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can we please stop this?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/0vnbnsa.png</image:loc><image:title>0vNbnsa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/61787575.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61787575</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-31T19:42:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/01/30/night-terrors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/night-terror.jpg</image:loc><image:title>night-terror</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/night_terror_by_mostlymade.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Night_Terror_by_mostlymade</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-24T22:54:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/04/28/faith-in-relationships-the-embers-that-burn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/falling-in-love-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>falling-in-love (1)</image:title><image:caption>Sometimes we get lonely, and desperate for love, we look for it in all the wrong places. We make poor choices and relationship mistakes, because we’re trying to run, instead of taking the time to walk with that person and getting to know them, letting the love we feel flow through us naturally and grow on its own time.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1511445_283363898506482_8553517481504867354_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1511445_283363898506482_8553517481504867354_n</image:title><image:caption>Abby and her boyfriend Evan,
I haven't met him yet,
but they look like an absolutely
couple. I couldn't be happier for her.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/47666_174186555937638_6693956_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>47666_174186555937638_6693956_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/74529_163705446985749_2875731_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>74529_163705446985749_2875731_n</image:title><image:caption>Abby and me rejoicing in our love for the our favorite Holiday. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/67077_158579900831637_5850291_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>67077_158579900831637_5850291_n</image:title><image:caption>Our first date, how was I not suppose to fall in love with her. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/61659_155210531168574_2277759_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>61659_155210531168574_2277759_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1238725_10202751336043513_5506788078918011849_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1238725_10202751336043513_5506788078918011849_n</image:title><image:caption>Our lights can leave scars upon the surface of the sun
So let no one say we'll be undone by time's passing
For the memories we are amassing will stand as testament
That somehow we bend minds around the concept
that we see others within ourselves.
That self-knowledge can be found on bookshelves
So who we are has no bearing on how we appear
Look directly into every mirror
Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story
And our story begins here.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-13T23:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2015/09/05/confession/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/0513896e083a29335133f7f0d57565656274d-wm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0513896e083a29335133f7f0d57565656274d-wm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/05198df07e4c6c4453564cf209137ddebf200c-wm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>05198df07e4c6c4453564cf209137ddebf200c-wm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/enhanced-buzz-9656-1340127251-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>enhanced-buzz-9656-1340127251-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/john-8-jesus-eye-level-with-woman-holding-her-hand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>John 8 Jesus eye 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young man sitting alone by the 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human</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0886.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0886</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0884.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0884</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0882-e1410157825237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0882</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10593093_10204711928699615_7144798508613740004_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10593093_10204711928699615_7144798508613740004_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0836.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0836</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_0835.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0835</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-08T06:42:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/06/26/health-fitness-and-commitment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/18507048438250583_afxmdb7k_c_thumb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>18507048438250583_AFxmdb7K_c_thumb</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/88773-motivationalfitnessquotes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>88773-Motivational+Fitness+Quotes</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/workout-fitness-quotes-0707-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>workout-fitness-quotes-0707-11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>I don't think I'm in bad shape, but there's still some room for improvement. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>This is me now, 6/16/14 After having to take it easy for about two months at the gym. I am not thrilled by committing this much.  Like some of you out there, I'm still a little self-conscious of my body.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fitness-quotes-and-sayings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fitness Quotes and sayings</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-30T22:18:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/12/23/scars-of-who-we-are-scars-fade-wounds-heal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/561933_10150864255883185_148436217_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>alone in the woods</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/302328_2346095897973_1417290027_4579210_2209099_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>302328_2346095897973_1417290027_4579210_2209099_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/486866_569424603080496_270329019_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>486866_569424603080496_270329019_n</image:title><image:caption>To help keep things light, here's me and my best friend &amp; fellow writer on the catwalk. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/15170_102198439803117_4245276_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15170_102198439803117_4245276_n</image:title><image:caption>Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1235963_621801901176099_2015339265_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1235963_621801901176099_2015339265_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/15170_102198653136429_4594209_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15170_102198653136429_4594209_n</image:title><image:caption>That's me in the Assassins Garb. Sometimes you just have to step outside yourself, lose yourself, have fun, even if think you'll a little foolish.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/67077_158579900831637_5850291_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>67077_158579900831637_5850291_n</image:title><image:caption>My proof that despite your struggles, you will find your smile again and with friends.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/22664_104458099577151_7589914_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>22664_104458099577151_7589914_n</image:title><image:caption>A snowman my cousin and I made a year later.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/532499_504855552870735_1220493115_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>532499_504855552870735_1220493115_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>On numerous occasions I babysat her kids, dog-sat for her and even house sat. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-10T22:59:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/05/11/faith-in-mothers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/535475_130341883765484_1194074512_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>535475_130341883765484_1194074512_n</image:title><image:caption>And Timmy, the third and quite possibly the strongest of us. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/582593_143469235793978_1762510660_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>582593_143469235793978_1762510660_n</image:title><image:caption>Two of three best cousins anyone can ask for. Nick And Derek. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/scan0007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/scan0008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0008</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-05-11T23:26:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/01/17/falling-like-snow/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/winter_freakin___wonderland_by_knightofammo-d3aqwjd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>winter_freakin___wonderland_by_knightofammo-d3aqwjd</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/blood_in_the_snow_by_scout2freak-d5nvw1f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>blood_in_the_snow_by_scout2freak-d5nvw1f</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lonesome_soldier_by_xdestitutex.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lonesome_Soldier_by_xDestitutex</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snow_by_theloneredsheep-d3lb6br.png</image:loc><image:title>snow_by_theloneredsheep-d3lb6br</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snow_texture_by_funnybunny_stock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snow_Texture_by_funnybunny_stock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/after_the_smoke_clears_by_busterbrownbb-d67nizy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>after_the_smoke_clears_by_busterbrownbb-d67nizy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-11T05:03:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/03/28/how-do-you-put-into-words/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/59179_470766786295648_1878157165_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>59179_470766786295648_1878157165_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/531048_512131625492497_347523286_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>531048_512131625492497_347523286_n</image:title><image:caption>Last but certainly not least, my other best friend from HS. Steven was the first real friend I met when I started going to school in Grant County, taking me under his wing, looked out for me, introduced me to his friends and one my biggest fans. Always telling me, "Don't dream it, be it!" He and Matt helped teach me how to have confidence and to believe in myself. This guy has million dollar heart. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/562263_569512083067936_1246394502_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>562263_569512083067936_1246394502_n</image:title><image:caption>Then there's Hodge. When we first met we couldn't stand each other. But in time we became good friends, and he became one of my biggest supporters, going as far as going out of his way to pull my bacon out of the fire once or twice. Good dude. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1003492_10152118438530550_493994587_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1003492_10152118438530550_493994587_n</image:title><image:caption>And there's this guy, my cousin and good friend, who pulled me back from the brink more than I can say. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1238757_10153212124800462_239692518_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1238757_10153212124800462_239692518_n</image:title><image:caption>Matt, my best-friend since High-School, who suspected something was wrong in my home life and always welcomed me to be a part of his family, treating me like a brother. A true friend.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1006253_10200881224051882_550627170_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1006253_10200881224051882_550627170_n</image:title><image:caption>Then there's my dear friend Hannah
with her rich heart, sweet nature
who shares my affinity for the
outdoors.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/643948_489811181041839_1290560029_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>643948_489811181041839_1290560029_n</image:title><image:caption>I was saved by her And despite our
Differences she was one of the
best friends I ever had.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/my-grandma-i-miss-her.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My grandma, I miss her</image:title><image:caption>My grandmother, was simply the best and greatest person
I have ever known, as well as being the strongest.  She was
in all honesty was the closest thing I ever really had to a real mother. A day doesn't go by that I don't miss her.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cimg0284.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIMG0284</image:title><image:caption>Despite our differences now, my older brother Dominic
really helped pull me edge of the abyss I found myself
teetering on the precipice of. But that was before our
bond was broken my lies and deceit. But I still love him all the same.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dad</image:title><image:caption>My father, the greatest man I have ever known. Showing me endless support and love. Even though We don't always see eye to eye, words can't express how much I love and admire this man.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-29T17:55:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/03/21/the-season-of-life-changes-the-magic-lost-between-the-pages-part-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/64dad-walking_alone_in_the_rain_by_pancho_the_lizard.jpg</image:loc><image:title>64dad-walking_alone_in_the_rain_by_pancho_the_lizard</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/07213-scan0006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>07213-scan0006</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fe128-scan0005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fe128-scan0005</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/8182c-scan0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8182c-scan0001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/802da-scan0007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>802da-scan0007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/31d4d-scan0003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>31d4d-scan0003</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/06d61-magic_book.jpg</image:loc><image:title>06d61-magic_book</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-03-21T03:25:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/02/27/the-season-of-life-changes-the-magic-lost-between-the-pages-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/38f4c-ridinggrandma.jpg</image:loc><image:title>38f4c-ridinggrandma</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ed8f3-15170_102198653136429_4594209_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ed8f3-15170_102198653136429_4594209_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/c98d0-magicsmoke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>c98d0-magicsmoke</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dfc34-100_0201.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dfc34-100_0201</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-27T23:49:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/02/20/the-season-of-life-changes-and-the-magic-lost-between-the-pages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/scan0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-saints.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the saints</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/my-magic-ring.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My magic Ring</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-20T19:41:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2014/02/11/dating-colds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/999593_612102532146036_1879013080_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>999593_612102532146036_1879013080_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/9a3303942a7764514050da3176f911055a98e88ee2736ad050771adab25a0f87.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9a3303942a7764514050da3176f911055a98e88ee2736ad050771adab25a0f87</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sleeping.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sleeping</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/unnamed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>unnamed</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-11T19:34:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/12/16/scars-of-who-we-are-the-final-chapter/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/248449_10150279235658185_64655903184_8766748_3752964_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>248449_10150279235658185_64655903184_8766748_3752964_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/corbis-42-19693483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Man looking out office window at night</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/picture2-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture2 (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/broken.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Man Sitting on a Step</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-16T23:43:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/12/10/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-xvi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/coming-storm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>coming storm</image:title><image:caption>The pending storm.