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						<![CDATA[Alone time is necessary for moms]]>
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						<![CDATA[For the better part of seven years, since my oldest child was born, I have been a mother. I know that seems totally obvious, right? 
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					<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Motherhood can bring out the inner actress]]>
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						<![CDATA[I warned them. I told my children I wasn't going to put up with any splashing, screaming or fighting in the bathtub, and I meant it. 
If I hear any screaming or ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:43:57 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Prepared to drag the kids kicking and screaming]]>
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						<![CDATA[On the first day of school, I was prepared to drag my kids out of the bed, kicking and screaming if necessary. I set my alarm for 6 a.m. and after getting up, t ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:31:39 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[An overnight without the kids]]>
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							http://www.moultrienews.com/column/-03FAMILYAUGUST-
						
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						<![CDATA[If you don't believe that God still performs miracles, then you obviously haven't talked to me this week.
This week for some unknown reason, Brittany, my young  ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Take a left, any left and see where it goes]]>
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						<![CDATA[Tires...check....Fluids...check.....Gas....check....Mosquito repellent...check.
Stopped by the store to get my first RC Cola and a Moon Pie of the summer. Radio ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:34:43 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Heat is driving me insane]]>
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						<![CDATA[It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times&hellip;who am I freaking kidding? It is hot as seven hells outside and my kids and I are certifiably ins ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:03:04 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Counting down the days]]>
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						<![CDATA[For the last seven days I have refereed no less than one million fights on less than four hours of sleep per night. 
My middle child has been sneaking into my b ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:09:35 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[A real life National Lampoon's movie]]>
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							http://www.moultrienews.com/column/-06FAMILYJULY-
						
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						<![CDATA[My life has finally turned into a National Lampoon's movie. All that's missing is Chevy Chase and a film crew. This past week was one of the most bizarre in my  ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Pirate Putt-Putt tests Momma's patience]]>
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						<![CDATA[I remember when my youngest daughter was only a few weeks old. I jumped into the car to make a late night grocery store run and on the short drive I was complet ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:03:02 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[His life changed...just like that]]>
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						<![CDATA[On June 12, 2005, Tate Mikell was the average Charlestonian: Citadel alumnus, Charleston City policeman, Eagle Scout, and dedicated son of just 26 years old. 
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					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[I am a good beach bum]]>
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						<![CDATA[I've finally found something that I'm really good at&mdash; being a beach bum. I've been at the beach with my three daughters for a week with one more to go and ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Relationships change after having kids]]>
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						<![CDATA[When I had kids my relationships with my entire family changed. I was the first of my four siblings to have children and no one really knew what to expect. My m ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:09:59 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Moving to the Big Straw Hat Phase of Life]]>
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						<![CDATA[I realized at the pool with my kids last week that I'm ready to move on to The Big Straw Hat Phase of my life. I sat in the direct Mississippi sun, on a day of  ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:17:46 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[There’s a new man in my life]]>
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						<![CDATA[Don&rsquo;t run and call your momma, yet. It&rsquo;s not quite as scandalous as it might have seemed at first glance. My husband shaved his goatee for the secon ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 10:28:15 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[A good laugh after an emotional week]]>
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						<![CDATA[Last week was rough for me. I know it was much worse for the people who were actually in the areas hit by tornadoes, but I was very emotional all week as I watc ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 11:29:38 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Tornadoes hit home and close to heart]]>
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						<![CDATA[Last week marked the one of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent history. Multiple tornadoes touched down in states across the Southeast and entire towns wer ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 12:58:14 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Potty break: 'Momma, I have to go' - now]]>
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						<![CDATA[I took Emma, my almost five-year-old, with me to the grocery store this past weekend. 
I made her use the rest room before we left to avoid having to leave my g ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:46:08 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Pressing Pause: It will not always be this way]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sunday morning I woke up when I heard my bedroom door creak open. My husband wasn't in the bed, which was no surprise. He's a morning person, and I'm a night ow ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:35:21 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Mr. Five-Point Harness has betrayed me]]>
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						<![CDATA[There was a point, just a few years ago, when all three of my children were in car seats. I would open the back door of my car and see nothing but wall-to-wall  ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:58:19 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Children more than little extensions of myself]]>
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						<![CDATA[Several weeks ago, I sat on the bed in my older daughters' bedroom while they brushed their teeth. I was simply supervising. I had to remind them occasionally t ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:59:57 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Spring break or bust: family has mixed reactions]]>
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						<![CDATA[Spring Break. Depending on your current station in life, that phrase can cause you to do one of the following: a) Squeal, jump up and down and yell, "O.M.G! Y'a ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:23:28 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[A rash decision in the waiting room]]>
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						<![CDATA[Surely you realize by now that I'm not a germaphobe. We embrace the "five second rule" at my house and I've made peace with the fact that my children have an af ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:18:16 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[Nothing sinks spirits faster than a floater]]>
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						<![CDATA[Last week my husband and I attempted to celebrate our 13th anniversary. The date of our actual anniversary fell on a Monday, so on Sunday night Zeb suggested co ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[How tables have turned: Mother was always right]]>
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						<![CDATA[When I was a kid and I did something really bad, my mom would say, "You just wait, one day you're going to have one just like you." As she has been about most e ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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						<![CDATA[My sinuses and kids cannot take the snow]]>
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						<![CDATA[Mother Nature is a tease and Punxsutawney Phil is a sadistic, double-minded little rodent with his head up more than his burrow. I'm not sure which one of them  ...]]>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
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