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		<title>Adapting to Adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pick up trash, wipe a snotty nose, wash hands, bake bread, drink coffee, write school semester plans for the girls, change a diaper, drink more coffee, plant trees&#8230;.15 to be exact. In the midst of life, somehow managing to raise a family. A family that you hope and pray, swims and doesn&#8217;t sink in life. <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/adapting-to-adoption/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=600&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Half Empty Bottle full of Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning as I looked at the beautiful, clear, crisp day with sun beaming down warming my face, I thought this is a good day for Grandma to pass onto heaven. I love my grandma, but it has ached my heart to visit her each week and see her dying. To watch someone quickly deteriorate <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/my-half-empty-bottle-full-of-memories/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=592&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There is no price tag on feeling awesome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 3 months, I gradually was unable to focus. It finally got to the point where I could not multi-task and could barely complete one task. In addition, I would take 2 to 3 hour naps every day. I was also irritable and felt like I was in a mental fog and like <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/there-is-no-price-tag-on-feeling-awesome/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=554&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently answered an email about what I do for homeschool. I am no expert, but I do have some experience as I begin my fourth year of homeschool. I thought I would copy my email response and if it is helpful for another person &#8211; fantastic! Styles of teaching is a great place to <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/homeschool-what-i-currently-do-2010/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=550&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschool: Tools To Help You Get Started</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[charter school]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿I put on my first homeschool conference&#8230;crazy when I have yet to attend a homeschool conference. There were five homeschool moms on the panel: 3 charter, 2 independent, experience ranging from 2 years to 26 years. I look forward to collaborating with these gals for the next homeschool conference and how we can bless the <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/homeschool-tools-to-help-you-get-started/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=547&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Peanut Butter Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the BEST peanut butter cookies ever! If you don&#8217;t believe me, make them and time how many minutes they stay on the plate uneaten! Unless of course, you have self-control! Mix: 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. butter flavored shortening Add and mix: 1/2 c. natural peanut butter 1 tsp. <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/the-best-peanut-butter-cookies/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=544&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God Loves to Provide for Adoption!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never use money as an excuse not to adopt. God loves adoption and He provides in miraculous ways! We continue to be surprised at how our financial need is met for our beautiful daughter, &#8220;B&#8221;. She is legally ours and it is just a matter of time before we head to Ethiopia to pick her <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/god-loves-to-provide-for-adoption/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=539&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pray for Heart for the Kids team</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is an important day as Heart for the Kids leaves for Cambodia. It is hard to imagine that children are exploited for the love of money, but sex-trafficking is the second largest organized crime generating billions of dollars. It happens all over the world and it happens in our backyard. It breaks my heart <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/pray-for-heart-for-the-kids-team/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=531&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change is Unavoidable!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter has passed and Spring is here and change is in my home. No, I am not spring cleaning though I should. The change is in my daughter. The inevitable has happened and she is growing up. You know this day will come, but when it does you wish you could push it back or <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/change-is-unavoidable/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=527&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love traditions and this is one that we do every Easter. As the children get older, they are able to read the Bible passages. You need: 1 cup whole pecans 1 tsp. vinegar 3 egg whites pinch of salt 1 cup sugar zipper baggie wooden spoon wax paper tape Bible Preheat oven to 300 <a href="http://chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/easter-story-cookies/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chalkinscriptions.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11342349&amp;post=525&amp;subd=chalkinscriptions&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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