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	<title>Balancing Motherhood</title>
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	<description>Finding my way through life, career and motherhood.</description>
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		<title>Katie Does It All &#8212; So She Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk about celebrities and motherhood! I read a headline on a story from earlier this year about Katie Holmes and motherhood. Here&#8217;s the headline, &#8220;Katie Holmes Has No Trouble Balancing Motherhood And A Career&#8221;
It sounds almost crazy. I don&#8217;t care who you are &#8212; if you are a mother, it&#8217;s hard to do everything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/16/katie-holmes-on-motherhood/</link>
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		<title>This Is What Happens When Moms Are Rushed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a busy morning, I&#8217;m a bit rushed. My husband has to leave early, which throws off our routine but I make it out the door on time. I drop off my son at school for the day. Make my way, coffee in hand, to the office and get my day started.
I attend the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/15/this-is-what-happens-when-moms-are-rushed/</link>
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		<title>Hang In There</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.&#8221;
&#8211; Diane Sawyer
&#8220;Good Morning America&#8221;
I love this quote from Diane Sawyer. I can&#8217;t remember when I first noted it, but it&#8217;s brilliant. How many times have you said, &#8220;I&#8217;m at the end of my rope!&#8221;? Too many, probably. Diane&#8217;s advice tells [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/14/hang-in-there/</link>
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		<title>My Husband Whisked This Mom Off To Paris For Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parlez-vous français? Oui, ce soir.
We sipped Kir Royals while ordering our escargot appetizer. Waiters spoke in French as we waited for our our entrees and peered out the restaurant&#8217;s window at the Eiffel Tower, its white lights twinkling as the sun went down. This was last Saturday night, in Paris &#8230; kind of.
Before the evening [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/13/my-husband-wisked-this-mom-off-to-paris-for-dinner/</link>
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		<title>What Our Kids Can Learn From These Softball Players</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now many of you may have heard the story about the college softball game that went from a championship game to an act of compassion, leadership and sportsmanship. I was reminded of the story yesterday and thought I would share it today for those who haven&#8217;t heard it of. It&#8217;s a great story to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/12/what-our-kids-can-learn-from-these-softball-players/</link>
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		<title>This Mother&#8217;s Day Do Something For Yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, this year, don&#8217;t leave the Mother&#8217;s Day planning up to your spouse, OR your kids. Decide how you want to spend your Sunday and let the family know. This will take all expectations away and you&#8217;ll end up being happier.
Sure, it takes some of the surprise out of it, but it really gives you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/09/this-mothers-day-do-something-for-yourself/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much&#8217; &#8212; Isn&#8217;t That You?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other morning I picked up a book from my bookshelf that reminds me to slow down and take time for me. &#8220;Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much,&#8221; is a daily journal to guide women through life without being &#8220;workaholics, rushaholics, and careaholics.&#8221;
I particularly like the entry for March 15: Alone Time.
Alone time is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/08/meditations-for-women-who-do-too-much-isnt-that-you/</link>
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		<title>Work? Motherhood? Both?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This topic of working or staying at home comes up all the time for moms. Here&#8217;s an article talks about the ups and downs for working moms &#8212; and those who want to go back to work after significant time off.
It also gives a few tips on how to negotiate a part-time or flex-time position [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/07/work-motherhood-both/</link>
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		<title>Links To Free Stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just found a Twitter page that lists Web sites that are offering free (yes, FREE) products. The Twitter writer is Stefani from Mommy Enterprises. She&#8217;s created the page just for the free stuff she finds.
I&#8217;ll be writing more about Twitter in the future, but for those who&#8217;ve never used it, it&#8217;s a micro-blogging tool [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/06/links-to-free-stuff/</link>
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		<title>Got a Product or Business Idea? &#8216;Mother of Invention Grant&#8217; Is Waiting For You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a press release today about an interesting contest (grant) for innovative moms. Here&#8217;s the official release:
This Mother’s Day, May 11, Whirlpool brand will kick-off the fourth annual Mother of Invention Grant Program – just in time for the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day.  In the past three years, Whirlpool brand has recognized [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/05/got-an-idea-grant-is-waiting-for-you/</link>
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