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UPDATE: All the volumes are now in 1 digital book!

<figure id="attachment_8948" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8948" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-8948" title="butterflies" alt="" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies-300x218.jpg" width="300" height="218" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies-300x218.jpg 300w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies-350x255.jpg 350w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/butterflies.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8948" class="wp-caption-text">We need each other!</figcaption></figure> 95 pages of goodness! VOLUMES 1-3 This collection reads fast…like tv…and covers the topics: • “What is the Soul? & What is Soul Care?” This premise-building volume gets us to track from the same point onward. That fact is you and I need Soul Care, and we need it now. I’ll explain why. • Identity and Belonging We deal with core needs. This targets how to find your place in this world and in your calling of creating and message-bearing. Without our bearings we’ll get off-track and discouraged. This important message is one you don’t want to miss. • The 8 Paths of Learning • Utilize the paths for your own growth. Progress faster and better. • Guide others in a well-rounded process of knowledge and development • Fresh insights and information on the learning paths you already use • A potent approach to synthesizing and assimilating learning to produce transformation Written in a way to amuse and designed in a visual format that reads as fast as tv. You won’t get bogged down and it’s all. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Lisa%20Colón%20DeLay&search-alias=digital-text ">Find it at AMAZON here.</a> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> Posted on <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/for-creators-and-communicators-volumes-1-3/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2012-05-04T02:50:23-04:00">4 May, 2012</time><time class="updated" datetime="2014-03-17T07:52:24-04:00">17 March, 2014</time></a>Author <a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a>Categories <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/authors/" rel="category tag">Authors</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/books/" rel="category tag">Books</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/creativity/" rel="category tag">Creativity</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/spark-my-muse/" rel="category tag">Podcast</a>Tags <a 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</article> <article id="post-6184" class="post-6184 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-authors category-spirituality tag-afterlife tag-amish tag-ancestry-com tag-ancient tag-app tag-author tag-bad tag-be tag-beliefs tag-best tag-blogger tag-book tag-caleb-wilde tag-calling tag-christ tag-christian tag-christianity tag-christians tag-circumstances tag-cold tag-confessions tag-confessions-of-funeral-director tag-creating tag-curse tag-dead tag-death tag-divine tag-do tag-emotions tag-events tag-faith tag-family tag-family-business tag-following tag-friends tag-funeral tag-funeral-director tag-god tag-good tag-goodness tag-grace tag-grief tag-heaven tag-help tag-holy tag-home tag-hopes tag-ideas tag-if tag-images tag-in tag-interview tag-iphone tag-jesus tag-job tag-jobs tag-justice tag-kind tag-knowledge tag-lancaster-county tag-life tag-light tag-lisa-colon-delay tag-memorial tag-mennonites tag-message tag-ministry tag-mortality tag-narrative tag-normal tag-numb tag-pa tag-pain tag-passion tag-pastor tag-pennsylvania tag-people tag-personal tag-perspective tag-process tag-question tag-questions tag-real tag-reality tag-record tag-religion tag-religious tag-remember tag-seminary tag-smart-phone tag-spiritual-formation tag-spiritual-growth tag-start tag-suffering tag-suicide tag-surprise tag-taking tag-tech tag-the-message tag-theology tag-theory tag-things tag-thoughts-on-god tag-time tag-understanding tag-vantage-point tag-video tag-videos tag-view tag-wait tag-why tag-will tag-wishes tag-wonder tag-work tag-worldviews"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/911-and-the-interview-confessions-of-a-funeral-director/" rel="bookmark">9/11; and the Interview & Confessions of a Funeral Director…</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content">   <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rzOjWPWpU" target="_blank">View my 3 Part video interview with Caleb here.</a>   The 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy a week from this Sunday. We will once again see images and recount the horrors of that day, and try in memorial to accept the reality of this world. Most of us don’t encounter death and our own mortality too often. Most of us don’t constantly see suffering, and witness grief and loss. Please take some time today, or this weekend to remember that the events of 9/11 still bring pain to many. Loved ones are missed, and we can’t gloss over the national tragedy that left a collective hole in our hearts, even ten years later. This seems a fitting time to discuss an author who is very acquainted with death. It’s his job to be, and his perspective can be very helpful to us. As promised a couple of weeks earlier, the following is my personal interview with blogger and upcoming author Caleb Wilde, a 6th generation Funeral Director, seminary student, husband, and expectant adoptive dad. <blockquote>My Questions for Caleb:   1. Being a 6th generation funeral director, you have quite a unique vantage point on life, loss, and mortality. How do you think you live life differently than other Christians because of where God has placed you?   