<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564385351746620391</id><updated>2011-11-17T12:07:44.480-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Coloring Outside the Lines</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cotl-alovestory.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6564385351746620391/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cotl-alovestory.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Divine Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01753002297405526438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_reD9ZDfq76I/S-bKeI4CA4I/AAAAAAAAAkA/yygCDPEAIK4/S220/IMG_0669.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564385351746620391.post-7083697410239173131</id><published>2010-06-16T05:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-16T05:10:59.727-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Learning to Love Again</title><content type='html'>I bet you think this is going to be some sappy love story blog, don't you? &amp;nbsp;Well, it won't be sappy, but it is going to be a love story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I was in the throes of the pain of a nasty tummy ache and horrendous heartburn this morning from the particularly stupid binge eating episode I engaged in last night, the little light in my brain sputtered and flickered a bit before blazing into full light. &amp;nbsp;You see, I suffer from self-sabotage (amongst other things, like short term memory loss, a touch of insanity, intermittent insomnia and a terminal case of sarcasm). Several years ago I realized I had become something that I did not like, mentally, emotionally, and especially physically. &amp;nbsp;I have been working to change that ever since, but I have stalled out on the physical change. &amp;nbsp;I am going to blog the rest of the journey and will be happy to have the company of anyone that would like to come along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a story to tell of bad men, bad decisions, abuse, the emotional and physical toll taken and rising from the ashes. &amp;nbsp;Maybe the telling of it will only help me complete my journey, but it is my hope that someone out there may find a bit of comfort in knowing that they are not alone, that they are not helpless to make a change. Perhaps we can &amp;nbsp;learn something together =)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is a story about learning to love myself again.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6564385351746620391-7083697410239173131?l=cotl-alovestory.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cotl-alovestory.blogspot.com/feeds/7083697410239173131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cotl-alovestory.blogspot.com/2010/06/learning-to-love-again.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6564385351746620391/posts/default/7083697410239173131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6564385351746620391/posts/default/7083697410239173131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cotl-alovestory.blogspot.com/2010/06/learning-to-love-again.html' title='Learning to Love Again'/><author><name>Divine Chaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01753002297405526438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_reD9ZDfq76I/S-bKeI4CA4I/AAAAAAAAAkA/yygCDPEAIK4/S220/IMG_0669.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry></feed>
