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	<title>The Great Cancer Adventure</title>
	
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	<description>Maggie's experiences while living with colon cancer.</description>
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		<title>Emptiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s my third Christmas without Maggie.  So far, it’s unique in that I haven’t been overwhelmingly sad: no meltdowns, no wallowing, no misery.  However, don’t misread what I type as a description of Christmas joy or, hell, even joy.  Her absence still cuts a deep emotional wake.  I feel like I’m coated in some sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maggie’s 36th Birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Maggie&#8217;s 36th birthday.  It&#8217;s stunning to me how much I still miss her every day.  I&#8217;m fairly certain that my saying so has become repetitive, even predictable so I tend to keep it to myself.  I would have thought 31 months would have cleaned out the pain.  Instead, I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures Not Taken</title>
		<link>http://thumpers-hole.net/wordpress/2011/10/adventures-not-taken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Shoes. We take for granted that these little bits of leather, plastic and rivets will be ready for any adventure that pops up. We assume they will support and protect us as we walk over hot sidewalks and soft carpets. And at the end of the day, it&#8217;s nice to take them off and place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business of Change Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thumperj</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[death certificates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What started in the bathroom has been spreading. Yesterday, the business of change overthrew a pile of crushed dreams in the corner of the kitchen that has gathered much dust.  Stacks of receipts for closed bank accounts, letters from the court, change of relationship forms, and unused death certificates have lied where they fell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes in the Bathroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thumperj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No lighting struck.  No drums rolled.  No sad music played.  It was just me, the puppies and my staid emotion as I carried that vase that held the dried bouquet of roses to the back of our my house.  Without fanfare, I grabbed the bunch by the stems, crunched them together as the brittle peddles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“How You Can Help Me”</title>
		<link>http://thumpers-hole.net/wordpress/2011/05/how-you-can-help-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 13:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thumperj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this today on another blog that deals with grief, specifically widows and widowers.  It&#8217;s so exactly dead on.  Every sentence is exactly right so I wanted to re-post it here to share.
People have asked me over and over what they can do for me.  Here&#8217;s your chance.  Share this post so people who haven&#8217;t experienced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two years and Two Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another significant date has passed.  It’s now been two years and two days since Maggie’s Angel Day.  It’s difficult to understand how two opposing feelings can rub up against each other and not cause a significant amount of mental friction, enough to label me more than just a little nuts.  It seems like just moments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulling Weeds</title>
		<link>http://thumpers-hole.net/wordpress/2011/03/pulling-weeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’d think after almost two years I’d be used to the silence in this big house on Sunday mornings.  I’m surprised at how thick it still is.  Sundays were fun days for me and she.  Inevitably, she’d spring out of bed with a little dance, a smile and a plan:  work in the garden, go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s In A Name?</title>
		<link>http://thumpers-hole.net/wordpress/2011/02/whats-in-a-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thumperj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having not lost a spouse, it’s likely you don’t have a good feel for all the things that you lose along with that spouse.  Likewise, you probably don’t have a good feel for the name problem – so many things have to be renamed.  The problem isn’t immediately obvious.  But trust me, it sneaks up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hair Clips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thumperj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find that one of the hardest things to throw away are Maggie’s hair clips, the little spring-loaded teeth things that gripped her long hair either in a pony tail or up out of her eyes.  I’m not sure why.  But for some reason those hurt. They are everywhere, too.  In the car.  In every [...]]]></description>
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