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		<title>Mums Leading Strong</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/15/mums-leading-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is full for today&#8217;s mum. For myself, I had my own music business, cleaning business and then taught at a school. When we started our church I went back to teaching piano. Because I loved church, I was involved in so many areas. Because Dean believed in me, he regularly announced that I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Choices</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/01/sexual-choices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not unusual to experience sexual thoughts and fantasies, even for the same sex, in our growing years. This disgusts some but hear me out. In these years, we are forming our preferences for the future. Our bodies, minds and emotions are changing. We experience bizarre thoughts. For the young person, the adolescent and teen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Keys for Dads</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/10/17/vital-keys-for-dads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dad is a child&#8217;s super hero. When dad is struggling, so do the kids. As a mum, I could love my kids all day long but when Dean came home, the house changed. The house of order would often become chaos. In the presence of Dean, business ideas were birthed, spontaneous outings occurred and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex, Single and Accountability</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/16/sex-single-and-accountability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sex Most of us know what the Bible states about sex &#8211; between a man and a woman in marriage. That means that God would love singles to abstain. That&#8217;s tough but after all, there&#8217;s not many occasions when he says &#8216;no&#8217; to certain things. Casual sex or any sex outside of marriage can seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression, Bad Days, What Will I Do.</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/07/26/depression-bad-days-what-will-i-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tough times and depression are not a new dilemma. Whether depression is a disease is still debatable. In these times, we are fortunate that there is medication that can decrease our pain in crises. Often though, taking a pill dulls the mind and emotions rather than changing the mind and emotions. That is an issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children &amp; Crisis</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/05/18/children-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 05:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve lived in a bus and a house that was cut in half and trucked into my parent’s backyard before being put back together. We had a marriage breakdown and reconciliation. We have been very poor and are now financially secure. We have moved across the world with the two boys and have traveled extensively. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mature Kids, Mature Parenting</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/05/02/mature-kids-mature-parenting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 18:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parenting is an adventure. We long to be a parent but it is challenging. Raising children can be overwhelming. And so as much as we expect our children to mature over the years, so must we mature as parents. We are our children&#8217;s primary leaders and so we must be open and willing to learn. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slippers and Freedom</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/03/07/slippers-and-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m spending a lot of time in Dean’s slippers at the moment. Not being able to travel as much due to surgery means much rest. Dean’s slippers bring me comfort because they are big, comfy and his. In my days of healing, I spend as much time around great friends, my Bible and church. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Difficult Times with Maturing Children</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/01/25/difficult-times-with-maturing-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a relationship with your kids starts from the early years. Therefore take time throughout childhood to chat with your kids about likes and dislikes, your thoughts on topics and what you expect of them. Even in the early years it&#8217;s pretty typical to find that kids prefer discussions of certain topics with a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falling in Love and What We Should Teach our Kids</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/01/10/falling-in-love-and-what-we-should-teach-our-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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