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		<title>how to get twice the milk for the same price</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/04/19/how-to-get-twice-the-milk-for-the-same-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We like many families are trying to find ways to cut little costs and make economical choices. Now I&#8217;m not totally sure WHY this never occurred to me before, but we gave it a try. My live-in helper Jackie and I got the very scientific ingredients. You ready? gallon of whole milk empty milk container water Watch this ( [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life&#8217;s wild roller coaster ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love roller roasters. I used to be the parent that would take other people&#8217;s kids on rides  TO SAVE THEIR PARENTS. The slow rise to the peak followed by the instinctive panicked gasp at the drop and then the fall. The wild careening twists that leave your stomach twenty heartbeats behind you to catch up. Man, I loved those roller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Toys I Would Loved To Have</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/04/13/5-toys-i-would-loved-to-have/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid there was always something bigger, something better than what I had. My toys were never the newest thing (even though my mom stood for hours to get me a Cabbage Patch Doll) or the fanciest (which I showed I would take excellent care of by leaving my Barbie on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>teaching the difference between &#8220;I CAN&#8217;T&#8221; vs &#8220;I HAVEN&#8217;T, YET&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/04/09/teaching-the-difference-between-i-cant-vs-i-havent-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched the 8yo walk by me with slumped shoulders. I called her over and asked what was wrong. &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this level on my game,&#8221; she answered with a healthy dose of discouragement in her sad voice. &#8220;Forget about the game, you said the sentence wrong,&#8221; I quickly told her. Her look made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>i&#8217;m a mean, horrible mommy AKA why my kid doesn&#8217;t have a cell phone</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/28/im-a-mean-horrible-mommy-aka-why-my-kid-doesnt-have-a-cell-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 8yo was on the phone with a friend. A landline. How archaic! I heard my daughter&#8217;s classmate ask, &#8220;Do you have an IPhone? So we can text?&#8221; &#8220;No,&#8221; my daughter answered mournfully. &#8220;Well, what do you text with?&#8221;  the friend asked, obviously bewildered at this answer. &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a cellphone,&#8221;&#8230;.you could almost hear her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>me, but better</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/26/me-but-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 10yo daughter has been called my &#8220;reflection&#8221; and my &#8220;mini-me&#8221;. Going through old photos, she is. She&#8217;s built the same as me. She looks like I used to. Her weaknesses and strengths are the same as mine. Her temperament is mine. HER TEMPER IS MINE. Her deep belly laugh is also mine. From tip to toe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Play Food Bingo</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/19/how-to-play-to-food-bingo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a game you should be able to play with any of your friends who are parents. It&#8217;s better if they drive a minivan, but an SUV or regular car will suffice just fine. This can also substitute as a valid zombie apocalypse strategy.You can survive on the food supplies mentioned for weeks. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a generation of dreamers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/12/building-a-generation-of-dreamers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first day of kindergarten I came home from school and announced, &#8220;They didn&#8217;t teach me to subtract or to write. This is a waste of time. I&#8217;m not going back.&#8221; I went back. My relationship with math never got much better. I learned to write. I fell in love. When I was small, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 things I don&#8217;t enjoy about being about a girl</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/08/10-things-i-dont-enjoy-about-being-about-a-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a woman definitely comes with it&#8217;s advantages. Guys will open jars for you, they&#8217;ll (usually) hold the door for you and there&#8217;s just something so RIGHT about the smell of good shoes. From the time you&#8217;re born a female you have the innate ability to weave magic with a swish of your little fingers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 things to just accept about your beautiful self</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/05/5-things-to-just-accept-about-your-beautiful-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a hard lesson to learn to appreciate yourself. There&#8217;s always that five pounds you wish you could lose. A zit that pops up like a daisy at the most inopportune time. That picture circulating Facebook where you look terrible but EVERYONE has seen because your friend looks great and the douche-biscuit won&#8217;t crop you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ways To Teach Your Kids About The Environment (Without Hugging A Single Tree)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/04/7-ways-to-teach-your-kids-about-the-environment-without-hugging-a-single-tree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids are 14, 10 and 8 years old. They aren&#8217;t old enough to buy a &#8220;smart car&#8221; and they tend tend to be typical forgetful kids when it comes to recycling or turning off lights. With a child in cancer treatment and mom going through stroke recovery it seems that teaching my kids to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways To Keep Your Kids Busy Lorax-Style</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/03/02/5-ways-to-keep-your-kids-busy-the-lorax-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your family is anything like mine, Dr. Seuss has been a cornerstone for years. We&#8217;ve been reading about cats with hats and red and blue fish. There have been places to go