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		<title>Converted unto the Lord #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conversion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post, I talked about my first exposure to the Church, which led me to yearn to believe in something.  At the time, I didn&#8217;t really know what I wanted to believe—just that I wanted to believe in something. I realized that though I grew up in a Catholic home, I really didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacrament Meeting Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[reverence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so grateful that my kids are old enough that we have passed the days of Sacrament Meeting temper tantrums, leaving to change diapers, and fetching them from under the pews. I even stopped bringing the &#8220;church bag&#8221; with books and crayons and toys in it, because they really didn&#8217;t ever use it anymore. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Converted unto the Lord #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, these are they who were converted unto the Lord (Alma 23:8): I grew up in Michigan suburb, never having met a Mormon. In fact, I didn&#8217;t even know that &#8220;Mormon&#8221; was a church. All I knew was that they were a group of people that went west during the 1800&#8242;s. I later learned that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Didn&#8217;t My Lord Deliver Daniel &#8211; Then Why Not Every Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deliverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My former favorite negro spiritual (&#8220;Ain&#8217;t Got Time to Die&#8221; that I sang in BYU&#8217;s A Cappella) was replaced a couple of years ago with Didn&#8217;t My Lord Deliver Daniel? when my daughter&#8217;s high school a cappella choir sang it. Didn&#8217;t my Lord deliver Daniel, then why not every man? Chorus: Didn’t my Lord deliver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fasting:  Blessing Two Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fasting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insomnia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always struggled with fasting. It is very hard for me to connect going without food to getting divine assistance. (Not to mention that I plain just love food!) I went for a long time without fasting due to pregnancies, nursing and health issues. But over the last few months, I have known that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Prayers Answered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 6yo, Grasshopper is about as obedient a child as you can ever find. She is meticulous about observing the commandments, from the Sabbath day to the Word of Wisdom to modesty. Nevertheless, we have been concerned that she still struggles with prayer. She doesn&#8217;t seem to feel a connection with Heavenly Father, and her prayers are mostly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider a Kia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we were in college, both of Sam&#8217;s brothers bought Hyundais. And we laughed at them. Sure they were poor. So were we, but who would buy a junk car like that? Apparently we would. In 2002 we bought our first Hyundai — a Sante Fe — and it&#8217;s still going strong with over 100,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Baby is in Primary!</title>
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		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/my-baby-is-in-primary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nursery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Talks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Year&#8217;s Day was 3yo Cricket&#8217;s first day in Primary. We have been talking about it for about a month now, and he informed me the day before that he didn&#8217;t like nursery, and he wasn&#8217;t going to go anymore (lol). Grasshopper has been dutifully praying for his success and trying to teach him everything he would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reach Fitness Goals with Community Support</title>
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		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/reach-fitness-goals-with-community-support/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post brought to you by Cafe Well. All opinions are 100% mine. A couple of days ago, Sam and I stopped by Costco. Immediately we were faced with rows of vitamins and an enormous display of workout machines. There were treadmills, ellipticals, stair climbers, weight sets, even inversion tables (didn&#8217;t those go out in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling Food Storage Cans?</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/recycling-food-storage-cans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/recycling-food-storage-cans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mormonmomma.com/?p=1660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband requested that I post this question. We have started to cycle through some of our food storage. It seems a shame to throw away those big, sturdy #10 cans. My husband made stilts with them for the kids. Cricket (3yo) turned those into drums for the pleasure of all. And that is all we have come up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immediately Blessed</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/immediately-blessed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[obedience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prophets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early in December, I read an article in the Ensign entitled The Joy of Sabbath Day Observance, in which Elder Marcos A. Aidukaitis talks of his family&#8217;s choice to attend church, even when vacationing with family members that were not members of the Church. In the past, we have not attended church services on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Your Goals for 2012?</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/what-are-your-goals-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/what-are-your-goals-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mormonmomma.com/?p=1669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have — quite bravely, I think — posted my New Year&#8217;s resolutions for 2012 for the world to see. No, it doesn&#8217;t magically complete them, but the sense of accountability is certainly stronger when everyone knows what you intend to do. What are your goals for 2012? Share them here and let&#8217;s support each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Day: Look Not Behind Thee</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/new-years-day-look-not-behind-thee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2012/new-years-day-look-not-behind-thee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mormonmomma.com/?p=1655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love goals and measuring progress. Too many, I believe, take life as it comes, go with the flow, fly by the seat of their pants. And in so doing end up far from where they dream or hope. They just end up…somewhere…where ever. As you resolve to make 2012 the best it can be, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like a Little Child</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/like-a-little-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/like-a-little-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypocrisy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself feeling rather irritated with Grasshopper today. She tends to be very slow, and today it seemed that frequently she was purposely making the entire family wait. I scolded her, and at one point we all slowly walked from the car, leaving her still sitting in the car until she realized that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Settle This Later: the Tithing Settlement Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/lets-settle-this-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/lets-settle-this-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie Gardner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that glorious time of year: Warm Christmas greetings, reflecting on the birth of the Savior, good will abounding, music filling the air, gifts from the heart, parties with family and friends, happy children, and my favorite holiday tradition of all…tithing settlement. This isn&#8217;t a post so much about the merits of tithing settlement, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/keep-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/keep-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I joined the Church as a 19y0 college student with all the passion and idealism of youth. I would surely keep every commandment perfectly. I would do anything, go anywhere, for The Church of Jesus Christ, even if that meant serving a mission in the most remote corner of the earth or having 17 children. But I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gift Card Weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/gift-card-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/gift-card-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post brought to you by Gift Card Weekend. All opinions are 100% mine. Subway is one of my favorite fast food places because — as Jared taught us so long ago — you can actually eat a quick, healthy meal there. With Gift Card Weekend upon us, you can win a $10 gift card [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Peace</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/christmas-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/christmas-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Chevrier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Christmas! Most Christmases I&#8217;m on top of everything: Shopping is nearly done before Thanksgiving and most presents are wrapped before the first week of December. Then we start ticking items off of our long list of “must-dos.” This year has been a little different. I was swamped with time-critical political issues up until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/christmas-eve-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/christmas-eve-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Moore Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do on Christmas Eve? Here are two things our family has done for years and years. Christmas Tree French Toast Every Christmas Eve morning, we have this special, festive breakfast. (On Christmas morning we have an enormous cinnamon roll wreath/candy cane like my mom always made.) It&#8217;s easy and fun. And yummy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Did That to Him?</title>
		<link>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/who-did-that-to-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2011/who-did-that-to-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Polyak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, as we were getting ready to leave the house, 3yo Cricket was paging through the December Ensign. When he happened upon a picture depicting the crucifixion, he exclaimed, &#8220;Who did that to Jesus!&#8221; clearly horrified. I raced through the files of my mind trying to find the right answer. The Roman soldiers? Pilate? The Jews? None of those [...]]]></description>
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