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		<title>Chopped All-Stars! (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<title>Chopped All-Stars! (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say my husband John is &#8220;into&#8221; cooking would be an understatement. Because although he has never pursued a career in food, cooking has been a life-long passion for him. (When most kids were watching cartoons, John was watching the Galloping Gourmet.) So in John&#8217;s world, there&#8217;s pretty much nothing better than meeting a celebrity [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=829&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Four years a boy, two years an angel.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Julian&#8217;s two-year angelversary. It would be easy to write about how much I miss him, or how I would do anything to hold him in my arms again. But if you know me at all, either in real life or through this blog, you won&#8217;t be surprised that I&#8217;m not going to do [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=774&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today is Labor Day. It&#8217;s also the 18-month anniversary of Julian&#8217;s death. On days like today, it&#8217;s important to remind myself to focus on what I gained, not to dwell on what I lost. &#8220;Lost&#8221; is such an odd concept, anyway. Some bereaved parents really hate phrases like, &#8220;the loss of a child.&#8221; As one of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=702&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m going on a &#8220;little&#8221; walk.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When specific memories of Julian pop into my head, they usually make me smile. Sometimes they remind me of not just the memory itself, but who he was as a person. And every once in a while, something triggers a memory that not only makes me smile and remember the person he was, they teach me something [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=677&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The last of the firsts.</title>
		<link>http://creatingnewnormal.com/2012/03/03/the-last-of-the-firsts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is March 3rd. That means it&#8217;s Julian&#8217;s first Angelversary. One year since the worst day of my life. The last milestone in a year of unimaginable &#8220;firsts.&#8221; The first time I woke up, convinced it was all a horrible nightmare&#8230; and later, the first time I woke up and knew it wasn&#8217;t. The first time I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=661&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Day Zero.</title>
		<link>http://creatingnewnormal.com/2012/02/16/day-zero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One year ago today was Day Zero. The &#8220;before&#8221; was over; the &#8220;after&#8221; hadn&#8217;t quite started. One year ago today was the day that started with a quick trip to the pediatrician to get my son treated for a persistent cough, and to ask some questions about his unusual bruises. One year ago today was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=625&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A good day.</title>
		<link>http://creatingnewnormal.com/2012/01/29/a-good-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I wrote a blog post. And I know people have been curious. How did the holidays go? How does it feel to be approaching the one-year mark? What does &#8220;normal&#8221; feel like these days? The answer to each of these questions is, it depends on the day. As I&#8217;ve said before, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=600&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The myth of the &#8220;five stages of grief&#8221;</title>
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		<comments>http://creatingnewnormal.com/2011/12/01/the-myth-of-the-five-stages-of-grief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve all heard about the five stages of grief, right? Many of us have them memorized, or could name at least two or three of the stages. But, do we know where they came from? Do we know what they are based on? Does it occur to us to question whether or not they are [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=creatingnewnormal.com&#038;blog=21508423&#038;post=558&#038;subd=creatingnewnormal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Julian&#8217;s Halloweens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Eaton</dc:creator>
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