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		<title>Flashback</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was wandering the streets of Rome trying to find a souvenir to take back for my daughter still living at home. I suddenly had a flashback to 1972 when I was not much younger than she is now. My parents had just returned from a business trip to Mexico. They were so excited about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dear John Letter</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2011/09/15/a-dear-john-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[eternity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear John, It was the sixth grade when we decided to go steady. Steady as two eleven year-old kids can go while attending different elementary schools and seeing each other what seemed an eternity’s wait &#8211; once a week at church. The relationship just didn’t work out and I never faulted you for that. I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Finger</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2011/07/10/getting-the-finger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drive-in movie theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting the finger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I should have known better. It’s not like it hadn’t happened before. I just wasn’t thinking. I opened the flip lid of the canister. Down inside the plastic cylinder was a roll of moist wipes. I needed them to dispense up through the slot in the lid. So I took the middle finger of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As the Pendulum Swings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying about age]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[speed bumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you're as old as you feel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[// PLEASE CHANGE DEFAULT EXCERPT HANDLING TO CLEAN OR FULL (go to your WordPress Dashboard/Settings/Cincopa Options ... cp_load_widget("%5Bcincopa+10755847%5D", "_cp_widget_4f3bcbd833953"); Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa wp content plugins solution for your website and Cincopa MediaSend for file transfer.  “Senior rate” I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had just opened my mail and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quarters from Heaven</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2010/08/24/quarters-from-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Singin&#8217; the School Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of school supplies can be as draining on the budget as Christmas. Several years ago I was feeling overwhelmed at the task of purchasing school supplies. Raps were gaining popularity and late one evening I wrote one and then performed it for my kids the next morning. They thought I&#8217;d lost my mind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mama Never Told Me About This</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2010/08/16/mama-never-told-me-about-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Out of routine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[...several people who said, “Good to see you.” Though later I must say I learned that they lied to me.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Day of Rest?</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2010/04/26/a-day-of-rest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[dachshunds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much for a day off; what was I thinking? Last night I slept upstairs in the yellow room on the loveseat which was a notch up in comfort from an airline seat, though it&#8217;s perfect for an afternoon nap. I woke up continuously during the night either uncomfortable because I couldn’t stretch out my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am so Glad Life is not Fair</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2009/05/27/i-am-so-glad-life-is-not-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I was going to vent my frustration &#8211; triggered by a telephone call. The call sent my thoughts decades in reverse. Childhood memories triggered. Yes, all the way back elementary school. Certainly I’m not alone in remembering the days when someone in the class, not you or me, but someone else acted inappropriately and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donuts and Diet Coke</title>
		<link>http://belindahowardsmith.com/blog/2009/04/07/donuts-and-diet-coke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my way to teach a class this morning I stopped by a local donut shop for a sausage, cheese and jalapeno kolache. The man at the counter placing his order in front of me requested donuts for his wife, a variety of donut holes for his son, then for himself a kolache, cake donut, [...]]]></description>
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