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		<title>What a Bit of Encouragement Can Yield</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/12/12/what-a-bit-of-encouragement-can-yield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I passed a coffee shop table where a friend sat with a pretty red-haired woman. Being introduced for the first time, I blurted out how beautiful she looked in an emerald green sweater set. I think I caught &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/12/12/what-a-bit-of-encouragement-can-yield/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going Mother Bear</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/10/27/going-mother-bear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember twenty years ago when our son Cameron was a newborn and my husband and I ventured bravely from the suburbs to downtown Washington, DC on the Metro. He must have been three weeks old or so, as Cameron &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/10/27/going-mother-bear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Emotions are Contagious</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/08/31/emotions-are-contagious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I read about the world&#8217;s mourning rituals I notice that you can catch a cold, you can contract the flu, but you can also get a case of sadness or joy from another. Emotions are contagious, which is not &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/08/31/emotions-are-contagious/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fundacion Mahatma Gandhi</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/21/fundacion-mahatma-gandhi/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/21/fundacion-mahatma-gandhi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from an amazing week in the Dominican Republic supporting a Montana State Honors course on global poverty developed by my dear friend Lori Lawson. Along with sixteen students, we learned about micro lending, visited a batey (sugar &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/05/21/fundacion-mahatma-gandhi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Business of Endings</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/10/the-business-of-endings/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/10/the-business-of-endings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 13:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Serve your wife, children, father, and mother, and treat them as if they are very dear to you, but know in your heart that they do not belong to you. - Ramakrishna When my son and I addressed his high school &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/05/10/the-business-of-endings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Each Phase of Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/05/celebrating-each-phase-of-parenthood/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/05/05/celebrating-each-phase-of-parenthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduation and wedding season will soon be upon us. Time to dust off the wingtips and maybe cough up some dough for an appropriate gift. A sometimes uncomfortable (could just be the shoes) experience, I know that many in my &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/05/05/celebrating-each-phase-of-parenthood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where are we?</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/04/07/where-are-we/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/04/07/where-are-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playingwell.org/?p=508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I added another way to describe the importance of seeking another’s perspective when you find disagreement. Being a soccer parent in Montana has its challenges. When your children &#8220;travel,&#8221; you don’t head across town as do my friends &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/04/07/where-are-we/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It Takes a Year</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2009/03/12/it-takes-a-year/</link>
		<comments>http://playingwell.org/2009/03/12/it-takes-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playingwell.org/?p=444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Six months ago turbulent financial markets gained national attention. From a journal entry I wrote last September…  &#8221;Every friend I have seen in town over the past days brings up the falling Dow and failing banks as a conversation topic. &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2009/03/12/it-takes-a-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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