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		<title>Kristan McNames Shares Her Story</title>
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Kristan McNames

I often get asked why I decided to become a funeral director.  Some people ask this with one eyebrow cocked up and askew with their nose wrinkled and twitching like a rabbit.  I can almost see the statements and questions running through their head, “Couldn’t she find something normal to do… I wonder if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jen&#8217;s Success Story &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t give up!&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hear them every day&#8230;questions from young members who are faced with the daunting tasks of passing the National Board exams, or the search for an apprentice/internship position. Well, I&#8217;ve got a success story for you.
AWFP member, Jennifer Snyder, graduated from Mortuary College this past May, and was very disheartened by an unsuccessful job search. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wfdconnect.com/jens-success-story/</link>
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		<title>Heartfelt Book Recommendation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier blog post, Saying Goodbye and Finding Meaning in Loss, I shared with you a personal sorrow: the passing of a long-time friend who died at 59, of lung cancer. The week of his memorial service, I received a review copy of a book, The Longest Journey: Two Women’s Parallel Stories of Grief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wise Words for Challenging Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you already know that I don&#8217;t have cable television, subscribe to the newspaper, or otherwise &#8220;contaminate&#8221; my life with media-driven bad news and negativity. Yeah, I know; I live in a bubble. But that bubble allows me to pursue my own goals without fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best&#8230;&#8221;Don&#8217;t waste your life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Go of Regret</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;By dwelling on past follies, we steal time and effort from the tasks ahead. We cheat the future.&#8221; ~ Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York
I couldn&#8217;t agree with her more &#8211; and I absolutely love the sentence, &#8220;We cheat the future.&#8221; So, let it go&#8230;all of it. I can easily slip into mulling over my &#8220;mistakes&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wfdconnect.com/let-go-of-regret/</link>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s Inspiring Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The world stands aside and makes room for the person who knows where she is going and is on her way.&#8221; ~ Napoleon Hill
I spent the first hour of the day today, between 4 and 5 a.m., reading some wonderful fiction in an issue of THE ATLANTIC. I had bought a cope a few months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saying Goodbye&#8230;and Finding Meaning in Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night my small world was rocked by the news of the death of a one-time close friend. He and I spent a lot of time together in what I call the &#8220;dark time&#8221; of my life: a two year period where I lost complete control of my life (can you see why I call [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wfdconnect.com/saying-goodbye/</link>
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		<title>And Finally&#8230;Happiness for No Reason!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe I&#8217;ve presented this book before, but it&#8217;s worth restating its value to the reader. Marci Shimoff wrote the book, Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out, way back in 2008 &#8211; but it&#8217;s still worth having in your library. It&#8217;s really &#8220;evergreen&#8221; &#8211; as our desire for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wfdconnect.com/happiness-for-no-reason/</link>
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		<title>On a Different Note: Second Chances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sticking with our theme for the week, focusing on great reading, I wanted to reprise a column I wrote for Mortuary Management, published in the June issue of this year. Many of you are not subscribers, and I know that you&#8217;re missing out on some great reading&#8230;so why not subscribe? It&#8217;s just $39 a year, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wfdconnect.com/second-chances/</link>
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		<title>An Interview with Mary Roach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite non-fiction books is Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach. Probably many of you have read it. Certainly her humor is engaging, and her experiences are outrageous. Here&#8217;s what one 2003 review, published by  Reed Business Information, Inc  said:
&#8220;Uproariously funny&#8221; doesn&#8217;t seem a likely description for a book [...]]]></description>
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