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	<title>Sandra Thornton's Heart Beats On</title>
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	<description>Sandra Thornton shares her thoughts and experiences on leading a healthy life with heart disease.</description>
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		<title>The Boxer came back</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 04:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last fall we had a visit from a beautiful boxer &#8211; I caught the visit with my camera and wrote about it in this blog. We didn&#8217;t know where the dog came from (and our place is out in the &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/the-boxer-came-back/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=528&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time slips away</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 17:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted a blog in some time. It&#8217;s been almost three months since my mother passed away. Since then I&#8217;ve been immersed in my work &#8211; preparing for an annual meeting, a CEO transition, and a CEO farewell. April &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/time-slips-away/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=523&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can new shoes be good for the heart?</title>
		<link>http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/can-new-shoes-be-good-for-the-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think so! I LOVE shoes. And although my collection pales in comparison with Imelda&#8217;s, I do have lots of shoes in my cupboard. And new shoes make me feel good! Every time I go to Eastern Ontario (which has &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/can-new-shoes-be-good-for-the-heart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=514&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Jed smart?</title>
		<link>http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/is-jed-smart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone thinks their dog is sooooo  smart, right? Well,  we think that Jed, the beautiful black Boxador is smart too.  But is he really? A colleague of mine recently told me about a book called The Intelligence of Dogs: A &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/is-jed-smart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=483&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dorothy’s Story</title>
		<link>http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/dorothy%e2%80%99s-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Willis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 29, 1922 Dorothy Louise Willis was born in Brockville Ontario to Maude and Charlie Willis― after Maude spent five weeks in hospital with complications. Dorothy weighed only five pounds and had a rocky start. She had trouble nursing &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/dorothy%e2%80%99s-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=474&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a valve job?</title>
		<link>http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/463/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I went to the University Hospital for an echocardigram and stress test.  When I got there, instead of going to the room on the 2nd floor where I&#8217;ve had this procedure before,  they took me over to the &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/463/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=463&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Queen of Hearts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005 I had a heart event. This despite the fact that I didn&#8217;t smoke, wasn&#8217;t overweight, was physically active, ate quite well,  had good cholesterol levels, and no diabetes.  I did have slightly elevated blood pressure, lots of stress &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/queen-of-hearts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=453&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A motherless child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been one week since my mother passed away leaving me feeling like a motherless child. Today my two daughters and I are going to go through photos and mementos to pull together the content for a slide show on &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/a-motherless-child/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=445&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dorothy Louise Davidge, 1922 &#8211; 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 27, 2009, Dorothy Louise Davidge (Willis) of St. Albert, Alberta (formerly of Smiths Falls, Ontario) passed away at home, peacefully in her sleep at age 86. Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her son Robert (Beverley), daughter Sandra &#8230; <a href="http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/dorothy-louise-davidge-1922-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandrathornton.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3387828&amp;post=439&amp;subd=sandrathornton&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sylvia and the Amigo</title>
		<link>http://sandrathornton.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/sylvia-and-the-amigo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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