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		<title>A Road Map for Education Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week President Barack Obama and Colin Powell announced a new education initiative with America&#8217;s Promise Alliance called Grad Nation. Grad Nation is a 10 year campaign that is dedicated to getting 90% of today&#8217;s 4th graders to graduate on time. The majority of this educational reform effort is going to be spent on approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2010 Review (in Photos)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 2010: Two blizzards, lots of play, lots of snow, lots of milestones&#8230;.
Snow Piled High on EVERYTHING

The Kids Tried to Play in It&#8230; Proved Difficult but Fun!

They Made a New Friend

Lots of Laughter, Lots of Apples, Lots of Static

Lots of Beating Each Other Up (Wii Boxing and Otherwise)

Shaking it Loose


Handcrafted Love

Ice, Ice and More Ice

Wise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empowering Our Daughters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My six year old daughter walked up to me the other day and said, &#8220;Mom, I was weak and now I am strong.&#160; And in my mind, I can do anything.&#8221;
I felt like the air was sucked out of my lungs.&#160; I got down on her level and said, &#8220;Girl, with your smarts,heart, and talent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>365</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The exact number of photographs I am currently downloading of my camera.
365.
Because I take alot of photographs.
And I have been BUSY.
Busy, taking photos, and not taking photos.
Busy NOT downloading the photos off my camera.
Busy writing, and writing, and writing, and writing, (but you wouldn&#8217;t know it by looking here.) Busy writing for the contract position [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holding their Hand&#8230;..</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This may be shocking&#8230;.. but I am going to post something from Fox News because&#8230;.. (and I can&#8217;t believe I am saying this&#8230;..) I can&#8217;t say it much better than it was said here.


*except for the part about the looters and uncovering dead. If you are in need, you are not looting&#8230; .you are surviving. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dtemama.com/a-life-poetic/alone-citizens-of-the-world-take-heed</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;.. while I haven&#8217;t been blogging for the last two weeks&#8230;&#8230; health care passed the Senate, crazy people have set their underwear on fire, gay marriage has been turned down in yet another state.  Also, my family has enjoyed a magical holiday filled with love, joy, and fun.  We traveled to and from NC.  My [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dtemama.com/play-hard/new-year-new-opportunities</link>
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		<title>To Higher Ground</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Wise Guy was wiped.  We have been playing hard around these parts and he fell asleep right before the big Turkey Dinner we were making for our dear friend in the Navy.  So Sweetie curled up with him, hugged him, and whispered  about faeries into his ear so that &#8220;he would have good dreams, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Winners: Dec. 13 &#8211; Dec 19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BLIZZARD EDITION!





For more weekly winners, please check out Sarcastic Mom&#8217;s blog!
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		<link>http://www.dtemama.com/weekly-winners/weekly-winners-dec-13-dec-19</link>
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		<title>In a Blink of an Eye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Sweetie.
In the blink of an eye, you turned six.  In the blink of an eye, you are able to discuss the nuances of problems and solutions in fiction.  You are able to read, to reason, to find the subtle humor of my dry jokes.

In the blink of an eye&#8230;.
In the blink of an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dtemama.com/sweetiesworld/in-a-blink-of-the-eye</link>
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		<title>The Little Moments</title>
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There are days where you are reminded to take each moment and imprint it on your mind.  Days when you are living in the moment, soaking in the laughter, the joy, the simplicity of it all.  Today was one of those days.

I sat back, let go of all thoughts and worries.  We stayed in our [...]]]></description>
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