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		<title>A November Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I walk home from the corner on this cool morning.  Brown leaves spin and twirl and float to the ground where they crunch delightfully under my feet.  Two of the kids are on the bus, on their way to school.  Ella is still in bed, and Henry has just run outside, in his jammies, yelling to me that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nosmallthing.wordpress.com&blog=2592628&post=2795&subd=nosmallthing&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Naptime.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Night-night Ella.&#8221;
&#8220;Green.&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s your green blanket.  Time to sleep.&#8221;
&#8220;White.&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s the white blanket.  Stay in bed now, Ella.&#8221;
&#8220;Big.&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s the big blanket.  Night night.&#8221;
She rolls over, nose to nose with jellycat.  I steal one last little glimpse of her and I close the door.
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		<title>This is it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a line in a song called Fifteen that says something like
&#8220;this is life before you know who you&#8217;re gonna be&#8230;&#8221; 
I heard this song today and I realized, heavily, that I am probably already &#8220;who I&#8217;m gonna be.&#8221;  I wondered if there was more. 
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		<title>Kate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Nine years ago, I held you in my arms for the first time. 
I heard your tiny voice. 
I looked into your eyes.
I smelled your skin and held you to my heart.  
And I understood, profoundly, that my life would never, ever, be the same. 
It is ever so much better with you in it, Kate. 
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		<title>How do I love thee&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me count the ways&#8230;
One&#8230;

Two&#8230;

Three&#8230;

For more Wordless Wednesday photos, go here.
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		<title>There is no classy name for this post.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristenkj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting here next to Ella.  Keep in mind she is two.  She actually leaned over, in order to lift her rear end(which I did not teach her), and (for lack of a better word) passed gas.  It was LOUD on that plastic seat and it totally cracked me up.  She says
&#8220;Big toot.&#8221;
&#8220;More.&#8221; 
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		<title>The Sounds We Hear</title>
		<link>http://nosmallthing.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-sounds-we-hear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristenkj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They bound off the bus and over to me.  The boys still fall into me as I give them hugs and plant kisses on their tousled little boys heads.  When will that end?  I wonder when will they feel too big to hug me in front of their friends&#8230;
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		<title>What message does it send?</title>
		<link>http://nosmallthing.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/what-message-does-it-send/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristenkj</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hearing loss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By writing this, I am not trying to be critical of other parents and the decisions they make in this situation.  I also want to make it known that I understand that every child is different.  And every situation is different.  And that what may be the best for one child is not necessarily so for another. 
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		<title>A Letter to Seasonal Viruses</title>
		<link>http://nosmallthing.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/a-letter-to-seasonal-viruses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear viruses,
I hate you.
Love,
Kristen
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		<title>What You Don&#8217;t See</title>
		<link>http://nosmallthing.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/what-you-dont-see/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kristenkj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen years ago, I woke up to the gray pattering of rain.  Yellow leaves spun and twirled to the ground.  I sipped my coffee and prayed for the rain to stop.  I had a big day ahead. 
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