Caleb: In traditional religious calendars, the day in-between “Good Friday” and “Easter” is called “Holy Saturday”. “Holy Saturday” is the day the disciples’ hopes and beliefs were engulfed in death and silence, as they viewed their Messiah’s death without the knowledge of the resurrection. In some sense, I live the life of Holy Saturday. As funeral directors, we’re paid by families to be a human shield to death, whereby we make death somewhat easier, less real and more proper. As this human shield, I’m affected. I’m affected by the brokenness, by the grief, by the hopelessness I see in faces, by the newly fatherless/motherless children, the tragic deaths and the accidents. All this has made my personal faith more sensitive to questions of God’s goodness and justice. It’s not easy for me to understand ideas of “eternal hell”, or ideas of “meticulous divine providence” or even “absolute foreknowledge” or “omnipotence”. Sometimes I wonder if I’m still a Christian.   2. What do people misunderstand most about your work? Caleb: We’re a lot like pastors. Our jobs are really quite similar, except that one is recognized as “ministry” while the other is “business.” That’s probably the largest misconception … there’s no way funeral directors can meet with grieving families through the most difficult time of their lives and come out on the other side as “business people.” Everything else is true, though … we are dark and we are odd people. In ancient times, death practitioners were ostracized from normal society by rule. Today, we’re partly ostracized from the norm of society by practice.   3. The constant stream of customers (people dying, and their families burying them) can make one grow numb or cold toward the concept and process of death and burial. Do things still surprise you or impact you? What kind of things? Caleb: There’s something so unnatural about death that (save the very old) it’s difficult to become numb.   4. You’ve probably thought about what you’d want your own funeral to look and sound like. Can you tell us about that?   Caleb: About two years ago, I started taking one minute video clips of myself, so that by the time I’m 70, I should have a montage of age progression videos that can be used for my funeral. I’ve also talked about recording a message from myself to my family and friends that could be shown at my funeral as the eulogy. But, by the time I’m ready to die, I figure they’ll have holographic projections, so I’ll wait for that tech until I record my final goodbye.   5. The saddest funeral I ever went to was for a 13 year old boy who took his own life. What have you learned about people during the time of more tragic circumstances that you’ve been a part of?   Caleb: Funerals/death are a perfect storm: you have death, the inheritance money, high emotions and family you might not like too much who are around you all the time. Funerals intensify people’s real character. You see the best in people and you see the worst. The bad people will do horrendous things at funerals, like start fights, curse out their family members over money. And you can see Jesus in the good ones.   6. Do you find your work mostly depressing, hopeful, profound, mundane, etc.? Would you recommend this vantage point to others?   Caleb: It’s a tough ministry that has little boundaries. Many funeral homes are also generational, so many of us work with our dads, grandfathers, uncles and cousins, which can make this at-need work that much more difficult to set up healthy boundaries. Similar to any ministry, I think there should be a passion for death work … a calling of sorts, whereby you know this is what you’re supposed to do. And being a “calling”, few have witnessed this vantage point. It’s unique.   7. Do you want to stay in the family business? Why or why not? Caleb: Next question : )   8. Tell us a bit about how you view suffering, pain, and death from your unique perspective…which probably has a lot to do with the message in your book.   Caleb: I’ve built my understanding of God around suffering, pain and death. It’s a local theology. And my understanding of God, suffering, pain and death in light of my faith is the content of my upcoming book, “Confessions of a Funeral Director.” Hopefully, it will be out in less than a year. You can get an idea of how death has affected my view of God at my blog, <a href="http://www.calebwilde.com/">www.calebwilde.com</a>. My book, though, will contain much more narrative than my blog.   9. What’s your best idea for a Smart Phone app.?   