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	<title>CYNTHIA J. PATTON &#187; Grief</title>
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		<title>Hope Is a Funny Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope is a funny thing. Just when you think it’s gone, you find it in the most unlikely place. I’ll give you an example. Back on Election Day 2016, I squeezed into a white pantsuit. Normally I vote with an &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2017/02/hope-is-a-funny-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Ode to Johnny</title>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[John P. Murdoch Jr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></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>Staring Into the Abyss</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Single Parent]]></category>
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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>Storm Clouds Overhead</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2014/12/storm-clouds-overhead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Bidwell Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infertility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Rules of Inheritance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading Claire Bidwell Smith’s memoir, The Rules of Inheritance. I read it straight through in two days—a feat which rarely happens anymore in my hectic life. This is even more incredible because the book was not a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2014/12/storm-clouds-overhead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stealth Grief</title>
		<link>http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/stealth-grief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia J. Patton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been rather sad, on and off, the past several weeks—and not because summer school ended much too soon this year (as in, today). No, this was a reappearance of something I call “stealth grief.” This is how stealth grief &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://cynthiajpatton.com/2013/07/stealth-grief/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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