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		<title>Maybe he hasn&#8217;t noticed it yet.</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2011/03/13/maybe-he-hasnt-noticed-it-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Maybe he hasn’t noticed it yet. Maybe he’s not aware of how he affects people at the age of six, but in just a few days, or months, or years, he won’t be able to not notice. His mom sees the way people react to him. She notices the glance followed by the shudder, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom was right.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom was right. She had just made a statement about me, about my character, and I couldn’t help but chuckle because she was right. This whole deal about me loving my job just didn’t make sense. It couldn’t make sense given the fact that I have always had this…trait, this part of me that speaks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The front row.</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/12/19/the-front-row/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long before there was a Timothy program to teach boys how to serve, and even longer before there was LTC which offers young people the opportunity, to preach, lead singing, and show their tech skills in telling about Christ, there was a man who sat on the front row every Sunday evening teaching young boys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of the best times of my life.</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/12/12/one-of-the-times-of-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m back! Well, kinda…sorta…back. It has been quite a while since my last post and it may that long before I post again. I do appreciate those of you who have let me know that you miss my ramblings. I’ve heard from a lot of people and I must admit that I have been surprised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three &#8220;atta-boys&#8221; in twenty-four hours.</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/06/04/three-atta-boys-in-twenty-four-hours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A boost, that’s what they are, a boost. I love “atta-boys,” they give me a boost that helps me keep on keeping on. I taught a series of lessons a few years ago using Dr. Gary Chapman’s book The Five Love Languages as the basis. While I taught the class I discovered that my love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Root Canals</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/05/27/root-canals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday was a day I will not soon forget. Paula and I headed down to Crowley to see Josh and his family, and to go to Mary Alice’s second piano recital. The recital was great and it was nice to get to spend time Milla. I guess the only disappointment is that Major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its not going away.</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/05/04/its-not-going-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not going away you know, this whole dying thing. It’s going to happen no matter how much you don’t want think about it, or talk about it. So why not think about it and talk about it? First off make sure your loved ones know how much you love them. Last week I drove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;It was just like he wanted it.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/05/03/it-was-just-like-he-wanted-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knew the end was near, and that’s why they were all gathered around him. Only yesterday he was up and about as much as he could be. It seemed as though he could still be hanging on for quite some time. Philip, Phil’s son had sat with him on Sunday morning and had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A thank you for those who adopt children.</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/04/30/a-thank-you-for-those-who-adopt-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to give a shout out to the loving folks who choose to adopt children. I have a nephew and his wife, who adopted two kids from Russia about six years ago, and I have a niece and her husband, who are awaiting the call to go to a North African country to adopt two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soak in the Word</title>
		<link>http://grumpysmith.com/2010/04/27/soak-in-the-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who write or speak are somehow always looking for, or at least aware of applicable analogies. It’s not like I start my day with the intent of finding something profound or meaningful, it just seems that often an analogy will just come to mind. That is what happened yesterday as I was [...]]]></description>
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