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	<title>Open to Hope Foundation &#187; Yvonne Lancaster</title>
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	<itunes:summary>Are you suffering from loss? Feeling alone? Looking for hope? Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley, bereaved parent/sibling on their weekly Open to Hope Internet radio show. The Horsleys are founders of Opentohope.com and international experts on finding hope after loss. Their personal journey and the stories of their guests will inspire you and motivate you to again embrace the life that you have been given.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Suicide Leaves Family Struggling to Cope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the light fingernail tapping sound on the window that put my dog Minnie on high-alert. She was barking and running around in circles with her usual reliable vigilance. Before I left my easy-chair, I quickly glanced at the clock on the end-table. It was 9:05 PM. I wasn’t expecting anyone. I thought it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whispered Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 09:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been nearly 25 years since my son Brian was killed by a drunk driver.  He was 19 years old. We miss him terribly.  Life has never been the same without him. When I use the word &#8220;same,&#8221; it conjures memories of my children playing in the back yard, watching Sesame Street, doing homework, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Rose Reached Across Time to Comfort Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In high school, I worked as a kitchen aide in a nearby rest home.  The home was a beautiful Victorian, formerly owned by a prominent business man.  Throughout renovations to accommodate the elderly, the façade pretty much remained the same: three stories with steep roof pitches, an attention-grabbing turret and a few new dormers.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Votives for Remembrance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are a particularly difficult time for many families who are yearning for their loved ones, no matter how long they have been gone. My grandmother, Georgiana, out-lived my grandfather, Arsene, by 25 years.  Not a day went by without her missing him.  Often, we would visit her. She was a warm and loving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Your Last Wishes Be Known</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evelyn Rose was my mother.  She was a devout Catholic born at the turn of the twentieth-century. She never questioned dogma, doctrine or the infallibility of the pope.  She believed we were put here on earth by God for a short time and that our life was a test of our choices about good and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sand Dollar Helps Mom Deal With Tidal Waves in Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The creamy white sand dollars felt velvety and cool moving through my fingers. I had removed them from the kitchen windowsill, attempting to examine them more closely. I was hoping to discover something new about them, hoping to learn why they are so good at surviving constant changes. Sand dollars, introduced to me by my now-deceased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Father, My Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a little girl, I fell from our tree swing. I was gently picked up and carried into the house where Band-Aids were carefully placed on my scuffed-up knees. My tears were dried with methodic tender dabs.  Through my sobs, I could hear the calming and reassuring words of my father, who we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Season of Renaissance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yvonne Lancaster &#8211; The yard was still icy near the fence where it hides from the lowering sun. As a brave New Englander who shoveled her way through the long months of winter, it was heartening to see and feel the crusty brown earth beneath my feet and see crocuses peeking at me with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Review: Steel Magnolias</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reviewed by Yvonne Lancaster &#8211; &#8220;Steel Magnolias,&#8221; directed by Herbert Ross, includes the cast of Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin O&#8217;Connor and Sam Shepard. The story centers around six women customers at Truvy&#8217;s Beauty Parlor in a small Louisiana town. They share gossip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering the &#8216;Christmas Valentine&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yvonne E. Lancaster On December 22, 1986, our son Brian was killed by a drunk driver. We buried him two days later on Christmas Eve.  Brian was 19 years old and a sophomore in college.  All of his dreams and aspirations to become a marine biologist and hopefully a husband and father someday, were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Conversation With Son is Deep, Loving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne Lancaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Yvonne E. Lancaster &#8211; Coming home was a tough time of day. It signaled the end of the occupational work day, and the beginning of the personal work evening&#8230;preparing dinner, doing laundry, taxiing kids, whatever else kept me going until 11 p.m. My 5 p.m. homecoming blues had often been softened by seeing my [...]]]></description>
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