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	<description>One Birthmother&#039;s Journey through Adoption</description>
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		<title>The Hardest Good Bye</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve heard it said that women quickly forget the pain of childbirth, it&#8217;s what allows them to have more children. They are able to focus only the joys of the baby being placed in their arms, each perfect tiny finger, each tiny toe, and the sweet curve of tiny little eye lashes. I&#8217;ve found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PUPPS, the non-cute kind</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first trimester of my pregnancy, the life inside you seems fragile and needs to be protected and the actual &#8220;birth&#8221; seems far away and TERRIFYING (well it did for me anyway). For the first trimester I had to avoid any reality shows that showed what happened in the delivery room &#8211; I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In a bar, with a baby?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend that I don&#8217;t talk about very often because we have the oddest relationship ever, I call him Uncle Jerry because he is 20 years older than me and on some level I know that if we weren&#8217;t &#8220;family&#8221; our relationship probably wouldn&#8217;t make much sense. Jerry tends bar at the sports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Contact</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man who bought me my hot chocolate, his name was Russ and he is a flight student in the Navy. I know this now because I saw him in Circle K, and I smiled and said hello and thanked him for his generous gift. We talked for a few minutes and then we both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full of the Spirit</title>
		<link>http://decidingforlife.com/2009/12/24/full-of-the-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m somewhat of a creature of habit, so almost every morning I stop at Circle K and grab something to drink in place of my occasional coffee.  Usually I grab fruit juice or bottled water but with Christmas a few days away I decided to treat myself to a nice hot chocolate. I was standing [...]]]></description>
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