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		<title>Welcome 2012, I Needed You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those years that I was so very glad to see one year move away and the next come in with a world of opportunities for growth and improvement.  I made some pretty hefty life changes last year, and I’m now ready for moving forward with a positive outlook for the months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Changes Can Be Hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I actually do not know a lot about the biology of a butterfly, but it would seem to me that transforming from a caterpillar into something so completely different as a butterfly might be a painful experience.  After all, the creature changes his shape entirely and grows wings!   The same can be said about humans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thankfulness Doesn’t End in November</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over Thanksgiving, did you make an effort to express thankfulness?  Maybe you received the request over Facebook to post one thankful thought each day during the month of November in your status.  Well, thankfulness should be something that you feel in your heart year-round. The Bible says that we should “Give thanks in all circumstances” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to The Butterfly Diaries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, my name is Denise, and I overuse exclamation points, smiley faces, and the word “awesome”. I am generally a fairly positive person, but have always suffered from low self-esteem, social anxiety, and general laziness.  During the last few years, I have noticed a further spiral into depression and a general lack of desire to [...]]]></description>
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