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		<title>When Even Vacation Isn&#8217;t Easy</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/09/when-even-vacation-isnt-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a bit of a physical wreck these days &#8212; sore right elbow, sore left wrist, aching hip capsule.  (&#8220;Hip capsule&#8221; is a term I learned from my osteopath brother-in-law so I believe it is something that exists, or at least I know I&#8217;m not the one who made it up.)  These ailments, as [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/08/the-best-balm-even-works-on-yet-more-stitches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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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>The $300 Nap</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/06/the-300-nap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who read my last post are no doubt wondering if I ever made it home to North Carolina or if I chose, instead, to raise Lily in California until she is old enough to watch DVD&#8217;s of The Backyardigans with her brother for six or seven hours at a stretch.  Or perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does That Macaque Have Frequent Flyer Miles?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/06/does-that-macaque-have-frequent-flyer-miles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/06/does-that-macaque-have-frequent-flyer-miles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I read an article in the New York Times about a new study of male Barbary macaques. Seems these guys love to care for babies &#8212; grab &#8216;em from their mothers and haul them around to male pow wows.  Doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s their own baby; any infant will do.  [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Mama instinct]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ayurveda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bath time]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[feeding my child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[karma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[opening your heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[potty training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stillness]]></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>When the Vacation Ends and You Still Have 2,500 Miles to Go.  With Kids.</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/02/when-the-vacation-ends-and-you-still-have-2500-miles-to-go-with-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/02/when-the-vacation-ends-and-you-still-have-2500-miles-to-go-with-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My approach to the end of a good vacation is to panic.
My stomach twists into a little cherry-stem bow at the very thought of resuming a regular life.  I see the piles of laundry arranged almost neatly in the suitcases as mountains of unsettled-ness to be scaled before I can breathe again.  I feel like [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dressing room mirrors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=189</guid>
		<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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		<title>Lily Goes Full-Time</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/lily-goes-full-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2010/01/lily-goes-full-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mommy time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being connected to everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being in the moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[following your heart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Lily&#8217;s first day of full-time daycare.
Just writing it is making me cry again.  (As is wandering past my bedroom and the empty bed on which she is not napping and knowing that I will not have that unspeakably joyful moment of my day when she first wakes up from her nap and grins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat of the December Mom</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/12/retreat-of-the-december-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/12/retreat-of-the-december-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[balance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogamamame.com/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still ashamed, even though I now recognize it was a December Mom thing.
There&#8217;s simply no excuse for being &#8212; I can still recall the out-of-body experience of watching myself do this &#8212; the mom screaming across a crowded coffee shop at her child.  &#8220;Jake!  Jake!  JAKE!  DO YOU WANT A BAGEL?&#8221;  As if no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Places, New Faces, New Records for Lack of Sleep</title>
		<link>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/new-places-new-faces-new-records-for-lack-of-sleep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogamamame.com/2009/10/new-places-new-faces-new-records-for-lack-of-sleep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing my daughter in the back seat of the Honda as we left town for the weekend &#8212; me kneeling over her with a hand braced against the window as if to wave (or perhaps hold out a big STOP!) at passersby &#8212; probably should have been a good clue that I would be facing [...]]]></description>
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