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nov22_0007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nov22_0007</image:title><image:caption>My Youngest brother Caleb.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nov22_0002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nov22_0002</image:title><image:caption>My younger brother Christian</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/erlanger_branch_kenton_county_library-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Erlanger_Branch_Kenton_County_Library (1)</image:title><image:caption>The library where I work</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/100_0203.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_0203</image:title><image:caption>From left to right. Christian, Caleb, My mother, Chris, and my Aunt.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cimg0284.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIMG0284</image:title><image:caption>Dominic my older brother</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/100_0270.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_0270</image:title><image:caption>FudPuckers</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-18T06:21:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/11/08/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-xv/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/100_0229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_0229</image:title><image:caption>Me goofing off behind my sleeping step-father on the last vacation I'll ever share with them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cimg0020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIMG0020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/000_0236.jpg</image:loc><image:title>000_0236</image:title><image:caption>All of us together just two years prior.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/100_0224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_0224</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/100_0167.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_0167</image:title><image:caption>My brother and me on the beach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/covington_personals_73532185-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Covington_personals_73532185.2</image:title><image:caption>My cousin derek, me, my brother and Jenifer </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/100_0193.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_0193</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cimg0261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIMG0261</image:title><image:caption>My brother and I hiking at Red River Gorge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cimg0252.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIMG0252</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/cimg0250.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIMG0250</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-11T07:53:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/10/16/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-xiv-rebekah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/image_026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMAGE_026</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/picture-036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 036</image:title><image:caption>Rebekah, me and her younger brother</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/picture-037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 037</image:title><image:caption>Rebekah and me</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/643948_489811181041839_1290560029_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>643948_489811181041839_1290560029_n</image:title><image:caption>Rebekah my guiding light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/my-grandma-i-miss-her.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My grandma, I miss her</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/watercolors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watercolors</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-08T23:26:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/05/10/the-scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-viii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/scan0004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Breakfast</image:title><image:caption>Me</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/disney.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Disney</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/scan0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me</image:title><image:caption>Dinning on my favorite food. French Fries!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/corbis-cb016247.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boy Standing Along a Fence</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-15T23:33:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/10/10/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-xiii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_0434.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0434</image:title><image:caption>Me, Matt, Dawn and Steven.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/me-and-mathew.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me and Mathew</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/scan0006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0006</image:title><image:caption>Me and my little cousin Mathew a few years after my leaving home.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1_grant-county-fair-2010_ferris-wheel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1_grant-county-fair-2010_ferris-wheel</image:title><image:caption>The Grant County Fair</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/steven.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Steven</image:title><image:caption>Steven</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/389659_10151607555845462_143413029_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>389659_10151607555845462_143413029_n</image:title><image:caption>Matt and his lovely wife, who have become my family.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-11T18:51:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/09/16/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-xii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scan000kjj3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan000kjj3</image:title><image:caption>2008 I'm the crow with my cousins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/forsaken.jpg</image:loc><image:title>forsaken</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1231695_208039872697781_1983552850_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1231695_208039872697781_1983552850_n</image:title><image:caption>Sherry Troy and smile that was like the sunrise.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1208868_208040066031095_1955621892_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1208868_208040066031095_1955621892_n</image:title><image:caption>Sherry and her sister Terry</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/b4d5878d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>b4d5878d</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/scan0001-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0001 (2)</image:title><image:caption>Senior photo</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-09-16T20:36:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/08/22/scars-of-who-we-are-intermission-part-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/asleep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Asleep</image:title><image:caption>And finally...me asleep.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/my-dad-mother-and-older-brother.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My dad, mother and Older brother</image:title><image:caption>My father and mother beneath the missletoe &amp; My older brother.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/a-once-happy-family.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A once happy family</image:title><image:caption>A once happy family with me, my mother, brother and father.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/me-and-my-brother-goofing-off.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me and my brother goofing off</image:title><image:caption>Me and my brother at my grandma's</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/scan0018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me and Dominic</image:title><image:caption>My brother wondering when he'll finally be able to play with me.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-22T21:48:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/08/15/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-xi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/riding-grandma.