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		<title>Health Care and Pre-Existing Conditions</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/health-care-and-pre-existing-conditions/</link>
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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>Say NO to domestic violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the case of Bridges TV founder, Muzammil Hassan, and Rihanna and Chris Brown, domestic violence is again on the forefront. Mr. Hassan is accused of murdering his wife, Aasiya Hassan, because she had filed papers for divorce. Chris Brown is alleged to have attacked Rihanna after a dispute. As these are high-profile cases they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=102&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The wonders of a 2-year old</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day is a day of wonderment in our household as our little monkey continues to surprise us with something new. Today, this afternoon, as we were preparing for lunch he headed straight to the refrigerator door and demanded I open it for yogurt. He held onto the door handle with such might as his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=79&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why are we Muslim: Faith and Ramadhan (an introspection)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we ask ourselves, or one another that question, how many of us can answer it without hesitation, without pause, and with conviction and certainty? Out of the three people I asked in my short field research (very short and very brief lol ), only one could provide the ready answer, without having to think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=69&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As softly as a wind rustling the grass, making them bend in place, or as fast and strong as a storm charging at trees forcing their once sturdy branches to twist and even break off, change happens, change is inevitable. But then is it change of who we are that we see or just a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=58&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Tito Rico Ortanez</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/in-memoriam-tito-rico-ortanez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflection: Life]]></category>

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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/?p=35</guid>
		<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>What&#8217;s in a name?</title>
		<link>http://momsieinkpot.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/whats-in-a-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reflection: Motherhood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I tell others of my little one&#8217;s name, I either get a lift of the eyebrow or a smug look. Both denote confusion at why I would give him such a name as I am 1.) Asian and 2.) Muslim. Have I been too brainwashed by American culture that I have to name my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=34&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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