and stolen holidays. Most recently, my family has been obsessed with &#8220;the Lorax&#8221;. Maybe it&#8217;s the fact that my 14yo saw that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting your inner child come out and play with &#8220;The Lorax&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/02/28/letting-your-inner-child-come-out-and-play-with-the-lorax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to be able to attend Blissdom and &#8220;The Lorax&#8221; party that took place there. It&#8217;s hard to explain the fun of friends and music if you aren&#8217;t there to enjoy it for yourself. But I can tell you how fun it was to reach down and let my inner child come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let The Lorax Help You Get Your Bliss On at Blissdom and 5 Ways To Be Blissful At Home</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/02/20/let-the-lorax-help-you-get-your-bliss-on-at-blissdom-and-5-ways-yo-be-blissful-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You still have time to get involved with the Blissdom conference in Nashville hosted by our very own Babble Voices writer Alli Worthington and Barbara Jones. February 23- 25 Nashville, TN &#8211; Opryland Hotel They say &#8220;Get your Bliss On&#8221; as a slogan. It could be kind of cheesy. But you can take it from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Was Just Another Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine texted me. She had been dating T. for 4 months, they were having a lot of fun, the relationship seemed so natural, she&#8217;d never been nervous before. Then February 14 struck with its unrealistic expectations and grand gestures. With the flowers and candies and cards that were supposed to distract from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons I Love Dr. Seuss and Chocolate Mousse and Reading @Dooce and Wild Monkeys On The Loose</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/02/14/5-reaons-i-love-dr-seuess-and-chocolate-mousse-and-reading-dooce-and-wild-monkeys-on-the-loose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. It isn&#8217;t a fox with a box wearing green socks. But what is? With my 14yo we read &#8220;Hop On Pop&#8221;. EVERY NIGHT. Sometimes three times a night. With the 10yo it was &#8220;Are You My mother?&#8221; EVERY NIGHT. Sometime she still reads it. My 8yo was enraptured to see the story she&#8217;d been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join us in supporting JCPenny and The Ellen Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m against anything full of hate. I&#8217;m sickened by something that calls itself the &#8220;Million Moms&#8221;, as if it represents me as a parent. &#8220;Million Moms&#8221; has launched a campaign against JCPenny using Ellen DeGeneres &#8211; a frankly gay woman &#8211; as their spokeswoman. I&#8217;m a mom. THEY DON&#8217;T SPEAK FOR ME. So, I missed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Strength Of Your Positivity</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/02/06/the-strength-of-your-positivity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that I truly believe we can do for ourselves is surround ourselves with as much positivity as possible. In words. In how we fill our minds. In the message we feed our soul. Whether it&#8217;s music I enjoy, pictures that speak to me, by Karen of Chokooloonks and our own Babble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why didn&#8217;t I Realize My Mom Would Get This?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/02/01/why-didnt-i-realize-my-mom-would-get-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have my mother&#8217;s permission to write this post. It wasn&#8217;t just my story to tell. I have talked about the many ways my mother is different from me. As much as I love her, there are just times she shakes her head and wonders HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? My mom has had to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Every Adoption Is The Same</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I used to taunt my siblings, &#8220;Mom and Dad HAD to have you, they CHOSE me!&#8221; Yeah. It started way back then. But as an adopted youngest child with two older sibling who were my parent&#8217;s natural-born children I didn&#8217;t struggle the way a lot of adopted children do. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Have Done VS What You Have Been Through</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a mom. More than anything, I am a mom. I feel the responsibility that comes with that title. OH I FEEL IT! I feel it like a mack truck in the spleen. I recently wrote about the difference between being &#8220;pretty&#8221; and &#8220;beautiful&#8220;. Then another difference hit me at the same time these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOP 10 Reasons I Got My Tubes Tied</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are wonderful things about having a baby. Their amazing perfection. The stunning realization that this little person makes you want to be more than you were. THE SHOES!!! ZOMG!! photo And then they grow. And they talk. And they do THINGS. And they make YOU do things! I&#8217;ll tell you there are great reasons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Your Kids To Appreciate Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are definitely things I had to accept with my handicap. There were certain rites of passage that I accepted would never be mine to experience with my kids. I would never teach my baby girl the art of the French braid. My 10yo would learn to cook from a friend. My son would get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Heartless vs Protecting Yourself &#8211; The Battle With Compassion Fatigue</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2012/01/09/feeling-heartless-vs-protecting-yourself-the-battle-with-compassion-fatigue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week a Babble writer was lucky to have her family, but lost all her possessions in the fire that took their home. I get emails every week that another person/blogger/family member has a child diagnosed with cancer and having been a cancer mom, maybe I can help them. I get the questions seeking understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wearing having-a-baby clothes when you&#8217;re not ACTUALLY having a baby</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, you got rid of your maternity clothes as soon as you could. Which may have been longer than I had expected. If you&#8217;re also like me you made sure to TRIP those women who said &#8220;OH! I NEVER HAD TO BUY MATERNITY CLOTHES!