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	<title>CYNTHIA J. PATTON &#187; Family</title>
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		<title>Happy 80th Birthday, Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, I wrote a poem for my dad’s 70th birthday, which was published in a local anthology produced by former Livermore resident Karen Hogan. Although we never talked about the poem, I think my dad liked it. The &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2018/09/4473/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truth Equals Peace</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2018/03/truth-equals-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately it seems every time I go to the shaman ceremony, I figure out another piece of the puzzle that is me. This time was no different. The shaman labeled her ceremony “Peace—the bridge between what has been and what &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2018/03/truth-equals-peace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Ode to Johnny</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/an-ode-to-johnny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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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>Katie Turns 13</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/katie-turns-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am now in possession of a teenager. Part of me has no idea how this happened, and the other part knows exactly how it happened. My daughter and I are thirteen years older than we were when we first &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/katie-turns-13/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dating &#8230; Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dating again. This isn&#8217;t a place I expected to find myself after my marriage to Michael 1.0 in 1994, but it comes with the territory following a divorce, thankfully I got help with this since I found everything about &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/dating-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Uncertain 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a grueling two months. First there was the election and it&#8217;s aftermath. An acquaintance called it similar to a pandemic: sudden, shocking, and widespread. It&#8217;s the best description I&#8217;ve heard so far, although I&#8217;d prefer an element of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/01/an-uncertain-2017/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Question of Settling</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/11/a-question-of-settling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Summer 2015, when my brother Tom got engaged, I joked he was moving fast. His long-winded divorce had ended just two weeks earlier. “We’ve dated one-and-a-half years,” he said. “And this time, neither of us are settling.” At the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/11/a-question-of-settling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Life of Quiet Desperation</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/09/a-life-of-quiet-desperation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, my brother Tom lived a life of quiet desperation. I saw it and recognized it in myself, recognized what I had seen years earlier in my father’s father. I think Mom saw it too, must have at least &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2016/09/a-life-of-quiet-desperation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Crafts, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/12/christmas-crafts-part-3-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand: my Christmas story, in three parts, which first appeared here in December 2011. It&#8217;s been updated a bit, but mostly it&#8217;s the same story that made readers laugh until they cried. Go on, read it again&#8230;. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/12/christmas-crafts-part-3-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Crafts, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/12/christmas-crafts-part-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back by popular demand: my Christmas story, in three parts, which first appeared here in December 2011. It&#8217;s been updated a bit, but mostly it&#8217;s the same story that made readers laugh until they cried. Go on, read it again&#8230;. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2015/12/christmas-crafts-part-2-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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