<?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[Mary Bacon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mary Bacon]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:22:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.marybacon.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[PASSPORT RENEWAL ]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can get a passport in one day in NYC; it is possible. 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And two years ago-NO WAY- it’d never crossed my deepest subconscious...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/the-seemingly-impossible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">662ac97de6df1ee2857a2c26</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:23:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_c32b8a68bc2f4df3bceffe41aa18658f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew's Birthday ]]></title><description><![CDATA[3/26/2023 Today, Andy was born 55 years ago. Gosh. 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First year without Andrew grinning widely, holding Oreo....]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/what-goes-down-must-come-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">659d3262ef4aed570d9b2bd3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_a14e88b681704c519b303ed69e2f10a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death’s Clarity While Stumbling in the Dark]]></title><description><![CDATA[“...what constitutes a meaningful life has very likely been changed by your recent close acquaintance with mortality. Death has a brutal...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/death-s-clarity</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64fd1760d224b35dee38d9e8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:10:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_e4288e9e9879400a866daeeb9495f53d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 MONTHS - WORK!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you know grief is work? That's really interesting I think. That to grieve takes your participation, it doesn't just happen to you. I...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/7-months-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64e0c24bd80359630218d03a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:41:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_4dafc2b48b1544539704bbed32a5cfc8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_652,h_704,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HERE IS YOUR LIFE!]]></title><description><![CDATA[“There are no shortcuts to healing grief, the only way out is through. It takes embracing all the thoughts as they come along." All the...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/here-is-your-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64d3813d02bdfbeb5b97e140</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:58:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_ba1eecc8e23046cab89b7a2280ad9f32~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_770,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GRIEF BUTTONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[I looked up grief buttons the other day. I think I needed something akin to the old-timey black armband or widows’ weeds.  The exhaustion...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/grief-buttons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64904712e8e03417ecef8321</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:24:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_da72b6337d854e2ab105ad7fbe413b22~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_456,h_358,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janu Sirsasana C -6/9/2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[That's cool. Changing alignment on a page From right to left instead of left to right as I type- God. It's exactly how I feel. I think,...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/janu-shirsasana-c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64846f4b85dc1461dcffe17c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 12:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_6fa72bec81ba42cdac67ff1e1cd812a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_368,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOD'S PALM]]></title><description><![CDATA[5/13 Came up to the house we made ours 13 years ago. I woke up to mist across the river-it’s blanketing Peter and Beth’s field-stumbled...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/god-s-palm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">648467e88e0696935ee417b7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 12:17:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TIME WILL ]]></title><description><![CDATA[So many thoughts. Andrew’s absence is sinking in slowly, drip by drip, moment by moment, into my blood, into my waking and sleeping. I do...]]></description><link>https://www.marybacon.net/post/time-will</link><guid isPermaLink="false">648462cf31f2fb844b536fba</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 12:08:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae9150_4652d5bf9db64803b050b1f4f6f3f542~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_163,h_230,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>marybacon7</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>