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	<title>REACH FOR THE JOY</title>
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		<title>Weep Not for Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Weep not for me though I am gone
Into the gentle night
Grieve if you will, but not for long
Upon my soul&#8217;s sweet flight.
There is no need for tears.
I am at peace, my soul is at rest
There is no pain, I suffer not,
For with your love I was so blessed.
I am in a place of comfort
The fear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/weep-not-for-me</link>
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		<title>Restless Soul and Zaiden&#8217;s Gift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen Garcia
April 14, 1968 – January 27, 2011
Eulogy by Dave Garcia
I’m Karen’s brother.  When she and I were growing up together, she used to say that if we had grown up in the 60’s, I would have been in the Army fighting in Vietnam and she would have been a hippie back in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/restless-soul-and-zaidens-gift</link>
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		<title>Arrangements for Karen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ARRANGEMENTS FOR KAREN
Hello family and friends,
On behalf of our family I want to send our thanks for your kind words, thoughts, prayers, and offers to help. Many people have been asking about arrangements for Karen’s memorial service and other pertinent information.  This message is going out to a wide distribution list; however, please feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/arrangements-for-karen</link>
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		<title>Karen is Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen passed away today &#8211; she is free.
Sweet Karen, thank you for years of love, sharing your dance, your song, your laugh, your kisses, your art, your energy and most of all for bringing us our amazing daughter.
You are the single greatest teacher I&#8217;ve ever had and the great love of my life.
You will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/karen-is-free</link>
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		<title>My Final Curtain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I enjoy each delicious moment in this tired out young body of mine, I have much time and even a bit of physical energy to truly reflect on the past 42 1/2 blessed years.
I am grateful for this little body- It has served me well for many amazing adventures, including a natural child-birth- the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/my-final-curtain</link>
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		<title>Zaiden&#8217;s Smile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing inspires me like my little girl&#8217;s smile!








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		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/zaidens-smile</link>
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		<title>A New Choice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the wondrous age of five and a half, my daughter is already becoming quite the master story-teller. No real surprise, as she comes from theatrical parents, but she does have moments of timidity and can be quite shy, only to unexpectedly spring to life to recount one of her tales. Zaiden captures her audience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/a-new-choice</link>
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		<title>NY TIMES/Kathy Russel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an article worth sharing&#8230; I AM IN THAT 2%!!!
With faith-
Karen
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/health/27case.html

17 Years Later, Stage 4 Survivor Is Savoring a Life Well Lived
By KATHERINE RUSSELL RICH
Published: April 26, 2010
Each year on a day in January — the 15th, to be precise — I go to a Web site and post a message to hundreds of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/ny-timeskathy</link>
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		<title>EnJOY the Ride!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been said more times than one can count, &#8220;God never gives us more than we can handle.&#8221; Throughout what I like to call my journey with cancer, I have discovered the raw truth of this adage. For I have found myself facing my day with joy, faith, gratitude and hope- even in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/enjoy-the-ride</link>
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		<title>Are you KIDDING me??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am literally reaching the end of my rope- need an infusion of faith, positivity- SOMETHING!]]></description>
		<link>http://reachforthejoy.org/are-you-kidding-me</link>
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