post=141&amp;subd=thesmallrain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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