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		<title>How to Rekindle Your Homeschool Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 01:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since we began homeschooling 32 years ago, we have witnessed numerous couples go through the break-up of their marriages. The specific stresses inherent to a homeschooling family coupled with the reality of a husband working the equivalent of two jobs to enable the wife to stay home to teach can make for a potentionally devastating [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Your Imperfections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Being Real]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every morning when I use my L&#8217;Oreal Lasting Plum lipliner, I have to trace around a little scar on the right side of my top lip. I got that scar almost 50 years ago, when a 6-year-old boy in my neighborhood threw a rock at me and split my lip. As a result, my lips [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacrificial Labor: Life&#8217;s Little Ironies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God's Plans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago, I was privileged to attend the birth of the 4th son of a homeschooling friend. She had requested an epidural sometime midway through the morning, but the anesthesiologist was tied up in the operating room, so my friend was already 9 centimeters dilated before relief came. She did an amazing job of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring into Action&#8230; You&#8217;ve Been Remade!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a music video this morning from a local Christian group called Tenth Avenue North. As I sat down to write this post, I could not at first recall the name of the song because the cinematography in the video was so overwhelmingly powerful. The song is You Are More, and as the video [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Have the Perfect Nap</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being Flexible]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son Luke was listening to an Apologia science lesson, and my granddaughter Maggie was dancing to a song playing from a show on the children&#8217;s TV channel Qubo. I was holding my newest grandson Wyatt watching him sleep so peacefully in my lap and thinking of my daughter, his mom, who was upstairs also [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Holland, Michigan: Frozen Waves, Heated Sidewalks, &#038; a 15-year-old Pallbearer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had the privilege of being invited to speak at the Mid-Winter Conference for Home Educators in Michigan.  Designed to encourage families in a place and during a season where most days are snowy and gray, the event drew homeschoolers from many counties around Lake Michigan. I had never seen this Great Lake before [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming Event: Mid-Winter Conference for Home Educators</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mid-Winter Conference for Home Educators will be January 28-29, 2011, in Hudsonville, MI, and Karen will be speaking on Friday night, January 28. The Mid-Winter Conference for Home Educators is dedicated to building up and encouraging all home educating parents as they nurture, train, and disciple their children at home using the unique tools and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Fly A Kite! Suggested Reading from Kelly Hancock at Faithful Provisions</title>
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		<comments>http://karencostello.com/go-fly-a-kite-suggested-reading-from-kelly-hancock-at-faithful-provisions/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly Hancock with Faithful Provisions has created a list of suggested reading for 2011, and Karen Costello&#8217;s Go Fly a Kite is on her list! Here is an excerpt from Kelly&#8217;s post: I have always been an avid reader and love getting into a good book. When we decided to home educate our children, I [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>9000 Days of Homeschooling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God's Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeschool History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our family just watched Invictus – a wonderfully inspiring true story of how, after apartheid, Nelson Mandela used the rugby World Cup to unite South Africa. The most poignant part to me is that Mandela chose to forgive his captors after being imprisoned for 27 years. There is a haunting soundtrack song entitled “9000 Days” [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Fly a Kite: A Great Christmas Gift!</title>
		<link>http://karencostello.com/go-fly-a-kite-a-great-christmas-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://karencostello.com/go-fly-a-kite-a-great-christmas-gift/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays! As you think about what gifts to give to this Christmas, remember that giving Karen&#8217;s book, Go Fly A Kite: Ten Surprising Strategies for Success in Your Homeschool, is a great way to show someone you love them and support them on their homeschooling journey. Full of fun stories and great tips on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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