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        <title><![CDATA[From Classroom Cover to Healing Anthem: The Story of "Operator"]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[I found a video on my phone the other day. August 2024. I was in my classroom recording myself singing Anita Baker's "I Apologize." ...]]></description>
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    <!-- Post 2: Rather Be -->
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        <title><![CDATA[The Song That Chose Me: The Story of "Rather Be"]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[There are songs you write. And then there are songs that write you. "Rather Be" is the second kind. I wrote the first verse in a rented room at Ms. Caldwell's house...]]></description>
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    <!-- Post 3: Same (Ole Lady) -->
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        <title><![CDATA[Same (Ole Lady)]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[I wrote this because I got tired of lying to myself. "This what I get for not having the words." ...]]></description>
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    <!-- Post 4: Repeat -->
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        <title><![CDATA[The Flower That Grew Into a Song (Repeat)]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[I wrote the first lines of "Repeat" in 2023, sitting on a friend's couch with nowhere else to go. ...]]></description>
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    <!-- Post 5: Why I Left YouTube -->
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        <title><![CDATA[Why I Left YouTube]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[I moved my videos to Odysee because I couldn't keep feeding a platform that profits from harm. ...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[February: First Sales, First Donations, and 'Dead Man Walkin']]></title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[February was heavy. The world kept spinning in its same cruel way. ...]]></description>
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