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		<description><![CDATA[Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.&#8221; &#8211;Michael Jordan When I decided to take off work to watch the first two days of the NCAA tournament last year, my manager scrutinized me. Never mind that I’d done so the previous three years, she just didn’t get it. “You’re taking vacation days and not going anywhere?” &#8220;Um, well, actually &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=1098&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes its lonely Sometimes its only me and The shadows that fill this room, Sometimes I&#8217;m fallin&#8217; desperately callin&#8217;&#8230; &#8211;Travis Tritt, It&#8217;s a Great Day to be Alive The first time I heard the song, I had been on my feet for 16 hours straight. I hadn&#8217;t simply been standing; from the hours of 2am-5am I&#8217;d &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=1065&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Sequel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you didn&#8217;t get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.” &#8211;Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture &#8220;As long as you write a sequel.&#8221; That&#8217;s what my dad said after he read my book. He said he was comfortable with what I&#8217;d written because &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=982&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Still, I am learning.&#8221; &#8212; Michelangelo What a difference a year makes. I wrote an upbeat post about this time last year, something I hoped contained a positive message. But I&#8217;ll admit now, I struggled with it. You wouldn&#8217;t think writing something positive would have been so difficult at that time; after all, the last &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=887&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Service Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you get, give. If you learn, teach.&#8221; &#8211;Maya Angelou I wanted to help kids get to college. That was my goal. Publish a book that inspires people, and use the proceeds to help other kids get to a place where they could have the same incredible experience that I did. Simple, right? Well, it &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=853&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The State Championship Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to wherever you are. This is your life, you&#8217;ve made it this far.&#8221; &#8212; Bon Jovi &#8220;Are we still going to go to the game?&#8221; I bounded down the stairs of our three story, 3500 square foot house. Dad sat on the leather couch in our basement family room, his eyes glued to the &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=835&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One of My New Favorite Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. &#8212; Louisa May Alcott I&#8217;m excited to talk about another Evolved Publishing author and book today, as it is truly one of my favorites. I took this book along with me on a trip to the beach this summer, beginning &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=818&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks an exciting anniversary for And Then it Rained: Lessons for Life: one year since it was published. In addition to the support of my friends and family throughout the past few months, I&#8217;ve been incredibly lucky to have the network of friends and fellow authors from Evolved Publishing. In honor of that, I&#8217;ll &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=788&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All we can ask in our lives is that perhaps we can make a little difference in someone else&#8217;s.&#8221; &#8211;Lillian Davis While working on this post a couple nights go, I pulled out a few quote books. In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, I like to include quotes at the beginning of every new post. In &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=712&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego State</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.&#8221;  &#8211; Marcel Proust San Diego State University. When I typed those four words into a Google search 13 years ago, I did so with intrigue. I&#8217;d just spent a 15-minute car ride listening to my idol describe this college &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skybluemission.com&#038;blog=25086351&#038;post=670&#038;subd=skybluemission&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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