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  <name><![CDATA[Mary Ellen Edmunds]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[You Can Never Get Enough Of What You Don't Need: The Quest For Contentment]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Love Is a Verb: And Other Thoughts on the Greatest Commandment]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mee Thinks: Random Thoughts on Life's Wrinkles]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Peculiar, in a Good Way]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Thoughts for a Bad Hair Day]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Peace Amidst Suffering]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gratitude: The Theory of Relativity]]></title>
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