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	<description>They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea, He wields a mighty scepter O'er lesser powers that be; But a mightier power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled, For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world. --William Ross Wallace</description>
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		<title>Health Care and Pre-Existing Conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have shied away from the ongoings of the public health care debate. I deemed them too heated, too beliggerent to even give it a second thought &#8211; let it be and this too shall pass. An article on Newsweek.com that I happened to read a few moments ago, reminded me of the importance of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=106&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Tito Rico Ortanez</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coming home one afternoon, the Bee Gees&#8217; &#8220;Words&#8221; warmly greeted my arrival. The gentle notes, the simple lyrics, reminded me of a time several weeks back where I spent an afternoon amidst rolling hills in Virginia in very amiable company, one in particular whose memory I will hold dear forever.  I am saddened to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=41&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To rise above&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/to-rise-above/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will always be that someone, any one, who will find a way to bring down your day &#8211; and how you feel about yourself. No matter how much you have accomplished, how hard you have worked or toiled, they will only see and comment on the little faults, the little mishaps you do. Never [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=39&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When did you last see your parents?</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/when-did-you-last-see-your-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I browsed the upcoming trailers on Yahoo Movies, I came across a trailer for the film, &#8220;When did you last see your father?&#8221; The terminal illness and imminent death of the lead character&#8217;s father forces him to look back at &#8220;everything funny, embarrassing, and upsetting about his childhood&#8221; and &#8220;come to terms with his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=35&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A smidgen of strength &#8211; a lesson from the impoverished</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/a-smidgen-of-strength-a-lesson-from-the-impoverished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I, like many others, have bemoaned our unfortunate circumstances and how God must be angry with us for we are plagued with problem after problem after problem. We embrace this frustration so deeply that it has become ingrained into our minds, embedded deeply into the recesses of our consciousness until we cannot separate ourselves from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=32&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tis the season&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/tis-the-season-let-the-debts-begin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
2008 is on its way to becoming the year of life-changing experiences. All around, couples are either newly engaged, married, or pregnant. I know of more than a handful of women who are now pregnant or have just become mommies, or are newly pregnant again. Weddings also abound this year as well as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=28&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Man-Up?</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/man-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I recently brought up the idea of giving our little Bubba a play kitchen, complete with refrigerator, stove, and maybe even microwave. Here he can learn the functions of said objects without actually tampering with the real-life versions and getting hurt by his experimentation (i.e the jamming of little fingers in refrigerator doors or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=26&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Lesson in Persuasion</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/a-lesson-in-persuasion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still fighting a horribly stubborn bug, I have resigned myself downstairs, quarantined if you will, and relinquishing my mind to the excesses enrobed in flowing gowns and British accents so found within a Jane Austen movie, and any other period romance film. I shamelessly admit having a fondness for such lavish displays of dated gentility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=14&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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