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	<title>Hospice Blogs. A hospice blog written by a hospice chaplain.</title>
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		<title>Pastors Impressed with Cottage in the Meadow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Y</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Holland Lewis of Holland Lewis Ministries joined Rev. David Helseth of Englewood Christian Church in meeting Laurie Oswalt, recently named chaplain at Memorial Hospital.  They toured the Cottage with me and were pleased to see so much thoughtful space &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/pastors-impressed-cottage-meadow">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elmer Hart</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Y</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After retiring in 2002, Dr. Elmer Hart wasn’t interested in hitting the golf course. Instead, he put his nimble fingers and ample energy into creating handmade, totally unique quilts to be donated to Memorial’s Hospice and Home Health programs as &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/elmer-hart">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cottage Progress Viewed by Visitors</title>
		<link>http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/cottage-progress-viewed-visitors</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Y</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a pleasure to take two hospice friends through the Cottage in the Meadow construction this week.  Dave Edler, former Yakima City mayor and senior pastor of Yakima Foursquare Church, and Cindy Fiscus, early supporter and wife of former &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/cottage-progress-viewed-visitors">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carol Louden – A Vigilant Volunteer</title>
		<link>http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/carol-louden-vigilant-volunteer</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Louden – A Vigilant Volunteer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carol Louden has become a champion on behalf of Hospice and Cottage in the Meadow, after witnessing the important role Hospice took in supporting her daughter and son-in-law as he succumbed to Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2004. “When Brad was &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/carol-louden-vigilant-volunteer">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grieving Now or Later—It’s Up to You (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/grieving-laterits-part-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bereavement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grieving Now or Later—It’s Up to You (Part 2)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous blog, the subject was Grieving Now or Later—It’s Up to You. The point was that we don’t apply the model of grieving that we’ve been given. There are a few typical reasons why. The first is that &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/grieving-laterits-part-2">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grieving Now or Later—It’s Up to You (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/grieving-laterits-part-1</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grieving Now or Later—It’s Up to You (Part 1)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our society hasn’t set us up to grieve well. We say silly things, like, “Real men don’t cry.” This makes no sense—are emotions now a sign of weakness? We compliment the widow with inane words, like, “Look how wonderfully strong &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/grieving-laterits-part-1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Should We Do at the Bedside?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have that image from the movies: it’s a quiet room, people that come in speak no louder than a whisper, and they tip-toe in and tip-toe out so as not to disturb the loved one, who seems to be &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/bedside">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why is This Taking So Long?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bereavement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After too little sleep and too much caffeine, nobody wants to say the words out loud, but they’re all thinking it as they keep vigil over their loved one. Meanwhile, this shell of a human, who now hardly bears any &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/long">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Now Where Shall I Go?</title>
		<link>http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/now-where-shall-i-go</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chaplain's Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Now Where Shall I Go?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bill loved the great outdoors. Hunting, fishing, skiing, hiking, camping, boating—you name it, he got out and did it. So when Bill died, the family decided it was only fitting to have Bill’s body cremated and his ashes spread over &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/now-where-shall-i-go">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Letter</title>
		<link>http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/letter</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can&#8217;t reread a phone call. ~Liz Carpenter Have you ever gone through the attic—you know, wiping aside the cobwebs, scooting past the front half of the snowmobile (and wondering &#8230; <a href="http://cottageinthemeadow.memfound.org/letter">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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