<?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[Rebecca Waddell Author/Artist]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write and I make resin art under the business name SLO Poured Creations.]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:12:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Do I Write?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a question that comes up from time to time in every writer's career. For me, the answer is simple: this is my calling. This is the thing that God has filled me with passion for and designed me to do. 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We writers don't tell stories for money. We don't spend hours, days, weeks, on projects that may never...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/storytelling</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d224b8428bfa853353e1ea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 15:51:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[How we look at stuff is based on how we've lived. Duh, of course it is. If you know me at all, you know I love to find super profound...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6420859b5b40e7fd39bb5662</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 18:03:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is my Author vs God is my Ghostwriter...]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning while streaming church and listening to Pastor Jason give the sermon, he was talking about how there are many contributing...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/god-is-my-author-vs-god-is-my-ghostwriter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64051b85aa15482f6bdb558e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:17:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0fc47_6b299624a5f54822a031f7dd9f3a6f51~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_686,h_235,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s okay to not know]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm sitting in the waiting room for my blood draw. I'm a pro at these at this point. Last time I came in, the one person who can always...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/it-s-okay-to-not-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e1421ae72bbe074a04d8d6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:37:18 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is harder than writing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you're thinking anywhere from writing is actually really hard to getting up on a Monday morning to something like milking a cat....]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/what-is-harder-than-writing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d0c6cfca039d4fbe44cb4b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 19:17:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A year and a half later]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's hard to think that I finished cancer treatment a year and a half ago. I still feel like I'm recovering. I'm still finding my way...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/a-year-and-a-half-later</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63cd871d26ae3c31d7ebaaf7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:11:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0fc47_f2fcbc6424484c0b92712bf61a2814a1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting]]></title><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/waiting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61bfcfeafdf4fd001796ad72</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:47:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0fc47_0de12503d19a411f9eaca08e3b270784~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is Full of Crap ]]></title><description><![CDATA[So uplifting on a Monday, right?  Well, let’s all remember that one time some artist designed a chocolate ice cream emoji and the whole...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/life-is-full-of-crap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6192ab599bfaa10016ecfc37</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:11:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Spaces]]></title><description><![CDATA[Things feel kinda weird and empty when everyone is just a face on a screen. It may just be me, but I really don’t my think so. I’m...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/empty-spaces</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61882b0c45c26700165405b4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:44:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Decades Later]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Decades Later by Rebecca Waddell Two decades ago We were under attack The planes hit The towers fell Thousands of people Didn’t live...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/two-decades-later</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613c2decf8a94f0016de95ca</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 04:31:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Are You Doing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I mean it, how are you doing? Be honest, I bet you’re tired. I’m tired. I bet you’re feeling restless and thwarted by the exhaustion of...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/how-are-you-doing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613002115b1011001653588c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:57:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f0fc47_cca1a5e37897460188e66c278d1af4a9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatigue... So much more than TIRED]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just finished radiation treatment last week and now I'm recovering from cancer treatment. WOOHOO! I'm a survivor now. Yes, let's just...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/fatigue-so-much-more-than-tired</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61004fa2e84f02001542f0d4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:51:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/72fcf2a65a4249b8b00dfca68e22e15c.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life with a Tumor]]></title><description><![CDATA[That’s one of my incisions. I don’t actually still have a tumor, a cancer, growing in me anymore. I’m recovering from surgery and in the...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/life-with-a-tumor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60aaa7c3f246df00155de002</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 19:28:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow I will have the beginning of new scars. But what is a scar really? I have been thinking about it a lot as I am about to have...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/scars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6096bf239e37a70015e9f320</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 06:10:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot about me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was five-years-old when I sat in “big church” on an Easter morning listening to Pastor Jeffries tell us about his friend. He told us...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/a-lot-about-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6069feb7989f6e00162f5d17</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 18:15:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’d Die For You, BUT ______]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, yeah, that’s my title for a Palm Sunday Post. Having lived a year in quarantine world, how many can fill in the rest of my title with...]]></description><link>https://rebeccaw23.wixsite.com/booksandart/post/i-d-die-for-you-but-______</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6060c8922e471400156e9119</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:42:27 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Rebecca Waddell</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>