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	<title>CYNTHIA J. PATTON &#187; Death</title>
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		<title>An Ode to Johnny</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last June I wrote several posts about death. (You can read them here: Death Comes in Threes (Or More), Staring Into the Abyss, and Saying Goodbye.) In short, a friend’s husband died of cancer as did a fellow autism mom. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/an-ode-to-johnny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Staring Into the Abyss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently four people weren&#8217;t enough death and dying for one week. Shortly after I wrote my last post, I received an email from a mom of a child who attended school with my daughter Katie for the past three years. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/06/staring-into-the-abyss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Death Comes in Threes (Or More)</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/06/death-comes-in-threes-or-mor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joyce Maynard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letting Go]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s going to be a long, sad week. There&#8217;s far too much death and dying in my crazy corner of the world. First, a writer I know, Joyce Maynard, announced that her husband, Jim Barringer, was dying. I was shocked. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/06/death-comes-in-threes-or-mor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday Moments, Caught in Time</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2014/05/everyday-moments-caught-in-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2014 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have two-term U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. He is an English professor at City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 40 years. Accessibility is not a word &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2014/05/everyday-moments-caught-in-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Four Stories We Tell Ourselves About Death</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2014/04/the-four-stories-we-tell-ourselves-about-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have philosopher Stephen Cave, author of the book Immortality, who asks a dark but compelling question: when did you first realize you were going to die? And even more interestingly: Why do &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2014/04/the-four-stories-we-tell-ourselves-about-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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