Caleb: I live near Lancaster County (PA), home of the Amish and Mennonites, so there’s a lot of intermarrying in these parts. Not to mention, most of the towns in the rural areas of Pennsylvania have families that have lived there for centuries, so many of them are related. I have an idea to partner with <a href="http://Ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a> and create an app the lets you bump smart phones with another person and it will tell you how you’re related to them. My theory is that this will greatly help the evolution of humans by creating a purer gene pool. The apps name is “Bump it before you Hump it”.</blockquote> <div> THANK YOU, Caleb, and best wishes on your book. I’m really excited to get a copy. The working title for Caleb’s book is Confessions of Funeral Director. A bit more on that <a href="http://www.calebwilde.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/187826_192751080749261_265019_n.jpg"><img decoding="async" title="187826_192751080749261_265019_n" alt="" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/187826_192751080749261_265019_n-179x300.jpg" width="179" height="300" /></a> So, my reader friends, what are you curious about? Ask Caleb your deep, dark, or even silly questions! </div> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> Posted on <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/911-and-the-interview-confessions-of-a-funeral-director/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2011-09-02T06:46:31-04:00">2 September, 2011</time><time class="updated" datetime="2014-04-19T18:09:29-04:00">19 April, 2014</time></a>Author <a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a>Categories <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/authors/" rel="category tag">Authors</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/spirituality/" rel="category tag">Spirituality</a>Tags <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/afterlife/" rel="tag">afterlife</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/amish/" rel="tag">Amish</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ancestry-com/" rel="tag">ancestry.com</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ancient/" rel="tag">ancient</a>, <a 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tag-end tag-evil tag-facts tag-fast tag-fbi tag-fear tag-fellowship tag-freedom tag-friends tag-funny-hats tag-gaddafi tag-god tag-good tag-hat tag-hearing tag-heart tag-honest tag-hope tag-horror tag-humor tag-hurt tag-if tag-importance tag-in tag-joseph-curry tag-just tag-law tag-law-enforcement tag-leave tag-man tag-martyr tag-megans-law tag-men tag-mind tag-molestation tag-news tag-offenders tag-pain tag-pedophile tag-people tag-police tag-poor tag-pornography tag-pornography-sex-abuse tag-post tag-posters tag-pray tag-prayer tag-reading tag-redemption tag-restoration tag-right tag-running tag-shoes tag-sick tag-signs tag-sleep tag-struggle tag-suffering tag-temptation tag-theology tag-things tag-time tag-top tag-uammar-muhammad-al-gaddafi tag-ugly tag-victims tag-war tag-will tag-wonder"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/of-bullies-5-clues-that-your-dictatorship-is-ending/" rel="bookmark">Of Bullies & 5 Clues that Your Dictatorship is Ending</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_4884" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4884" style="width: 199px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/225px-Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-4884" title="225px-Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit" alt="" src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/225px-Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit-199x300.jpg" width="199" height="300" srcset="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/225px-Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit-199x300.jpg 199w, https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/225px-Muammar_al-Gaddafi_at_the_AU_summit.jpg 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4884" class="wp-caption-text">The face that could launch a thousand mirrors into pieces.</figcaption></figure> I have to be very honest with all of you today. I’m REALLY struggling. I’m reeling from some awful news about a man who’s been going to our church. The article is <a href="http://republicanherald.com/news/schuylkill-haven-man-charged-with-raping-boy-1.1112705">here</a>, but be aware, it makes for horrid reading if you’re a parent, or have a heart for children. Everyone is heartily nauseated by this series of events, and plenty of people hope he dies, or is tortured, etc. As sick as this makes me, I continue to wonder where redemption and restoration can be found for all involved. What would God have us do? My heart feels broken. I ask you to stop, right now, and pray for all involved. Abuses of authority rank at the top of things I loathe, and I’ve seen it in many varieties that I won’t go into right now. I just cannot seem to get a handle on this situation, right now. I couldn’t sleep last night, and I’ve been wondering just how many young people have been hurt by this person, or those like him. Sadly, the statics are so high, it’s likely there are more abusers that just haven’t been caught, within our fellowship and community–but I pray not. The trouble is, like rape, child molestation is one of the most underreported crimes. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin states that only 1-10% are ever disclosed. Please, read that again, and let it sink in. Kids like my disabled son, and shy children, are prime targets. And hearing about it all, so close to home, makes my blood run cold, and prompts me to action to defend and protect the innocent. A FEW FAST FACTS that you should know: • 96% of these types of abusers are male, and the average pedophile knows the victim, and molests 260 victims during their lifetime. (I’m not trying to condemn a gender, but seriously…what the heck?!) • All have a fascination with pornography. Please! Read that again. Now, think: how easy is it to get a hold of that, and feed the monster? Rates of abuse are skyrocketing, with no end in site. If you struggle with this issue, and pornography is in your life. Get. help. now. Pornography is a gateway poison, that leads to a diseased mind and criminality. We need to come forward, and be honest about just how detrimental it is for all sectors of our society. • The behavior is highly repetitive, to the point of compulsion, rather than resulting from a lack of judgment. Um. wow. <a href="http://www.yellodyno.com/Statistics/statistics_child_molester.html">And here the other fast facts from that source.</a> For now, I’m going to channel my energies in this post to opposing and satirizing Dictators, because that’s about all I can do without crying, at the moment. Bullies come in all shapes, sizes, and varieties, but they have the same basic qualities. My choice today is Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi, who’s a bit dim witted. Bullies thrive with creating fear, dictators especially so. When the fear is diminished, hope flourishes; and many will struggle to the death to gain freedom. Here are 5 Clues Gaddafi could use to extend his life. But, I really hope he never reads this. 1. Realize the importance of shoes. Sure, women, for millennia, have valued shoes, but in the middle east, the bottom of one’s shoe is considered vile. If posters of you are getting whacked with shoes, your time is running out. You are considered lower than dirt, and probably for good reason. 2. Calling Yourself a Martyr Doesn’t seem to hold any sway. When Gaddafi said, “I cannot leave my country, I will die a martyr,” it probably told his opposition he really just “didn’t get it”, right? Or, maybe martyr in Arabic means “fool”. 3. Your Fancy Hats Cease to Charm People. Nothing says coo-coo like a stupid hat worn by a sociopath. This has never been more true. You folks from Reedsville know just what I mean. 4. Your Putting on of Aires is Lamentable. If you pretend you are Lawrence of Arabia and try to imitate his wardrobe, disaster is probably in your future. Really Gaddafi is decades overdue. 5. If your best friends are dictators, the signs look bad. Palling around with other known dictators isn’t just in poor taste, it shows to your “subjects” that you root for the bad guys, which includes yourself. Try to not be retarded, if possible. Thank you for hanging on with me, and reading this today. I’m sorry it’s bizarre. Too many sad things all at once I suppose. -Lisa </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> Posted on <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/of-bullies-5-clues-that-your-dictatorship-is-ending/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2011-03-03T11:54:11-04:00">3 March, 2011</time><time class="updated" datetime="2013-05-30T07:04:59-04:00">30 May, 2013</time></a>Author <a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a>Categories <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/spark-my-muse/" rel="category tag">Podcast</a>Tags <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/abuse-of-power/" rel="tag">abuse of power</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/arrest/" rel="tag">arrest</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/authority/" rel="tag">authority</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/bad/" rel="tag">bad</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/behavior/" rel="tag">behavior</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/best/" 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href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/ugly/" rel="tag">ugly</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/victims/" rel="tag">victims</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/war/" rel="tag">war</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/will/" rel="tag">will</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/wonder/" rel="tag">wonder</a><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/of-bullies-5-clues-that-your-dictatorship-is-ending/#comments">3 Comments on Of Bullies & 5 Clues that Your Dictatorship is Ending</a> </footer> </article> <article id="post-177" class="post-177 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-art tag-andrew-wyeth tag-art tag-brandywine-river-museum tag-chadds-ford-pa tag-creating tag-experiencing-god tag-spirituality"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/creator/" rel="bookmark">Creator</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-176" title="_andrew_wyeth_painting" src="http://lifeasprayer.