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		<title>Mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a long-time reader of my blog — thanks for still being here even though I haven&#8217;t written much this past year— you know that I shy away from being political or from telling someone else what I think they should do.  However, Autism —hell, disability of any kind— knows no politics, shows [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1613&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In which Nik gets a very special gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>In which the end is the beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>One more thing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why this PC-only gal will be a Steve Jobs fan forever.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1573&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s 9:01 AM and I need a drink</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which the things you think you know about your life can change in an instant.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1564&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Super Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Father's Day!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1554&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I guess he&#8217;s really ours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which I learn some startling things about my son.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1548&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d do it all again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A love note for my husband on our tenth wedding anniversary.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1542&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In his time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which Nik shows me, again, how much is up to him.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2563484&amp;post=1529&amp;subd=maternalinstincts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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