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		<title>A Visit to Long Beach</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/a-visit-to-long-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am in Long Beach with my friend.  On this day before the first day of Spring, the temperature is perfect—the ideal blend of a cool, steady breeze against my skin balanced with the warming sensation of the sun! We begin our walk on the Long Beach boardwalk.  As I observe the people, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=515&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being away &#8230; an experience of gratitude!</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/being-away-an-experience-of-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always prided myself on taking time out of my routine to take care of myself—whether it’s long walks, sitting in the park, having a cup of coffee or tea at a favorite spot, relaxing baths, traveling for fun, beauty treatments or meditating/going into the silence each day.  What I hadn’t done in recent years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=446&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Being friends</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/being-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day goes by without a conscious thought of gratitude for friends&#8211;some have come and gone; all have had an impact in one way or another and have shaped my views of what being friends is all about for me. As a pre-teen, I had a best friend. We did almost everything together and shared whatever secrets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=433&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Say what you need to say &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/say-what-you-need-to-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the tune on my mobile.  It&#8217;s a John Mayer song, one of my favorites.  John&#8217;s an incredible musician.  A friend noticed the irony of  having this as my ring tone&#8211;but I digress.  This week I had some other thoughts about this sentiment.  I&#8217;ve been working with a couple of people I admire and enjoy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=385&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>De-Mystifying Anti-Oxidants</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/de-mystifying-anti-oxidants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I received this article that says it all so clearly, I had to share it.  Thanks DMFCom3. ================================================================================== Antioxidants to the rescue Published: Tuesday &#124; September 29, 2009 Oxidation occurs naturally. A slice of apple or peeled banana turns brown. Fish easily spoils. A cut on your skin gets inflamed. Iron exposed to the air [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=380&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The God Question</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/the-god-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I came across some inspiration served up by Arthur Ashe.  I don&#8217;t know for sure but I am going to guess it was in response to a question surrounding his AIDS diagnosis and how this squared with his views about God.  Arthur put it this way, If I were to say, &#8220;God, why me?&#8221; about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=362&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sicily will wait</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/sicily-will-wait/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s the scenario.  You have a trip planned for months.  As the days approach for the big vacation getaway, you are excited about the idea of it and you don&#8217;t have any freedom about going&#8211;no sense of ease, joy and anticipation!  That&#8217;s the position I found myself in a few weeks ago.  I couldn&#8217;t quite figure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=326&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About love</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/about-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend asked me to participate in a gift she wished to give her sisters.  It was to give my thoughts or advice about life.  The request had me think of so many things and then I saw a central idea emerge, the idea from which so much growth has sprung for me.  It is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=282&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A much-needed conversation</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/a-much-needed-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: On Thursday, 16th July 2009, Professor Henry Gates, Jr. was arrested in his home, an apparent case of racial profiling. Just more evidence of the need for an authentic conversation about race. Gates&#8217; daughter shared her father&#8217;s view in her column, My Daddy, the Jailbird. As I followed the Sotomayor supreme court justice confirmation process, I was struck [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=221&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Lessons</title>
		<link>http://donnamarie57.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/life-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I receive an email that is so spot on it&#8217;s food for my soul and I want to share it with the world. Yesterday, one of my dearest friends sent it to me and I am paying it forward. The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=donnamarie57.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7955776&amp;post=212&amp;subd=donnamarie57&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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