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		<title>Dear Mr. President, About your Invitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[My Quaker Mail Bag]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following letter was sent to the White House. Dear Mr. President, I received your kind invitation in my email this morning.  [For those who didn't receive this invitation, please scroll down and see the entire message.] As much as &#8230; <a href="http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/dear-mr-president-about-your-invitation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20706036&amp;post=1453&amp;subd=dearfriendsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Invitation to add VOICE to My Quaker Mail Bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Connecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Quaker Mail Bag]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How often have I told myself, &#8220;I should write a letter about that?&#8221;  Much more often than I actually write the letter.  Sometimes the &#8220;seasoning&#8221; of a potential letter that does not &#8220;rise&#8221; to an actuality is probably a good &#8230; <a href="http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/an-invitation-to-add-voice-to-my-quaker-mail-bag/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20706036&amp;post=1384&amp;subd=dearfriendsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Toys&#8211;The Tools for Healthy Kids</title>
		<link>http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/childrens-toys-the-tools-for-healthy-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a house I used to drive by quite often.  It&#8217;s long, narrow, fenced yard contained a whole warehouse of large, plastic toys.  I thought perhaps the home was a small day-care center, or babysitting arrangement.  Since I drove &#8230; <a href="http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/childrens-toys-the-tools-for-healthy-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20706036&amp;post=1317&amp;subd=dearfriendsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting Memories Bring More Joy As We Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just commented on Melissa&#8217;s Play 101 blog about how much our kids bring us joy&#8211;and then added the cravat that the &#8220;joy&#8221; may come after years of &#8220;downtime.&#8221; Here&#8217;s my story to support the above statement: &#160; One aspect &#8230; <a href="http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/parenting-memories-bring-more-joy-as-we-age/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20706036&amp;post=1290&amp;subd=dearfriendsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adolescent Mental Health Therapy&#8211;It&#8217;s in the Experience</title>
		<link>http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/adolescent-mental-health-therapy-its-in-the-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Washington State there is a current concern about meeting the mental health needs of adolescents, specifically around two issues: Intervene in an adolescent&#8217;s life before that adolescent causes harm to others (I believe the worry is about public &#8230; <a href="http://dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/adolescent-mental-health-therapy-its-in-the-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearfriendsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20706036&amp;post=1283&amp;subd=dearfriendsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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