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Riding grandma</image:title><image:caption>Me and my grandma, the woman was more of a mother to me then she'll ever know. I miss her dearly.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/my-mother.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My mother</image:title><image:caption>Me as a newborn. I look at this photograph sometimes wondering...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/age-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>age 16</image:title><image:caption>Me at 16</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/stars.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stars</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-16T02:12:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/08/01/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-x/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/scan0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0001</image:title><image:caption>Okay, this has nothing to do with what I'm writing, but over the weekend I did finally get to meet my two favorite actors Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery and even in my severely sleep deprived state I can tell you, these guys are awesome and are remarkably down to earth. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/scan0012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0012</image:title><image:caption>Me at fourteen</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/scan0011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0011</image:title><image:caption>My step-sister and no I'm not ashamed to admit I did used to have a bit of a crush on her.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/scan0010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0010</image:title><image:caption>My Step-mother.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/scan0009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0009</image:title><image:caption>My step-brother and me at King's Island....Sorry Patrick this is the only picture I could find of you.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/15170_102198256469802_6030428_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15170_102198256469802_6030428_n</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-01T14:46:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/06/28/scars-of-who-we-are-intermission-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/corbis-aagf001015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boy Playing in Public Square.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cover</image:title><image:caption>Werewolf The Apocalypse Role-Playing Game by the "World Of Darkness" </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/homepage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>homepage</image:title><image:caption>The Marvel Super-heroes Role-Playing Game</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/t2ec16jhjgqe9nomzmipbrnvdt0yw60_35.jpg</image:loc><image:title>$T2eC16JHJGQE9noMZMipBRN+vDt0yw~~60_35</image:title><image:caption>Mutants Down Under. The teenage mutant ninja Turtle RPG</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scan0004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0004</image:title><image:caption>My brother on me on vacation with my grandpa </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-03T20:34:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/06/05/scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-ix/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/403196_10150623433523185_974659164_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>403196_10150623433523185_974659164_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/old-child-swing-1358169948fsn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>old-child-swing-1358169948Fsn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sub.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sub</image:title><image:caption>The Turtle Sub, man I loved this thing. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tank.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tank</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scan0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Turltes</image:title><image:caption>My favorite crime fighting Heroes. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scan0002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0002</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-06-29T04:25:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/04/18/the-scars-of-who-we-are-chapter-vii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/corbis-42-187437671.jpg</image:loc><image:title>© Copyright 2007 Corbis Corporation</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/corbis-42-18743767.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/scan0005.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My mother</image:title><image:caption>This is my mom way back when, it's the only good picture I have of her anymore.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/corbis-42-29490585.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Young boy looking through window</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-19T01:55:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/03/27/the-scars-of-who-we-are-part-vi-intermission/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan0002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0002</image:title><image:caption>Gerbil number 2, my older brother and me.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/losers_1stretched.jpg</image:loc><image:title>losers_1stretched</image:title><image:caption>Cover design for my upcoming book. "Losers."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan0006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>With Dad's family</image:title><image:caption>That's me with my dad's family, ruining this family photo :P</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corbis-42-19693483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Man looking out office window at night</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-04-30T16:08:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/03/13/the-scars-of-who-we-are-part-v/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan0016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>scan0016</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/free_179689.jpg</image:loc><image:title>free_179689</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-13T19:47:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/02/19/the-scars-of-who-we-are-part-iv/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/picture-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 1</image:title><image:caption>My father as a young man, examining the wreckage that nearly took his his life.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scn0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Newspaper</image:title><image:caption>My dad visiting the wreckage. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/picture-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 4.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/picture-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 2.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/picture-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 5.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://authorjcooper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/picture-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture 3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-19T21:14:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/02/14/dreaming-what-you-fear-and-the-mornings-that-draw-near-pt-3/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-14T23:12:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/02/03/dreaming-what-we-fear-and-the-mornings-that-draw-near-pt-2/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-24T07:38:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/01/24/dreaming-what-we-fear-and-the-mornings-that-draw-near-pt-1/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-24T23:00:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/01/16/the-scars-of-who-we-are-part-iii/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-17T03:44:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2013/01/05/the-scars-of-who-we-are-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-12T12:13:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2012/12/25/the-next-big-thing/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-26T17:22:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2012/12/17/tragedy/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-25T16:59:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/2012/12/06/it-aint-the-truth-we-chase/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-21T03:58:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com/about/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-05T17:51:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://authorjcooper.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-03-05T17:41:56+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
