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		<title>Doing the Write Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new milestone for Nik as we honor efforts to Spread the Word to End the Word today.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1895&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather lately has been cold and blustery and my thoughts are already turning to warmer weather. That stupid groundhog in Pennsylvania indicated that winter is nearly over (pfft, six weeks is nothing!) which means spring and summer are right around the corner, right? Right! Today, I am over at the SPD Blogger Network with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1882&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What we didn&#8217;t know then</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes change is good. Sometimes it's bad. And sometimes -- it just is.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1869&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IEP time and anxiety i is running high. So much is at stake.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1857&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bowled Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niksmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which ny heart is alternately shattered and repaired in the same morning. Also known as, the story of Nik's Special Olympics experience and making connections.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1838&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today You Are Nine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niksmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which I celebrate the wonder of my boy turning nine.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1830&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Month of Gratitude &#8211; Day Fourteen: Little Big Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this case, the words really, really matter.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1815&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Month of Gratitude &#8211; Day Twelve: Pandora</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which Nik's guardian angel makes herself known to me. (AKA: How my cat saved my kid's life)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1798&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Month of Gratitude &#8211; Day Nine: The Weekend!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hanging up the gone fishin' sign for the weekend!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1792&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Month of Gratitude &#8211; Day Eight: The recorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prrof that perspective can be everything. Or, that I may be crazy? And music is in the ear --and heart-- of the beholder.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maternalinstincts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2563484&#038;post=1783&#038;subd=maternalinstincts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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