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		<title>Hope Blooms</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to have hope after the most qualified woman—technically the most qualified person, male or female, in decades—loses an election to a compulsive liar without an ounce of relevant governmental experience. But something about the fear and the shock, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/12/hope-blooms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Bitter Pill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even now, more than five years after my daughter’s diagnosis, it’s a bitter pill to swallow. Why is autism still such a mystery? Why don’t we have more answers? Part of the problem is a lack of sufficient funding. In &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2011/12/a-bitter-pill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Best of Times … And the Worst</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the outset, my daughter was a gorgeous, easy baby. She gurgled contentedly in her bouncy seat and slept through the night at four weeks. I stared into her blue eyes and she was dazzling as the sun. My husband &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2011/11/the-best-of-times-%e2%80%a6-and-the-worst/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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