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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="150" src="https://melanieredd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/keeping-hope-and-joy-alive-in-the-twists-and-turns-150x150.webp" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual not-transparent wp-post-image" alt="" style="--dominant-color: #988d6c;display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://melanieredd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/keeping-hope-and-joy-alive-in-the-twists-and-turns-150x150.webp 150w, https://melanieredd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/keeping-hope-and-joy-alive-in-the-twists-and-turns-300x300.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="988d6c" /><p>Finding Joy When Life Doesn’t Go as Expected When I first began writing Empty Nest Blessed: 60 Days to Finding Joy in the Empty Nest, I had no idea just how personal the message of joy in every season would become to me. I thought I was writing to encourage<a class="moretag" href="https://melanieredd.com/find-surprising-joy-when-life-doesnt-go-as-expected/"> Read more</a></p>
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