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	<title>Adoption Tales &#187; Habits</title>
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		<title>August 21st: Storm Surge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 11th: Dental Hygiene</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 10th: First Bath-Time Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>April 6th: Is She Missing the Pain Gene?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broken bone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[determination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[obsessive compulsive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orphanage]]></category>
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		<title>March 30th: Food, Glorious Food!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 27th: Learn from the Mistakes of Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[determination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hyper-vigilance]]></category>
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		<title>March 16: Can’t Miss a Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
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		<title>February 29: Her Way or Dad&#8217;s Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[battle of wills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>
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		<title>February 27: Playing favorites</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>February 22nd: Fixing Flaws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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