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		<title>the weight of it all</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-weight-of-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I keep dropping the ball, here.  But, it&#8217;s so heavy sometimes.
You know what I hate about lifting weights?  They&#8217;re heavy.
Especially on a Monday, too.  I know, I know, Monday&#8217;s so stinking cliche, it&#8217;s ridiculous for a grown man to even bring it up, but still.
Everything seems heavier on Monday, or on any other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=884&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>on the brink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From here on the brink, the cool, clear water,
gently lapping at my feet and the earth beneath,
draws me sincerely into its shallows
and still beckons me come deeper.
&#160;
I am loath to follow,
for in the midst of the rushing water is a torrent of lost control
from which the overwhelmed struggle to upright themselves,
though the hearty welcome submission [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=881&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>sunrise</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/sunrise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, then, ought we to think, seeing that the darkness comes at the end of each and every day to fill the vacancy left behind by the departing light of the sun?
The earth turns its face, my face, to the rising of the sun each morning, to soak up the warmth and allow the light to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=874&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>higher education</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/higher-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just for the record, I&#8217;ve never really been the father of a college student before.
I&#8217;m not sure how this is supposed to go.  I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;m supposed to act.
We&#8217;ve had some difficult conversations as we&#8217;ve wandered through the ideas about Katie leaving home and finding her way in life beyond us.  How, where, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=862&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>handing out tent poles and starting bonfires</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/handing-out-tent-poles-and-starting-bonfires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I&#8217;ve been imagining people entering a place of worship with large, sagging blankets draped over their heads.
I know.  Pray for me.
Pray for me, though, as you follow me in this little metaphorical adventure.
(Tonight, and several nights recently, I&#8217;ve entered my home to find piles of little moving blankets just inside the front door, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=858&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>joining the same old song and dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My soul is singing a bit today.  I&#8217;m pretty sure I overheard the angels singing these words as the sun rose.  I just thought, maybe you&#8217;d like to join us.
You dance over me, while I am unaware.
You sing all around, but I never hear the sound.
Lord, I&#8217;m amazed by you.  Lord I&#8217;m amazed by you.  Lord, I&#8217;m amazed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=856&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>naked I came, naked I go, but in the meantime</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayda doesn&#8217;t understand that it&#8217;s not acceptable to go about the community naked, acting like she has no shame and nothing to hide.  To her, the only practical purpose for covering up is for warmth, though a cuddle in Mom&#8217;s lap adequately meets that need to her mind, even without clothing.  She has no bearing on what others think of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=841&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>incomprehensible</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/incomprehensible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my Lord.  Oh my God, can you hear us?
Who are you?  Where are you?  What are you like?
With so much ascribed to you, can you possibly meet that, be like that, exceed that?
You are our answer to every &#8220;why&#8221; question that we can&#8217;t answer.  You answer the mysteries of &#8220;how&#8221; questions.
We see and do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=839&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>lifted higher</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/lifted-higher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps, after just finishing the audio book, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, as part of an agreed upon reading program which Will and I are endeavoring to complete, and then watching the movie tonight with Hannah, who might consider it her favorite, I&#8217;m just a little romantically overloaded, but I&#8217;m feeling a desire to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=826&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i stopped sucking my thumb</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/i-stopped-sucking-my-thumb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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After being sent to bed with a promise I&#8217;d be there to tuck him in, Ethan pops back into the kitchen in his Spiderman pajamas with a big smile on his face, a twinkle in his eye and a bounce in his step.
&#8220;Ummm, hey, Dad?&#8221;
&#8220;Ya, buddy, whaddaya need?&#8221;
His eyes shift and his forehead tightens.  He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=811&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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