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		<title>In the Line of Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early onset stages of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), flashbacks were a common occurrence in my daily life. They were a constant reminder of what I saw, what I heard and what I smelled. Any similar prop that presented itself caused the prompting of the distant memory to become the reality of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When The Memories Fade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the memories fade from the mind of a loved one, it is a dismal situation to witness and experience. The initial glimmers of the destructive path to the brain’s once vibrant mechanism bring about a sense of great loss and agony for all involved. The individual who has been affected by the illness feels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping The Scales Tipped @ Happiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I contemplate individuals in my life who have the right to be bitter, my Maternal Aunt is the first person who immediately comes to mind. In the span of her lifetime, she has lost two husbands and her only son. Her first husband passed away when she was nine months pregnant with their fourth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossroads</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Changing careers in midlife is not an easy transition for anyone &#8212; especially once you&#8217;ve hit the over-50 classification and acquired your first AARP card. Prior to the arrival of the big 5-0, it was a subject I gave little thought to or worried about. That is, until my world came crashing down around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find Your Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Find your own shoes and you&#8217;ll find your way.&#8221; Words heard and passed on from my Father. Spoken in a time when I most needed his wisdom. What they meant, I had no idea at the time. Yet in his speaking them over me, I felt my spirit stir. Soon the meaning became a mantra of sorts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In A Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a year of journeying on this road to publishing and launching my first book, I have been blessed with many gifts. I have come to better understand the beauty which lies within than that of my outside reflection. I have come to realize the importance of speaking the words which lie in my heart. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Bells Are Ringing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 03:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite Christmas movies is the 1946 classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. The film stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help out his family and friends. His attempted suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the divine intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWSA Award Nomination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am deeply honored to learn that my book, &#8220;In The Shadow Of A Badge&#8221;, was nominated for a prestigious 2012 Military Writers Society of America award in the Non-Fiction Spiritual/Religious category.   To learn more about MWSA and this year&#8217;s award ceremony, please click here.]]></description>
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		<title>An Epiphany</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An epiphany is defined as a &#8220;moment of sudden revelation or insight.&#8221; In my lifetime, I have been blessed with several such events. The first of which was the birth of my daughter. In that moment of new life beginning, the meaning of motherhood was revealed. The soft heart of caring found it&#8217;s way into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear The Mechanism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lillie Leonardi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the most poignant moments of a favorite movie, For Love Of The Game; Kevin Costner’s character reminds himself to “clear the mechanism.”  In the film, he portrays a washed out baseball player, who is about to achieve a crowning moment in his life.  As he stands on the mound pitching the game [...]]]></description>
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