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	<title>YogaMamaMe.com &#187; chattering mind</title>
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		<title>Nose Yourself (My Adventures in Piercing)</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/09/nose-yourself-my-adventures-in-piercing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The JCC pool has closed, not to reopen for nine long months.
No more built-in Sunday morning play dates.  No more after-school swimming adventures to break up the week.  No more watching Jake launch himself off the diving board before dog paddling to the edge of the pool while I marvel at the fact that in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Balm (even works on yet more stitches)</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/08/the-best-balm-even-works-on-yet-more-stitches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The anxiety began, I&#8217;m pretty sure, a couple of Fridays ago, the day I took Lily to the doctor to check on the brand spanking new set of stitches put into her forehead by the lovely resident in the emergency room.
The doctor was a nice man, we had a nice chat, and he declared Lily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Matching Set, or Our Second Stitches</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/08/my-matching-set-or-our-second-stitches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think Jake tells it best:
&#8220;Mommy yelled, &#8216;LILY!&#8217; and she fell off the porch and all the blood came out of her head.&#8221;

It was one of those rare moments of parenting that are as exciting and dramatic as in the movies &#8212; I&#8217;m put in mind of the scene in Kramer vs. Kramer when Justin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summertime and the Land of When Things Calm Down</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/07/summertime-and-the-land-of-the-when-things-calm-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/07/summertime-and-the-land-of-the-when-things-calm-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m nearing the end of Michael Chabon&#8217;s book of essays, Manhood for Amateurs.   I&#8217;ve been reading it for about two months now, approximately the average amount of time it takes me to finish a book since Lily has decided that if I am going to read while waiting for her to fall asleep I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whether You&#8217;re 13 Months or 43 Years Old, It&#8217;s All About Balance</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/whether-youre-13-months-or-43-years-old-its-all-about-balance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/05/whether-youre-13-months-or-43-years-old-its-all-about-balance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning to walk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After eight years of yoga practice, I&#8217;m finally getting the hang of balancing.
I&#8217;m talking about standing up and taking one foot off the floor.  Nothing too fancy.  Something, in fact, that most of us do all the time.
And yet, for eight years, I&#8217;ve tipped over.  Strained to stay upright.  Wobbled and bobbled and capsized.
I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/full-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[communicating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[discomfort verus pain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been writing YogaMamaMe since Jake was younger than Lily is now.
This makes me think a lot of things:  How quickly time passes when you have kids.  How scary it is to watch time pass so quickly, especially when you have kids.  And how I seem to be repeating myself.
Take last night, for instance.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Careful What You Wish For (2010 Version) &#8212; I Still Want to Hug Him</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/careful-what-you-wish-for-2010-version-i-still-want-to-hug-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/04/careful-what-you-wish-for-2010-version-i-still-want-to-hug-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurred to me this morning, as I wandered the empty kitchen feeling just a little bit sick over leaving my son in his new classroom, that this surely must not be the first time I&#8217;ve thought to myself, &#8220;Careful what you wish for.&#8221;
Surprisingly, it turns out I last wrote those words nearly a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Been Coming Full Circle Lately</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/ive-been-coming-full-circle-lately/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/03/ive-been-coming-full-circle-lately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am, frankly, not sure whether it makes me feel better or worse that a piece I wrote almost exactly two years ago more or less sums up my night last night.  It is called &#8212; in a feat of clarity &#8212;  How Being Kicked in the Face By a Baby Reminded Me That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imagine How Pushy I&#8217;ll Be By the Time Jake&#8217;s in College</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/imagine-how-pushy-ill-be-by-the-time-jakes-in-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/imagine-how-pushy-ill-be-by-the-time-jakes-in-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I had it under control.
A couple of years ago I had that breakdown over Jake&#8217;s fifteen-month evaluation at preschool &#8212; the kind where they determine whether said fifteen-month-old can say anything more than &#8220;Mama&#8221; and &#8220;Dada&#8221; and pick up a Cheerio with his fingers.  And that breakdown, I felt, brought me to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When a Fresh Perspective Requires a Fresh Perspective (Don&#8217;t Look at Your Butt Redux)</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/when-a-fresh-perspective-requires-a-fresh-perspective-dont-look-at-your-butt-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/when-a-fresh-perspective-requires-a-fresh-perspective-dont-look-at-your-butt-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dressing room mirrors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think I&#8217;d have learned my lesson when I looked at my butt in a mirror at my sister-in-law&#8217;s house while four months pregnant.
You would, in fact, not be expecting too much to think after that shock I would be smart enough not to look at my butt in a changing room mirror at a [...]]]></description>
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