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	<title>Musician&#039;s Widow &#187; optimism</title>
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	<description>The wife of a touring musician tells it like she sees it...</description>
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		<title>To thine own self be true</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2010/06/11/to-thine-own-self-be-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The phrase &#8220;to thine own self be true&#8221; has grown to have more and more meaning for me lately. I am quickly learning not to apologize for following my own heart and doing what is best for ME.
Believe it or not, I think this is a fairly hard concept for people to grasp. I&#8217;ve said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2010/05/07/flood-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 09:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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&#8220;A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
&#8211; Winston Churchill
In every tragedy, a &#8220;bright side&#8221; can be found if you look hard enough. Luckily, in the Nashville flood, you don&#8217;t have look hard at all. It&#8217;s all right there.
This community has pulled together in a way I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare for the worst</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2010/02/22/prepare-for-the-worst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to say something uncharacteristically pessimistic. I always prepare for the worst.
Now for something optimistic. I always hope for the best.
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. My mom told me that years ago, and its always stuck with me. It&#8217;s become a life habit I don&#8217;t even think about doing. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the future</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2009/12/31/letter-to-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear 2010,
Be nice.
No, seriously. Be nice. Your predecessor, 2009? Talk about your evil woman! I say good riddance to her. Don&#8217;t let the champagne cork hit you when you go.
I should be fair and admit 2009 had its good aspects. One of which was my laying the groundwork for the future professionally. And within that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in my heart</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2009/12/26/christmas-in-my-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Christmas, I wrote about there being &#8220;No price to the holidays.&#8221; This year, it felt like all I saw leading up to Christmas was dollar signs&#8230; the cost of living had me down in the dumps and stressed. It seemed like we were on this strange teeter-totter; once I&#8217;d be up, something would come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An unexpected angel</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2009/12/17/an-unexpected-angel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote about having the Holiday Doldrums. Today, I write about an unexpected burst of Holiday Spirit.
It was a frustrating beginning to the day, when a bid to get some much needed funds to cover a few bills hit a brick wall. We attempted to sell a couple of my husband&#8217;s old keyboards to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving thanks for my favorite Fs</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2009/11/28/giving-thanks-for-my-favorite-fs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little late, but pausing to give thanks&#8230;
Family
I have the most awesome family. Ever.
My husband is wonderful. I seriously married my best friend. We regularly joke, &#8220;Its just too bad we never have any fun together&#8221; as we&#8217;re doubled over with laughter as we crack each other up. Or if there is something wrong, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the world has needed: Optimism</title>
		<link>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2009/01/20/what-the-world-has-needed-optimism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicianswidow.com/blog/2009/01/20/what-the-world-has-needed-optimism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years, I&#8217;ve thought of a lot of things that I felt the collective population of this world has needed; logic, respect, tolerance, faith, and accountability being a few of those. But I never thought of optimism.
Today, our 44th President was sworn into office. A vast majority of the whole world rejoiced, [...]]]></description>
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