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		<title>My Learning Curve: As Soon As rather than Not Until</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think a lot about words.  Words have power, both written and spoken, so we have to be wise when we open our mouths or put our hands on the keyboard.  Earlier I wrote a post about using the word &#8220;and&#8221; rather than &#8220;but&#8221; when speaking to my children.  It is a good tool for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: Lessons in Liking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had somebody in your life who was difficult to like?  I&#8217;m not talking about love &#8211; love and commitment come naturally to me, especially when it involves a child. I&#8217;m going to go out on a big limb and confess that I have a child I love and am fiercely committed to, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: Tip of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Use the word &#8216;and&#8217; not &#8216;but&#8217;?&#8221; I had to pause and think about that. The therapist we are working with gave me this tip recently and I jotted it down to remember to share with you. I was recounting an incident with one of my girls.  She had been pleading for special time with me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: New With Tags</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took this photo of Dimples as she was getting ready to head out the door yesterday morning. She was decked out in the new scarf and hat from Eby and Little Man, and her new snow boots that came last week. She looked very cute, especially with the sweet smile on her face. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: The Best Plan for Everyone</title>
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		<comments>http://www.onethankfulmom.com/attachment-and-trauma/my-learning-curve-the-best-plan-for-everyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving break was tough for Dimples, and Christmas break is twice as long.  I spent a few weeks worrying about the break before it arrived.  Then I decided to get practical and make a plan.  Dimples loves school.  She loves being with friends, doing structured activities, having lots of movement and action.  She does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen: An Adoptee Tells Her Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changed Life There she was, with her beautiful long hair, lying all alone in the uncomfortable, hospital bed.  She was dying of HIV/AIDS and unable to speak to me, I felt so much sorrow as I watched her lose weight because she could not eat.  In 2003, in Mekelle, Ethiopia, I was a six year old, second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: &#8220;Will There be Food There?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday night was the University Christmas concert and Aunt Michele invited the girls to go.  In general, they are excited to go nearly anywhere and do just about anything, and they love Aunt Michele.  They also love to stay up past their bedtime, so  I thought they would be thrilled. Dimples first response was, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: Never Give In, Never Give In&#8230;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.onethankfulmom.com/attachment-and-trauma/my-learning-curve-never-give-in-never-give-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this post months ago, and it sat in my &#8220;Drafts&#8221; folder as I contemplated whether I should post it.  I read it again last week and the timing was perfect because I was discouraged at the moment, and weary, and feeling like life was just harder than I could manage.  My own words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: Disappointment Card</title>
		<link>http://www.onethankfulmom.com/attachment-and-trauma/my-learning-curve-disappointment-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Thanksgiving week and while I am sorely tempted to spend lots of time writing,  I know what I most need to give my family is my presence.  This doesn&#8217;t mean sitting with my laptop while they play games, it means me being fully present. At the moment, my children are all still sleeping, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Learning Curve: Speaking the Language</title>
		<link>http://www.onethankfulmom.com/adoption/my-learning-curve-speaking-the-language/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onethankfulmom.com/adoption/my-learning-curve-speaking-the-language/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OneThankfulMom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment and Trauma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was looking through some notes from our TBRI training and right at the top of the page was this great quote from Dr. David Cross, If you are going to have a new culture, you need a new language. He went on to say that as we parent children from &#8220;hard places,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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