<?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[You Choose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Youchoose]]></description><link>https://a64752.wixsite.com/youchoose/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:14:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.youchoose.me/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Six Months and Ten Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever experienced something that left your soul paralyzed?  You wake up every morning and put on a brave face, but inside you are dying a little more each day...hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second...feeling your soul and spark slowly fading while waiting for something that is completely out of your control.  Six months and ten days I spent paralyzed; living with constant internal fear and anxiety waiting to be told that I was responsible for my child's death.  Six months...]]></description><link>https://www.youchoose.me/post/six-months-and-ten-days</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1ca04990ef83c3a0ab7926</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 21:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/238be4_f006abed73144fa48b45bcbb5d04d52a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>a64752</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facing the Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had planned on writing about something else for this blog, but when the universe is trying hard to tell you something, I have found it best to stop, listen, and decipher what it is trying to say. This week was certainly one for the record books for me. One figurative and literal fire after another. I could choose to throw my hands up, sit and wallow...many people would, and many people would excuse me for doing so...but that is not how I like to roll. I choose to see the beauty in the smoke...]]></description><link>https://www.youchoose.me/post/facing-the-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a09dc3dd4003833bbb75667</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 15:21:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/238be4_b0ba6a565bdf497688990a2c5aa69bea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_540,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>a64752</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapters and Choices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone's lives go through chapters.  I believe that is what makes the stories of our lives so beautiful. Some chapters are joyous and exciting, while others are challenging and sad.  Some chapters are involuntary and out of our control, and others are intentional.  While we cannot always control everything about the chapters of our lives, they all contain paragraphs where we can choose how we approach and walk through them.   I personally am at the start of a new chapter...and it is both...]]></description><link>https://www.youchoose.me/post/chapters-and-choices</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f747b8384eb6d61abb48cb</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:20:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/238be4_ab085386e7744f4ba64a42524672a146~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>a64752</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Begin with a Goodbye]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you do it?  That must be so hard.  You deal with so much.  I could never do all that you do… I have never viewed my life as extraordinary.  I have never viewed my challenges as something unique or special.  I have always taken life as it has come, reflected and learned from the experiences, and tried to do better on the next thing.  I am just a middle-class mother and wife that was born to parents that were never wealthy in dollars, but always tried to give us the best with what they...]]></description><link>https://www.youchoose.me/post/let-s-begin-with-a-goodbye</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e50daf5e3a88e8e09d7249</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:32:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/238be4_2ae02cf258604da1878512a6c8233579~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>a64752</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>