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	<title>Comments on: Celebrating Fathers: Just one day a year, let’s give the good ones what they deserve</title>
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		<title>By: d.a. kolodenko</title>
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		<dc:creator>d.a. kolodenko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I never seriously considered becoming  a father until reading this post &amp; thread.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never seriously considered becoming  a father until reading this post &amp; thread.</p>
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		<title>By: Anna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As usual, I love what you&#039;ve written!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As usual, I love what you&#8217;ve written!</p>
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		<title>By: Destiny</title>
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		<dc:creator>Destiny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shit. Did your husband find out what your password was and write this? I told my baby daddy he could surf all day. I thought that was generous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shit. Did your husband find out what your password was and write this? I told my baby daddy he could surf all day. I thought that was generous.</p>
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		<title>By: kerryanne</title>
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		<dc:creator>kerryanne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was AWESOME!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was AWESOME!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jamie</title>
		<link>http://www.aarynbelfer.com/2008/06/celebrating-fathers-just-one-day-a-year-let%e2%80%99s-give-the-good-ones-what-they-deserve.html/comment-page-1#comment-3311</link>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So a handprint painting just doesn&#039;t cut it, huh?  Yeah, didn&#039;t think so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So a handprint painting just doesn&#8217;t cut it, huh?  Yeah, didn&#8217;t think so.</p>
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		<title>By: Jennifer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was trying really hard to think of something different for this year... thanks for the great idea!  I&#039;ll have one HAPPY man in my house.  SUPERB article.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was trying really hard to think of something different for this year&#8230; thanks for the great idea!  I&#8217;ll have one HAPPY man in my house.  SUPERB article.</p>
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		<title>By: Sara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And I&#039;ll say it again, I heart Aaryn.</description>
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		<title>By: Jenn @ Juggling Life</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jenn @ Juggling Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;ve said it perfectly.  And kudos to you and me both for picking such great baby daddies when we didn&#039;t have one of our own as an example.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve said it perfectly.  And kudos to you and me both for picking such great baby daddies when we didn&#8217;t have one of our own as an example.</p>
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		<title>By: Tandi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tandi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AB:

Naturally it&#039;s totally up to you, but I think you should contribute to this raging &quot;discussion&quot; on the NYTimes regarding infertility and adoption:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/voices-of-infertility/ .

FYI: A few months ago my friend of 20 years gushed to me about your blog - upon glancing at your site, I instantly became a routine reader and feel that I have learned a lot about you as an adoptive  parent and child of a less than ideal birth father (I hear ya girl - big time!)  

 I like what I see.  A lot. 

As such, I immediately thought about you when reading so many of the negative comments about adoption, and the overall viewpoint that its substantially inferior form of parenthood to those that &quot;birth their babies&quot;.

You are so very eloquent, appear to consider multiple sides of issues, and most importantly appear to be an outstanding parent of a enormously-loved adopted daughter.

I really think you could give the readers some points to ponder, backed up by personal experience.   Think about it.

e
PS Try not to let your blood boil by some of the comments - a real challenge.  Although I certainly have compassion for infertile couples (to a degree...) I also hugely saddened by what appears to be the overwhelming (ironic) attitude by these very women that &quot;Women are their uterus ergo infertile women or those that forgo childbearing by choice are pathetic members of the human species with nothing to offer society&quot; as well as the &quot;adopted kids are grossly inferior to my own Mini-me&quot; attitudes that are so prevalent displayed.

Cheers.
e</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AB:</p>
<p>Naturally it&#8217;s totally up to you, but I think you should contribute to this raging &#8220;discussion&#8221; on the NYTimes regarding infertility and adoption:<br />
<a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/voices-of-infertility/" rel="nofollow">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/voices-of-infertility/</a> .</p>
<p>FYI: A few months ago my friend of 20 years gushed to me about your blog &#8211; upon glancing at your site, I instantly became a routine reader and feel that I have learned a lot about you as an adoptive  parent and child of a less than ideal birth father (I hear ya girl &#8211; big time!)  </p>
<p> I like what I see.  A lot. </p>
<p>As such, I immediately thought about you when reading so many of the negative comments about adoption, and the overall viewpoint that its substantially inferior form of parenthood to those that &#8220;birth their babies&#8221;.</p>
<p>You are so very eloquent, appear to consider multiple sides of issues, and most importantly appear to be an outstanding parent of a enormously-loved adopted daughter.</p>
<p>I really think you could give the readers some points to ponder, backed up by personal experience.   Think about it.</p>
<p>e<br />
PS Try not to let your blood boil by some of the comments &#8211; a real challenge.  Although I certainly have compassion for infertile couples (to a degree&#8230;) I also hugely saddened by what appears to be the overwhelming (ironic) attitude by these very women that &#8220;Women are their uterus ergo infertile women or those that forgo childbearing by choice are pathetic members of the human species with nothing to offer society&#8221; as well as the &#8220;adopted kids are grossly inferior to my own Mini-me&#8221; attitudes that are so prevalent displayed.</p>
<p>Cheers.<br />
e</p>
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		<title>By: Cheri @ Blog This Mom!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cheri @ Blog This Mom!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Um . . . &quot;healthy&quot;

Dang it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Um . . . &#8220;healthy&#8221;</p>
<p>Dang it.</p>
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