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		<description><![CDATA[So Heather and I told Nathan after breakfast that mommy and daddy needed t talk to him. Not sure what a 3yo thinks when you say that to him. I know what I thought in high school, I knew that the DTR (define the relationship) conversation was coming. So here&#8217;s what we said,

Nathan, remember how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffsmyth.wordpress.com&blog=3167437&post=700&subd=jeffsmyth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight sleeps. That&#8217;s all I have with my wife. It&#8217;s not as bad as you might think, maybe. Heather is going in to hospital for a Bone Marrow Transplant on November 12th. She&#8217;s then in hospital for 4-8 weeks depending on how she responds to treatment. Since August, Heather has been receiving chemo that has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffsmyth.wordpress.com&blog=3167437&post=699&subd=jeffsmyth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Smyth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breakfast is usually a flurry of activity in my home. Everyone is usually in the same room together for about 5.2 seconds as we get ready for our day and then rush out the door. Lunch is hardly together as the kids are in school, I usually have a working lunch etc&#8230; Then we all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffsmyth.wordpress.com&blog=3167437&post=695&subd=jeffsmyth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Smyth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m learning. Learning things I didn&#8217;t think I would need to know, experience or even think about these past number of months. The biggest things that I have learned is the Joy of Controlled Chaos.
Joy has been found in the most unsuspecting place I would have ever expected it to inhabit my life. I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffsmyth.wordpress.com&blog=3167437&post=692&subd=jeffsmyth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a post from my wife&#8217;s blog but since it involves us both I placed it here as well.

The verdict is in.
After much conversation and prayer, Jeff and I have made a decision regarding my treatment options. Yesterday I phoned Dr. Crump’s office in order to begin the process of a bone marrow transplant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeffsmyth.wordpress.com&blog=3167437&post=689&subd=jeffsmyth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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