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		<title>Friday dinner was 3 hours long</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And a lot of it was spent talking about Simeon&#8217;s crazy. &#8216;Cause that was way easier to spot. Like from a mile away. He wanted to put on a show evidently. The evaluator was really quite lovely. And had she not been sitting at my table for three hours asking me questions I don&#8217;t have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1654&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner as performance art</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or &#8211; Dinner: The Hawthorne effect Or- I can think of a better way to spend my Friday night Or- The child&#8217;s been here a month and we&#8217;re just getting around to this now because&#8230;???? I&#8217;ve been contacted by one of children&#8217;s services contracted organizations. They want to come and observe Pink so that she [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1652&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Screaming in my head</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My smile is getting tight. It may take more muscles to frown, but it sure is a workout to force my lips up when they want to turn down. This case worker is driving me bananas. I&#8217;m not one to complain about child services. Generally speaking, I think they&#8217;re doing the best with what they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1650&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Case worker Deja vu</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty Pink has the same case worker as D. The same worker who managed to make a simple open/shut case that should have been resolved in 30 days last EIGHT MONTHS!!! This time, though, the supervisors have wised up. She has a shadow caseworker/mentor/back up guy? The kid has a CASA (miracles, do happen!), the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1648&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trauma begets trauma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And big feelings beget big feelings. And tantrums beget tantrums. And when you have a pair, things tend to happen in pairs. Oy. And Leo bears the brunt of it. I think partly because he simply doesn&#8217;t have as many hours logged with them, partly because he&#8217;s quiet and mild, partly because he gets them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1643&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it the moon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my favorite foster/adoptive mommies have posted about the dysregulation, anxiety, etc. in their homes. I just came home from a few hours out to find out both of our kids have lost their ever-lovin&#8217; minds. For real?! Mommies, know that you are not alone right now. You are not alone. I&#8217;m raising my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1641&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awkward.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know that really awkward moment when you tell your family, friends and the internet that you&#8217;ve said yes to a sibling group of three and you panic and your head is all swimming and then DFCS calls back and says&#8230;. &#8220;yeah&#8230; we worked something out. We&#8217;re going to try this a while, but we&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1639&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We said yes again&#8230; and again&#8230; and again.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let the panic begin! So right now we have Simeon. And our Pink Princess. And tomorrow evening we will be opening our doors to Liberty (not her name). She&#8217;s one of the three I mentioned in previous post. Then when our Pink Princess returns home (very soon??) we&#8217;ll be making room for Liberty&#8217;s twin brother [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1636&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Foster Familying: A Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; my little pink princess is still doing well. She&#8217;s got as much baggage as one would expect, but she&#8217;s really a great kid. And she and Simeon are the best of friends. I&#8217;m kind of amazed, all the time. Still, as often happens with new placements, big feelings are happening all up in this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1634&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PRINCESSES!!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Favorite color: Pink Favorite food: Pink Favorite movie: Pink Favorite animal: Pink Favorite toy: Pink. Princesses. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have myself the girliest of girls. Which is wonderful. And little overwhelming.  She is a beautiful African Princess of a little girl. I spoke to her father last night, and though his accent was so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=noisycolorfullively.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9566177&amp;post=1629&amp;subd=noisycolorfullively&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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