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/_andrew_wyeth_painting.jpg?w=300" alt="_andrew_wyeth_painting" width="300" height="195" />Winter, 1945 We’ll soon be making a trip to Chadds Ford, PA, the homestead of artist Andrew Wyeth–great American treasure, and recently deceased. The Brandywine Conservancy features a <a href="http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/">museum</a>, and several home tours, gardens, artistic exhibitions, and events. The ability to create, not out of necessity, (as in a nest, den, or hive) but out of desire, touches on the spiritual side of humanity. It is a portal into the “unreasonable” parts of us–the beautiful mysterious. For those of us who are creative or artistic, or even for those who can at least appreciate those ventures, there is something that lures us about creative pursuits. They are life-giving, both in the pursuit of them, and in the joys of the new experiences, and successes. It seems expressions of creativity point off the map to an even more solid Reality that transcends time and space, and envelops every culture in its realness. A completely rational, sensible person would tell you there is no need for art perhaps. That it is a waste of time, effort, or money. Though, in a sense, there really is not enough reason for beauty qua beauty, yet, we see how much so many do care about it, at least in some form. (Film, fine art, sculptor, design, etc.) See how much it moves us, and speaks to us, in language of its own, like nothing else can. In every way in which we try to be creators we participate in something spiritual. A question for you: What have been your most life-giving creative pursuits? </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> Posted on <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/creator/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2009-04-01T17:07:53-04:00">1 April, 2009</time></a>Author <a class="url fn n" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/author/admin/">Spark My Muse</a>Categories <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/category/art/" rel="category tag">Art</a>Tags <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/andrew-wyeth/" rel="tag">Andrew Wyeth</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/art/" rel="tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/brandywine-river-museum/" rel="tag">Brandywine River Museum</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/chadds-ford-pa/" rel="tag">Chadds Ford PA</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/creating/" rel="tag">creating</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/experiencing-god/" rel="tag">experiencing God</a>, <a href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/spirituality/" rel="tag">Spirituality</a> </footer> </article> <nav class="navigation pagination" aria-label="Posts pagination"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts pagination</h2> <div class="nav-links"><a class="prev page-numbers" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/creating/page/5/">Previous page</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/creating/">Page 1</a> … <a class="page-numbers" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/tag/creating/page/5/">Page 5</a> Page 6</div> </nav> </main> </section> </div> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer"> <div class="site-info"> <a class="privacy-policy-link" href="https://lisadelay.com/blog/privacy-policy/" rel="privacy-policy">Amazon Associate | Privacy Policy</a> <a href="https://wordpress.org/" class="imprint"> Proudly powered by WordPress </a> </div> </footer> </div> <script src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.form.min.js?ver=4.3.0" id="jquery-form-js"></script> <script id="mailchimp_sf_main_js-js-extra"> var mailchimpSF = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/"}; </script> <script src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/mailchimp/assets/js/mailchimp.js?ver=1.6.2" id="mailchimp_sf_main_js-js"></script> <script src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui/core.min.js?ver=1.13.3" id="jquery-ui-core-js"></script> <script src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui/datepicker.min.js?ver=1.13.3" id="jquery-ui-datepicker-js"></script> <script id="jquery-ui-datepicker-js-after"> jQuery(function(jQuery){jQuery.datepicker.setDefaults({"closeText":"Close","currentText":"Today","monthNames":["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"monthNamesShort":["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],"nextText":"Next","prevText":"Previous","dayNames":["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"],"dayNamesShort":["Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"],"dayNamesMin":["S","M","T","W","T","F","S"],"dateFormat":"d MM, yy","firstDay":1,"isRTL":false});}); </script> <script defer src="https://lisadelay.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/koko-analytics/assets/dist/js/script.js?ver=1.4.4" id="koko-analytics-js"></script> </body> </html>

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