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	<title>Desert Saints Magazine &#187; gratitude</title>
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		<title>MOM: A Little Less On The Prairie</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2009/12/01/mom-a-little-less-on-the-prairie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nettie H. Francis We recently downsized everything…(except children). One less car, one less payment, less television, one less phone contract, one less hobby, less shopping, one less school, one less weekly commitment, less media. In short, we simplified every aspect of our lives that we could. Not because of the struggling economy (although that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude in Unexpected Places</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2009/11/01/gratitude-in-unexpected-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was time to celebrate. After a difficult time with my health, my family, and other issues, I felt spiritually famished and had a difficult time feeling grateful for much. Then I faced a major project that took every ounce of strength to finish. The day after the project, when the kids were in school, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costco-Sized Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ken Craig When I’m at work I spend a good amount of time networking. Meaning that I am constantly trying to meet new people, even if it is only over lunch or chatting a few minutes at a social gathering. And inevitably, the subject of family will come up. “So, do you have any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2009/11/01/unexpected-gratitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tammy Schneider Completely submerged and frantically trying to swim my way through the regular ocean of laundry the other day, I began rehearsing my usual “this family can’t possibly go through this many clothes in two days” lecture. I felt helpless, harassed and more than a little put out. With a house full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Pixies</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/12/01/christmas-pixies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sherrie Mackelprang Christmas is like magic. The unexpected can brighten and beautify a heart. A long time ago in a little desert town a widow made preparations for Christmas. It was 1951 and times were tight. Left to raise seven children alone she was determined to stand on her own two feet. Christmas was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Everything Give Thanks</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/11/11/in-everything-give-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Krista Ralston Oakes Our Heavenly Father designed a great plan to bring to pass our immortality and eternal lives (Moses 1:39). The Book of Mormon describes this plan as the “plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8, 16) and teaches us that “men are that they might have joy” (2 Nephi 2:25). Yet this plan of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Five</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/11/11/high-five/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melva L. Gifford The symbol of the high five, the slapping the palms of a team member, friend or family member is a good representation of appreciation. We high five when we gain a victory. We high five when we meet friends in the hall or may high five when our family has accomplished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneers &amp; Heroes</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/pioneers-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dave Jackson As a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints there were a few things missing from my Mormon résumé when I joined the Church. Among the missing were my family history and a heritage of pioneers crossing the plains. Obviously I couldn’t do much about the pioneer thing, except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks safety &amp; other myths</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/fireworks-safety-other-myths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dave Ellis The 4th of July is special in my family. Not only is it my brother Jason’s birthday but it is also my daughter Hattie’s birthday. We spend that day being thankful to live in a country where we can show our patriotism by setting off fireworks and waving flags that were both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from an American Patriot</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/letter-from-an-american-patriot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By An Anonymous Serviceman The following recent letter is reprinted with the permission of the soldier and his wife. Dear Family and Friends, I should be leaving for the Middle East sometime soon. It has been a difficult three months of training. Two of those months I have been away from my angel wife and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from the Editor</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/letter-from-the-editor-28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During this patriotic time of year, we collectively pause and give thanks for our nation: from its tenuous beginnings, upheld by the hand of the Almighty; to its rise in wealth and power; to the restoration of the gospel with the ordinances and covenants that lead us to eternal life. In counting the blessings of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treading Deep Water</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/treading-deep-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Danielle Ellis During his missionary labors, the apostle Paul experienced much trial and tribulation. He was often in the company of those who sought his life. He was arrested, beaten, plotted against, imprisoned for years, and shipwrecked. And yet he gloried in his trials. Joseph Smith, whose life was filled with many similar trials, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Urges Pandemic Preparedness</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/church-urges-pandemic-preparedness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Danielle Ellis &#8220;Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See The Manti Temple and More</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2008/07/01/see-the-manti-temple-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marilyn Richardson If you’re looking for a peaceful summer getaway, a visit to the quiet town of Manti, Utah may be the perfect answer. Manti is 287 miles from Las Vegas, and it is a great place for a family vacation. Especially if you include a stop at the Freemont Indian Museum on Highway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Date: Second Time Around</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Lorene Plumb Two weeks ago my son Allen called to tell me his divorce was final; he is forty-seven. Today he called and announced, “I finally got up the courage to ask a lady for a date. I was so nervous I got a sick stomach.” I understand: stress can do that. And although [...]]]></description>
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