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	<title>Ramblin' Prose &#187; Abby-tudes</title>
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		<title>First swim competition under her belt</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2009/07/07/first-swim-competition-under-her-belt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s perfectly awesome about this is that Abby got over her nerves and put in a great performance in the last heat of the girls 11-12 freestyle at her first swim meet &#8211; ever. After waiting five hours to do her thing, she held her own and was just nudged out at the end for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not as bad as pickin&#8217; your nose</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2009/07/01/not-as-bad-as-pickin-your-nose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when you want to crawl under a rock. Like when your then 5-year-old asks a friend of yours to see something personal that really shouldn&#8217;t be shared in public. Now, today wasn&#8217;t that bad. But it was uncomfortable. As a parent, I should have learned by now that I&#8217;m on kid time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The tomb of Queen Susankamen</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/11/23/the-tomb-of-queen-susankamen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/11/23/the-tomb-of-queen-susankamen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>susan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camille-isms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children love talismans. Stuffed animals, security blankets, good luck charms. One of the sweetest things Camille does is leave little tokens under our pillows from time to time. We&#8217;ll be getting ready for bed, and find a polished stone, an artificial rose bud, a piece of her jewelry. Since I&#8217;ve been sick, they&#8217;ve both been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theaters are sometimes just theaters</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/11/20/theaters-are-sometimes-just-theaters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/11/20/theaters-are-sometimes-just-theaters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abby came home with a little homework to get ready for a trip to Washington, D.C., next year. But she&#8217;d forgotten the place she had to look up on the Internet. &#8220;It has something to do with the movies,&#8221; she said. She was working with another student and wanted to call her. I said it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, snap</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/04/08/oh-snap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/04/08/oh-snap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kid quotes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight just before dinner, Susan was sitting on the floor with Pippin. I was cooking. Abby and Camille were at the table. Camille was prattling on about nothing in particular, but was being somewhat annoying. I said to no one in particular: &#8220;Where did we go wrong?&#8221; Abby, hitting the nail on the head: &#8220;By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take it to heart</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/04/03/take-it-to-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started to write about this earlier, but it&#8217;s been really, really busy at home and at work. Even during spring break we were scramblin&#8217;. But while the kids and I were walking Pip the other day after several days of rain, I had one of those &#8220;Aha!&#8221; moments in my understanding of Abby. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It ain&#8217;t easy being a guy</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/04/03/it-aint-easy-being-a-guy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/04/03/it-aint-easy-being-a-guy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should qualify the title. It ain&#8217;t easy being a guy in a house full of women. Abby, our soon to be 10-year-old, told me after showering that she was scared about her impending womanhood. I think I&#8217;m somewhat enlightened and I&#8217;m very open to talking to her about it. I asked her if she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a leader?</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/02/16/what-makes-a-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/02/16/what-makes-a-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspired by this from the next generation, I asked the girls who was running for president. They didn&#8217;t know. Once I told them the four who were in the running (McCain, Huckabee, Clinton, Obama) and explained the historical significance of the latter two, I posed the question: What makes a leader? Greatness. Helpfulness. Kindness. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Policing the dog</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/02/06/policing-the-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/02/06/policing-the-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abby-tudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camille-isms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-Pippin-ies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pippin is a different dog when he takes a walk with the girls. He&#8217;s actually excited. When it&#8217;s just me or just Susan and especially at night, it&#8217;s nearly impossible to get him to go more than a few houses down the block. But get the girls involved, and he&#8217;s chompin&#8217; at the bit to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abby&#8217;s chest pains</title>
		<link>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/02/03/abbys-chest-pains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ramblinprose.com/2008/02/03/abbys-chest-pains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herb Everett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abby-tudes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time a teacher called me on my cell phone during a school day, Abby had forgotten her EpiPen. On Friday, I got a call that she was having chest pains. The voicemail her teacher left (she was substituting for the day and has a child in Abby&#8217;s class with food allergies) left a [...]]]></description>
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