&#8221; But since I&#8217;ve had my strokes and struggled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Do When I Have To Say Goodbye To My Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my family begins gearing up for the upcoming year, one thing we can anticipate is a lot of trips and events  that separate me from my kids. Filling up the calender means there are things to reorganize and work around. Those are the easy things. For parents you can never schedule separation anxiety and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Santa Likes Rich Kids More Than Poor Kids</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/12/13/why-santa-likes-rich-kids-more-than-poor-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, my best friend&#8217;s family was poorer than mine. I didn&#8217;t know that, though. Then one year Corrie told me &#8220;Santa doesn&#8217;t like us.&#8221; Apparently the previous Christmas she&#8217;d asked and begged for one particular gift. She&#8217;d been super good. Santa didn&#8217;t bring her the gift she asked for. But that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Your Kids You&#8217;re Sorry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post I wrote in June 2008.  It was written to my two oldest children at a time my youngest was still in chemotherapy treatment for Leukemia. Hopefully, you will never need to say apologies like these.  But I have been written an by untold numbers of siblings who said &#8220;I wish I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When The Family Pet Dies</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/12/05/when-the-family-pet-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got our dog Buffett about the time our 10yo daughter was born. Rachael is doing great! Buffet isn&#8217;t. It breaks my heart to see her reacting so slow and showing real signs of the toll that time has taken on her. I&#8217;m torn with how much of this do I let my kids watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today is World&#8217;s AIDS Day: How Can You Not Support Babies?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/12/01/today-is-worlds-aids-day-how-can-you-not-support-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you see this picture as I do. The absolute trust. The unfailing comfort. There could have been no purer and all-consuming love than what I felt. Most mothers I&#8217;ve been honored to know put their child&#8217;s needs before ANY of their own. As a mother of three. The mother of a child that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 10 Gifts You Can Get For 2012&#8230;Because You&#8217;re Done For 2011, Right?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/11/23/the-top-10-gifts-you-can-get-for-2012-because-youre-done-for-2011-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, your Christmas shopping isn&#8217;t done yet. There&#8217;s a little holiday shopping yet to be done. Just a little. Not that I&#8217;d wait til the last minute to shop for my family. This is probably a complete waste of time because you&#8217;re DONE shopping. Like me. Of course. So this is THE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things I Swore I&#8217;d Never Do Or Say That I Do and Say Now</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/11/21/10-things-i-swore-id-never-do-or-say-that-i-do-and-say-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s just me , but I had a firm belief I&#8217;d never be the parent my mother was. In a lot of ways we are very different. My liberal to her conservative. My Elvis Costello to her Elvis Presley. My Twizzlers to her Three Musketeers. We are just never going to agree on some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Each Word Count</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here, I write for somebody else. But there are a few other places where I set the rules and guidelines for the writers. One of those rules is a word count. Word Count is the maximum number of words used in a published post. It&#8217;s hard for ME to limit people on the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways We Make Movietime Interesting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to movies it is a chore to find one &#8220;old enough&#8221; for the 13yo, yet &#8220;young enough&#8221;  for the 7yo. Don&#8217;t forget that whatever they agree on the 10yo is sure to hate. So short of shooting them all in the butts with tranquillizer darts, we&#8217;ve had to think up ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary Of An Angry Pusher</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently traveled to the BlogWorld conference out in L.A. from my home in Atlanta. I always take a &#8220;pusher&#8221; with me. A wheelchair pusher who learns the ropes of helping me. It&#8217;s been my live-in aide Jackie, my friends Amanda and Robin, and sometimes it&#8217;s Peter (my husband). Sometimes we have the incredible experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Am&#8230;&#8221; Project With @AlliWorthington</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Alli. She&#8217;s responsible for this. So when I heard she had started a photo project, I had to participate. It involved some of my biggest weaknesses. Pictures -&#62; taking pictures of myself is always a lot of fun. Holding a sign -&#62; I had to decide whether to make a sign on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#OccupyAdulthood AKA Aren&#8217;t We All Grown Ups?