<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - michelle-ford</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/michelle-ford</link><description>Newsvine - michelle-ford</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:05:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:49:35 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Caring for Washington's warriors away from home</title>
<description><![CDATA[Michelle Ford had newborn twins and a husband severely wounded in Afghanistan when she got the offer to move into a group home on the campus of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kimberly Hefling]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kimberly Hefling]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3661132-caring-for-washingtons-warriors-away-from-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3661132-caring-for-washingtons-warriors-away-from-home</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>walter-reed-army-medical-center</category><category>uprooted</category><category>wounded-and</category><category>michelle-ford</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2cefe02b-c7fb-4ef1-b86f-c1d353426f72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2cefe02b-c7fb-4ef1-b86f-c1d353426f72.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michelle Ford, 23, carries her twin babies through Fisher House at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Michelle has been living at the home since Sept. 2009 with her wounded husband, Army Sgt. Derrick Ford, who lost his left foot in a IED attack in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3e383cbe-3c24-4642-a3b7-9c2d1fc17cfb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3e383cbe-3c24-4642-a3b7-9c2d1fc17cfb.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Army Sgt. Derrick Ford, 22, stands-up from his wheel chair in Fisher House, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Sgt. Ford lost his left foot as a result of a IED attack in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a0a54a05-d11e-4fbd-8bc8-d7961d0ec0e8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="356" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a0a54a05-d11e-4fbd-8bc8-d7961d0ec0e8.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Army Sgt. Derrick Ford, 22, talks with his wife Michelle as she quickly eats a sandwich, before driving him to a SCUBA lesson and to pick-up their two-and-a-half month-old babies from day care, in Fisher House, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Sgt. Ford lost his left foot as a result of a IED attack in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1729b9d3-0886-47f3-a9c1-c8a2045502ab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1729b9d3-0886-47f3-a9c1-c8a2045502ab.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Michelle Ford, 23, feeds her twin babies in the room her family occupies at Fisher House at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Michelle has been living at the home since Sept. 2009 with her wounded husband, Army Sgt. Derrick Ford, who lost his left foot in a IED attack in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/81cbd83e-7faa-4ca1-bb5d-0294e0389859.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/81cbd83e-7faa-4ca1-bb5d-0294e0389859.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Army Sgt. John Moore, 27, of White Bluff, Ten., enjoys a light moment in Fisher House, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Sgt. Moore lost his left foot during an IED attack in Iraq and is living at Fisher House while recovering from his battle wounds. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/46f6a640-84ff-45eb-a1a0-b6979dbb65b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/46f6a640-84ff-45eb-a1a0-b6979dbb65b3.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Unnamed stockings hang in a communal room at the Fisher House at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ebbc38b3-4d04-46a8-aaf3-c096877c8bc0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ebbc38b3-4d04-46a8-aaf3-c096877c8bc0.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Resident's never want for the items needed in daily life at the Fisher House, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The store room is stocked full of personal hygeine items as well as diapers and infant formula.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>