<?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[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:05:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jakeybrown/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How I Hurt the Woman I Love - Part 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The Coward It was only a day later that I wrote Karen a letter telling her how I felt about her, telling her that I wanted to give things a shot as a real couple, that I wanted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-5</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeybrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 01:51:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Hurt the Woman I Love - Part 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Our Baby Girl I felt extremely close to Karen at the hospital. Never have I seen someone be so strong through so much pain. She labored for hours with almost no progress, never giving]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-4</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeybrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Hurt the Woman I Love - Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 Part 2 Downward Spiral During my fights with Karen I’d often think about how I never used to fight with my ex. I blamed myself completely for the failure of that relationship and remembered how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeybrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Hurt the Woman I Love - Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 Big News A few weeks later I got a letter in the mail. It was from Karen, she said she was late and had taken a pregnancy test. The news came so soon after we had unprotected sex that I wasn’t sure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-i-love-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeybrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 03:26:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I Hurt the Woman I Love - Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I never thought I would hurt a girl the way I have. I always thought I was one of the good guys, that I’d never do anything to seriously hurt someone. I’ve always had good intentions towards people and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-love-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jakeybrown/how-i-hurt-the-woman-love-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jakeybrown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 02:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I convinced Karen to go on a sunrise hike with me and one of my friends. It was one of those 5AM, get the baby out of bed so we can trailblaze through wet grass and mosquitoes kind of hikes. 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