// API callback
related_results_labels_thumbs({"version":"1.0","encoding":"UTF-8","feed":{"xmlns":"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom","xmlns$openSearch":"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/","xmlns$blogger":"http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008","xmlns$georss":"http://www.georss.org/georss","xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992458009156144390"},"updated":{"$t":"2023-09-27T19:20:45.956-07:00"},"category":[{"term":"Date Night"},{"term":"anxiety"},{"term":"Dating your spouse"},{"term":"Giveaway"},{"term":"Medicine"},{"term":"Mental illness"},{"term":"OCD"},{"term":"Parenthood"},{"term":"children"},{"term":"Black Friday"},{"term":"Christmas"},{"term":"Counseling"},{"term":"Death"},{"term":"Father"},{"term":"Giving"},{"term":"God"},{"term":"Heaven"},{"term":"Holidays"},{"term":"Honeymoon"},{"term":"Lou Malnati's"},{"term":"Marriage"},{"term":"Mom guilt"},{"term":"Motherhood"},{"term":"Newtown"},{"term":"Poetry"},{"term":"Postpartum depression"},{"term":"Shootings"},{"term":"Thanksgiving"},{"term":"Virgin Gorda"},{"term":"Weight loss"},{"term":"dating with kids"},{"term":"kids"},{"term":"life"},{"term":"poverty"},{"term":"romantic"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"megan cordell"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":""},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2992458009156144390\/posts\/default\/-\/life?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=5"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/search\/label\/life"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"meg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09546619783461331433"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"29","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilQL7twZTeVtE2hJkjT88LZPQZSB1wEGnttPaiLX5oQi6DHVW6PZqsK_RqoE5he6wtRnoJ2sOFfSSvWC0JvjaPm7nZ_t83cfPF5OkdtPC8Q5BLSgPfSTDQJDAMTZrXcQ\/s220\/IMG_5218.jpg"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"5"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992458009156144390.post-858966840030121692"},"published":{"$t":"2011-10-25T10:21:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-10-25T10:21:37.199-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Touchy Topic Tuesday: Rolling in the Deep."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003ELast week I was in this conversation that I didn't want to be in.\u0026nbsp; I could tell it was all superficial and I felt totally uncomfortable.\u0026nbsp; I was thinking, \"Do these people even really like each other?\u0026nbsp; I can't tell.\"\u0026nbsp; It was small talk; but worse.\u0026nbsp; It was small talk lacking genuity, honesty, and connection.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003ENot that life has to be all serious.\u0026nbsp; Don't get me wrong, I am the first one to love laughter and silliness.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003ESometimes, though, I think we settle for Ke$ha when we could be listening to Switchfoot.\u0026nbsp; Catch my drift?\u0026nbsp; Let me explain.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EI have often said that I want to be a living Switchfoot song.\u0026nbsp; The reason is, that their lyrics resonate deep within the soul and seem to remind us that we have some sort of meaning and worth in this time on Earth. Here is just a sample:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\"\u003C\/span\u003EWelcome to the fallout\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWelcome to resistance\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe tension is here\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe tension is here\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBetween who you are\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd who you could be\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBetween how it is\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd how it should be yeah\" (Dare You To Move, Beautiful Letdown)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EOR\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\"Cuz everyday, the world is made a chance to change,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nbut I feel the same and I wonder why \u003Cbr \/\u003E\nwould I wait till I die to come alive\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI'm ready now, I'm not waiting for the afterlife\" (Afterlife, Vice Verses)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EAs humans, we were made to have a deep connection.\u0026nbsp; And I believe it manifests in a deep longing of the soul, the kind that gives us awkwardness and satisfaction simultaneously.\u0026nbsp; The kind that calls us to be heroes in the mundane.\u0026nbsp; The kind that is richer than food or wine.\u0026nbsp; The kind that asks, 'where did this come from?' \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EHow are you living life?\u0026nbsp; What would be your song?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/feeds\/858966840030121692\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/2011\/10\/touchy-topic-tuesday-rolling-in-deep.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2992458009156144390\/posts\/default\/858966840030121692"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2992458009156144390\/posts\/default\/858966840030121692"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.megancordell.com\/2011\/10\/touchy-topic-tuesday-rolling-in-deep.html","title":"Touchy Topic Tuesday: Rolling in the Deep."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"meg"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09546619783461331433"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"29","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEilQL7twZTeVtE2hJkjT88LZPQZSB1wEGnttPaiLX5oQi6DHVW6PZqsK_RqoE5he6wtRnoJ2sOFfSSvWC0JvjaPm7nZ_t83cfPF5OkdtPC8Q5BLSgPfSTDQJDAMTZrXcQ\/s220\/IMG_5218.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});