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		<title>I&#8217;m  going batty! Please help!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 4 days of bat terror, we finally felt safe and convinced that said bat had left the premises. Last night during America&#8217;s got talent, right in the middle of a particularly high rendition of operatic singing, the black terror of the night appeared (from nowhere), sending Russ and I under the covers and Adam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More back surgery and contemplations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Usually, when I sit down to write something, I have been inspired to do so. Today, not so. My son is going in tomorrow for a second back surgery. Since the last one some five months ago, he has not been pain free. However, a few weeks ago his bearable pain crossed the line into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/08/20100808more-back-surgery-and-contemplations/</link>
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		<title>The demise of medicine in Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With experience, I do not see things more simply but realize that they are more complex than we can grasp. My growth as a human being is often more about understanding what things aren&#8217;t rather than what they are. For example, I choose a more holistic approach towards my body because I realize that no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/06/20100628the-demise-of-medicine-in-canada/</link>
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		<title>Remembering Pa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My father-in-law recently died. I will miss him and wish him happiness and fulfilment in his journey ahead. Pa, as he was fondly known, was not highly educated in the traditional sense but he was a student of life. He taught a love of family because he loved his so much. He taught laughter because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/06/20100617remembering-pa/</link>
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		<title>Fireworks and a wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We lit fireworks last night and they were a tad pathetic. I am undertaking to improve our choosing techniques for next time. A little internet research, perhaps? Gabi took the whole thing personally because she had helped choose them and of course her brothers were very vociferous about their feelings. I tried intervening but it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/05/20100525752/</link>
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		<title>The school office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The school office is a scary place for most kids. Here&#8217;s a conversation I had with Gabi yesterday: &#8220;Our lunch ladies are so mean!&#8221; she said. &#8220;Why?&#8221; I asked. &#8220;They were teasing this girl I know and calling her fat and chubby and laughing,&#8221; she replied &#8220;What?! These are grown-ups, right?&#8221; I asked. &#8220;Yes. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/05/20100505the-school-office/</link>
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		<title>Pep talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last few months have seen me running next to life and barely managing to keep up. I am in the process of realizing that unless I make time to do the things in my master plan, I may never get around to them. Russ and I spent a week in Mexico doing just about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/04/20100421741/</link>
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		<title>Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The key to growing is believing that you always have room to grow. It&#8217;s strange to me that people often believe the opposite, limiting their growth. Comments like, &#8220;I&#8217;m too old to change&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m set in my ways&#8221; are just sad. How can any of us have the presumption to believe that we can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/02/20100226change/</link>
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		<title>Parents must listen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As parents, one of the fine lines we walk is between attentiveness to our child&#8217;s emotions and remaining in charge. This is particularly difficult when dealing with a strong willed child who is very emotional! Speaking from experience, it is very easy to get caught up in the emotional side and equally easy to lose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.marshajacobson.com/2010/02/20100216parents-must-listen/</link>
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		<title>post surgery and firetrucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are now 9 days post surgery and Ilan is doing well. His back has healed wonderfully. I really believe the arnica he took helped a lot in that regard. I&#8217;m a firm believer. The week was pretty rough. Having had a few surgeries myself I should have remembered the experience. Aside from the terrible [...]]]></description>
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