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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<title>A Comedic Tragedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(To not infringe on copyrights, I&#8217;m only describing a few of the comic frames.) &#8220;Opal, I split out these pants. Will you please sew them up for me?&#8221; (Opal is reading a book)&#8230;. &#8220;Sorry, not today.&#8221; (Opal looks up at Earl)&#8230;. &#8220;Why not?&#8221; (Earl is wearing his undershorts, carrying a pair of pants that split [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2883&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Worship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Work of the Lord</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 04:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m challenged in my writing right now. My husband has been gone on a long-haul trip in his truck for the past two-and-a-half weeks. I’m missing him. I’ve seen him less than two full weeks since the beginning of February. Though I have lived alone for many years after the failure of my third marriage, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2872&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the Joy in Motherhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written for the past week on some of my feelings about motherhood. On Mother’s Day, I wrote about the empty place my own mother cannot fill in my life because she wants to dream my dreams for me. On Monday, I reminisced about the love she once offered and her disappointment in me. On [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2864&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dream Your Own Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Filed under: Poems Tagged: Child of God, Creativity, Dance, Dreams, Love, Motherhood, My Children, Poems, Spontaneity<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2860&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Like Sparrow&#8217;s Wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Filed under: Poems Tagged: Belovedness, Dance, Joy, Life, Poems<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2853&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-stitched picture frame I made as a gift for Ganny one year. It&#8217;s now mine, sitting by the side of my bed. This has turned into a week to consider the mothers in my life: my own mother, Dave&#8217;s mother, and now my grandmother. There is no dearer woman&#8217;s name on earth to me than [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2826&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 03:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dave&#8217;s mother died today. Those words sit sadly in my heart. I wish I&#8217;d known her better. I&#8217;m grateful I met her nearly two years ago. I&#8217;ve felt somewhat of a kindred spirit with her because she&#8217;s a poet, like me. Here&#8217;s one she wrote that stands out to me today: Lament You know that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pegrichards.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21825359&#038;post=2817&#038;subd=pegrichards&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg Richards</dc:creator>
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