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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Mariah Maiden on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A woman of courage.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I don&#x2019;t need a man to protect me because I can protect myself.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/a-woman-of-courage-55b254e9eeb8?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 06:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My love for you]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:34:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More than a dead man’s daughter.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:39:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[When did all this start?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/when-did-all-this-start-65f004f037fe?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*MZPcSKQ_U8JCM4WB" width="6000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">How did all this start, you may ask? My dream of becoming a writer for a living? We would need to rewind the clock to when I was a little&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/when-did-all-this-start-65f004f037fe?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 05:18:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I will not go.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 05:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Surprise Baby.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 22:09:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Grandpa’s baby.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/grandpas-baby-1be2ad5b5d60?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*Z8rzvNq_aRxTYLdp" width="5760"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">&#x201C;You will always be my baby. I helped raise you. You&#x2019;ve had my heart since you were born just like your mama.&#x201D;- my grandfather.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/grandpas-baby-1be2ad5b5d60?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 03:27:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[For my heart, I lie]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Broken heart.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/broken-heart-14ee1add6c92?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*ykD7O9tYTw1L5b4g" width="4188"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I feel like I can&#x2019;t breathe as my heart breaks.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://talamaystacy.medium.com/broken-heart-14ee1add6c92?source=rss-153e9befbe43------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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