<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post1213012367188457118..comments</id><updated>2009-09-23T10:22:56.813-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Confessions of a Dilettante: Home and The Realization of Contentment</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/feeds/1213012367188457118/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html'/><author><name>Jillian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16451083870947751794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-7043410590689270221</id><published>2009-09-23T10:22:56.813-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T10:22:56.813-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Lauren, I'm sorry that I made you cry ( unless it ...</title><content type='html'>Lauren, I&amp;#39;m sorry that I made you cry ( unless it was in a good way) but I&amp;#39;m thrilled that I was able to inspire you In your own writing. I am flattered. And big fat YES please sit for me again when I get back!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/7043410590689270221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/7043410590689270221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253740976813#c7043410590689270221' title=''/><author><name>Jillian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16451083870947751794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02500375443369356493'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-250271417919496587</id><published>2009-09-23T09:57:49.869-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T09:57:49.869-11:00</updated><title type='text'>This is such a wonderful post... I read it after a...</title><content type='html'>This is such a wonderful post... I read it after arriving back from &amp;quot;home&amp;quot; myself and it made me cry.  I didn&amp;#39;t mean to &amp;quot;copy&amp;quot; your idea for my own blog, you just stirred up so many feelings and emotions I had to get out there.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I&amp;#39;ve said to Amanda, God blessed us by giving us families that we always seem to want to run home to for comfort and support, in good times and in bad.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/250271417919496587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/250271417919496587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253739469869#c250271417919496587' title=''/><author><name>Lauren</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07025492160886453775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17241447624619002948'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-8583673097409651964</id><published>2009-09-22T12:32:04.430-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T12:32:04.430-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Amanda, you KNOW you're getting a copy of the firs...</title><content type='html'>Amanda, you KNOW you&amp;#39;re getting a copy of the first draft. You&amp;#39;re my pre-editor editor.  You are so right about it being the people that make the home, because although I have memories in this house, this is the 11th house my parents have redone and I have memories in all of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;@ heathers, THANKS! You&amp;#39;re support means alot to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;@Marissa and Mom Cooper. Thank you so much. I&amp;#39;m glad I am able to reach others in things I feel. That&amp;#39;s all I really want to do. Connect with others thy maybe feel the same way that I do.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/8583673097409651964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/8583673097409651964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253662324430#c8583673097409651964' title=''/><author><name>Jillian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16451083870947751794</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02500375443369356493'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-2875975346167636443</id><published>2009-09-22T11:35:49.690-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T11:35:49.690-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow, Jill you have an amazing gift of writing.  I ...</title><content type='html'>Wow, Jill you have an amazing gift of writing.  I too would be first in line to buy any book you wrote. When someome says &amp;quot;you can&amp;#39;t ever go home&amp;quot; don&amp;#39;t believe them.  Home is where your heart is, home is where you lay your head, but most importantly home is where your family is.  God bless!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/2875975346167636443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/2875975346167636443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253658949690#c2875975346167636443' title=''/><author><name>Mom Cooper</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03744574050488181461</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-6104492219382851940</id><published>2009-09-22T10:01:32.476-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T10:01:32.476-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow Jill, this was an amazing post. Thanks for let...</title><content type='html'>Wow Jill, this was an amazing post. Thanks for letting me stroll down your memory lane.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/6104492219382851940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/6104492219382851940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253653292476#c6104492219382851940' title=''/><author><name>Marissa and Scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04801330457608029414</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-8186718195927275677</id><published>2009-09-22T04:31:35.289-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T04:31:35.289-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow Jilly, this is beautiful.  I love love love it...</title><content type='html'>Wow Jilly, this is beautiful.  I love love love it and the pictures are amazing too.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could literally smell your house and hear the love and feel the heartache.  You have a gift!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/8186718195927275677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/8186718195927275677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253633495289#c8186718195927275677' title=''/><author><name>The Heathers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09379196838153316363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-3787343772582541524</id><published>2009-09-22T04:13:08.496-11:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T04:13:08.496-11:00</updated><title type='text'>Jill - You are such an amazing writer!  I truly ca...</title><content type='html'>Jill - You are such an amazing writer!  I truly cannot wait for you to finish your book, and I hope I am one of the lucky six who get to have a sneak peak at it!  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though my parents have moved into a new home - one with no real memories of me growing up in it, I still feel that same sense of &amp;quot;home&amp;quot; when I am there.  I think along with the physical things, it is the people inside who make a home a home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love this post, but miss the pictures of the AMAZING kitchen and wish you had included one of your papa.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/3787343772582541524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/1213012367188457118/comments/default/3787343772582541524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html?showComment=1253632388496#c3787343772582541524' title=''/><author><name>Amanda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03419370894782441523</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02439488662620869487'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.buttonsmcsweet.com/2009/09/home-and-realization-of-contentment.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391508265738708499.post-1213012367188457118' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/391508265738708499/posts/default/1213012367188457118' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>