<?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>Sun, 24 May 2026 03:12:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/bycolemancontest/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[TIME CHANGES YESTERDAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[My family has been the focal point of my existence since I gained consciousness of myself to this present day. I was thought by my dad to put family first in everything I do. We have been through the thick]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@lexyflexy/time-changes-yesterday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@lexyflexy/time-changes-yesterday</guid><category><![CDATA[bycolemancontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lexyflexy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conman-In-Training]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conman-In-Training Source I’ll call him Con for the purpose of this story. Con: short for Cornelius, no, short for ‘Conman In Training’ - considering his young age. Con is fourteen years old and knows]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@bhop42moro/conman-in-training</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@bhop42moro/conman-in-training</guid><category><![CDATA[bycolemancontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bhop42moro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYWysunAasedLcXtFxrQyoVpK7FJUjh9uUGL7UXzSAcfJAaMrykmz2yRT8jJ2Wwnfi5hpFUHmCA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A DEFEAT TO CANCER.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The light too bright, noise echoing from every corner of deserted forest, my hands trembling, I struggled to keep my hands fixed on steering. I changed the gear but felt my sympathetic system could no]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@shanzy007/a-defeat-to-cancer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@shanzy007/a-defeat-to-cancer</guid><category><![CDATA[bycolemancontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shanzy007]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5yytgdHvCFxZrqFz99iQAphCDKK9Z7E1iuva2LqvXnmjvmSMwRKdJwYCxjnnVAZkXYUt7jCEQq386YLsLRk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day she lost #bycolemancontest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sara went home that Monday afternoon totally devastated. She hated losing. She was so proud of herself that she reached the final round. She could have won, she knew every word. She knew that particular]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@princesslilo/the-day-she-lost-bycolemancontest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@princesslilo/the-day-she-lost-bycolemancontest</guid><category><![CDATA[bycolemancontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[princesslilo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMr6vxaDC7YCsTtkbz9U46fowFpxknG39ZfLRtnqKKYZpBaU7EzVVYxkbgjHZ1WVRXn2PsZk4oVcHiAXjGB7eiauZue7z649Ufp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou shalt not steal! How-to make sure little thieves get back on track]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source I want to share with you a story of someone precious in my life that I have heard maybe a thousand times by now while writing it, but it never, ever gets bored! 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We loved each other so much]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@nikkitheexplorer/my-yvonne-an-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bycolemancontest/@nikkitheexplorer/my-yvonne-an-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[bycolemancontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nikkitheexplorer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 10:49:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then I got a smack.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always had an overwhelming urge to carve, to create. Around 7-8 years old, I had grown out of plasticine (don't worry – this was just temporary insanity) and was looking for a new sculpting medium. 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It is a normal thing to be attracted to a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/indiaunited/@manojbhatt/love-heart-and-destiny</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/indiaunited/@manojbhatt/love-heart-and-destiny</guid><category><![CDATA[indiaunited]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manojbhatt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 06:32:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAspi9LssChkGUNFSRTcUtZwxkCqpgWEBnmnt6RVPeWtspyGWo2ft6ZjeoG1xFDmkL3xpt2ZXDwFanjjd7TEiA2xD634Pkhh7wXPcK5x1YDptPDVmwanSEU5UUSHe5WMLmF5QNwXDBoFRgGuRMrdoZowmQuvsbievLxQGCsY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[" MY LIFE UNTOLD STORY@"MY ENTRY FOR #BYCOLEMAN WRITING CONTEST]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't wanna talk about how my life and how it has been going through but I am challenge to come out to the open and courageously hare everything,every angle that happened to my life long time ago. 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