<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[dba A Lettered Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am here "to write life" by blogging about parenting, family, Christian living and personal reflection. And, I write children's books! ]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:50:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.aletteredlove.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[FIRST]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are lines all over the world of those waiting to be first. In fact, the very purpose of standing in queue is to arrive at first...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e44c693a949350017d5674b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_496c557153524a59703863~mv2_d_4128_3312_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TO HIM. ABOUT HER.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a wife no longer feels as though she is your desire, she looks, maybe not aggressively at first, but still, seeks for some semblance...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/to-him-about-her</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ff54469d1cbd7001712562f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:59:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_8a666c020bc942f8af282e532425c8f9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA["Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world.  Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight, Jesus...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/nations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fb8fee614e70100173f9257</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:52:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_31782d4e6858486a335338~mv2_d_3456_2304_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRUSHED by Shannon Robinson]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was early in the morning. Light had yet to glow through the curtains when I heard Levi crying in his crib in the next room. Not just...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/crushed-by-shannon-robinson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fb4e99469e9060017fce01e</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guest Posts]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 10:51:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/225dc1_8bf657311ac04a809bfcb3f6faf7f7f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[COST]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone is looking for the best possible price for quality these days.  We compare, we analyze, we rationalize, and sometimes only to be...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/_cost</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e86c52c7b16a40017630e39</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 08:55:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_314d34775954715644346f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TRANSITION]]></title><description><![CDATA[How odd, that smack-dab in the middle of a word which Webster defines as, "movement or passage from one state to another, an abrupt...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/transition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e65f85510acf600175ae3e9</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 17:45:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_426b6b566357556777456b~mv2_d_7360_4912_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NOTICE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rise and fall of the sheet that catches the wind, or is it the wind that catches the sheet?  It folds and curls like the crest of a...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/notice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e86d929dfd0990017368861</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:09:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_614747576b4e6f754b5773~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABOUT TO CRASH]]></title><description><![CDATA[God help me, I feel like I'm about to crash, Keep me trusting. Keep me believing. Keep me sane. Keep me unafraid. 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Although we did family devotions daily, read the Word...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/the-serenade</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eaa6986ee009b00174ff5f5</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:32:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4a4a33514b2d5775433951~mv2_d_4577_3051_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRACKED JOY]]></title><description><![CDATA[My daughter looked at me with those sorrowful brown eyes. In her hands she clutched the wooden cross mounted on a base and one of the...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/cracked-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eaa641f7610060017cf9dd3</guid><category><![CDATA[Family and Parenting]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:30:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6135747941315a4e704155~mv2_d_3000_1825_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HEY GOD. HEY JOHN.  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Me: Hey God. God: Hello..... Me: I'm falling apart. Can you put me back together? God: I would rather not. Me: Why? 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COVID 19.  You have succeeded in awakening the godly anger.  How dare you come and flaunt yourself here. Understood, this is...]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/how-dare-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e8a60bb35b940003bbccf83</guid><category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 04:28:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_77394b456f6b68616a4b77~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GET IT DONE!]]></title><description><![CDATA["Our weaknesses are countered by His strength. He increases, we decrease."]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/get-it-done</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e65f2935154b0001783b736</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:53:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_734d336c6e69426f324c59~mv2_d_4250_2801_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE MESS AND THE UGLY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deep water scares me. I am uncertain when this unease was birthed but it has plagued me for as long as I can remember.]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/the-mess-and-the-ugly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e438566c0521c0017624407</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:08:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/225dc1_223e356354db4c40a38d8d1b35412e60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_707,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GATHER WHAT MATTERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[In seasoned motherhood and empty nesting, I gather the remnant belongings of relocated children reminiscent of childhood pursuits.]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/gather-what-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e433aa0cfa97100178aa3da</guid><category><![CDATA[Family and Parenting]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:08:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/225dc1_9e85da2667ea475c94c25de63b82a045~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_705,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[REACH!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all want to leave our mark on this world and positively impact others.  Something that says, "I was here..." ]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/gather-what-matters-8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e44bfc2c9080d001766820b</guid><category><![CDATA[Life Pivots]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:08:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_34714bd69c65488ba886257a81ee4088~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEEK OUT THE GIFT]]></title><description><![CDATA[I suppose an aerial front row seat of your farewell service may give you an idea of just how far your influence has gone.]]></description><link>https://www.aletteredlove.com/post/reach-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e5db2ac5ee6bf00176a6754</guid><category><![CDATA[Family and Parenting]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:05:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_41546e6643486d68654463~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>A Lettered Love</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>