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/11/01/occupyadulthood-aka-arent-we-all-grown-ups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try to stay out of the ARGUMENT OF THE MOMENT. It tends to solve nothing and is over when the next argument comes along. Then something comes along and I just can&#8217;t let it go. I might be late to the whole #OccupyBabble thing too. Although the irony of THIS being the ad on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October is National Domestic Violence Month and @VUnsilenced is here to help every month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a mom I want to put my kids on Craigslist some days. Or Ebay. Or FreeCycle. But that&#8217;s me and my kids. Anyone else lays a hand on my kids, verbally attacks them or abuses them in any way and I WILL MAKE SURE THEY NEVER FIND A BODY. I have pretty strong feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Bad Mom&#8221; Race Can Start On The Couch</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/10/24/the-bad-mom-race-can-start-on-the-couch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading Megan&#8217;s post about &#8220;Bad Mom&#8217;s&#8221; and Catherine&#8217;s response to her questions made me throw my hat in the ring. Maybe because they brought up Aiming Low and it seemed very important to me as founder of that site to make sure it was said YOU WON&#8217;T SEE US CALL YOU BAD ANYWHERE. This isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOT Interviewing @RalphMacchio about being the parent of teen drivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was supposed to interview Ralph Macchio (Karate Kid, Outsiders, DWTS) but there was a screw-up on MY part about getting the days mixed up. Note to self: Make sure to check that DATE and DAY match. So, I did what any self-respecting adult does in this situation. I wallowed in my agony. Then he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being A Hospital Parent: Part 4 Siblings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you spend a lot of time at the hospital getting care for one of your kids you find that that other thing in your life suffer from inattention. Dishes don&#8217;t get washed. Laundry piles up. Grass gets really freaking tall. Your non-sick kids get less attention. They do. You can&#8217;t help it even if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being A Hospital Parent: Part 3 Patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m crossing my fingers that your kid&#8217;s trip to hospital involves flowers and then going home. But, for too many families, there are medical issues that lead them to being in-patient at the hospital. There are two kinds of patients 1) acute OR 2) chronic, and some tips are for one or the other. (for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being A Hospital Parent: Part 2 &#8211; Visiting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the GREAT chance to be in medical situations with my kids. Children&#8217;s hospitals, ICU&#8217;s, therapy hospitals, nursing homes, hospice, you name it, we&#8217;ve probably done it. If you&#8217;re lucky, these post will be the biggest waste of space. I will NEVER tell anyone that we have all the answers to how to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being A Hospital Parent: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/26/being-a-hospital-parent-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s not a whole of things that I will try to give advice about.  At the most you&#8217;ll get &#8220;What Works For Us&#8221; suggestions and they might not work for you. But there is one thing I&#8217;m an expert about. It sort of sucks. Like the sun is sort of warm. I have a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In The Homework Battle: Score One For The Teacher</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/22/in-the-homework-battle-score-one-for-the-teacher/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/22/in-the-homework-battle-score-one-for-the-teacher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in the seventh grade we did a book report on the &#8220;Grapes of Wrath&#8221; that made my brain slide out of my skull. We never found parts of it. My son has to do a history project in HIS seventh grade. He has to build a fake Facebook page for the historical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m About To Try Water-Boarding</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/20/im-about-to-try-water-boarding/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/20/im-about-to-try-water-boarding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grounding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a 13yo son.  And this son brings all kinds of interesting questions to the table. Who would win? Zombies vs Vampire Which James Bond was the BEST James Bond? Are you going to finish that? Is grounding fair when more than the wrong-doer is punished? My son is that age where he can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple PI: Parenting a Math Genius</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/16/apple-pi-parenting-a-math-genius/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/16/apple-pi-parenting-a-math-genius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had progress reports come home. The report that they send home at the middle of the semester. CHILD 1: Every word was glowing and the report as a whole was a WIN! CHILD 2: Except for a little work that can be done in one class, the news was so good I nearly passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All Your Mom&#8217;s Fault You Have These Kids</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/12/its-all-your-moms-fault-you-have-these-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/12/its-all-your-moms-fault-you-have-these-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not even really her fault that I have ALL of them.  JUST ONE. That child! The one that&#8217;s like me in every way, shape and perfecting-sarcasm roll of her eyes. Her beautiful deep chocolate eyes. Eyes that (upon occasion) I want to send skidding across the kitchen floor. Eyes that LOOK just mine. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daddy&#8217;s Girl</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/07/daddys-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/07/daddys-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had my parents in my home for the weekend. There were grand-kids and cake involved.  It was pretty great. I talked to my mom about family members and long-unseen friends.  We talked about canning vegetables and priceless recipes. Then I talked to my dad. We disagree on politics: I&#8217;m a liberal, he thinks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Holiday Brought To You By Chocolate</title>
		<link>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/01/this-holiday-brought-to-you-by-chocolate/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/anissamayhew-anissas-free-babble/2011/09/01/this-holiday-brought-to-you-by-chocolate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anissa Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[celebration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that every month of the year has it&#8217;s own special holiday. Whether it&#8217;s Thanksgiving or Brent Snyder Day, there is some reason for celebration. To the point it starts to feel a little silly. Did our forefathers brave developing new government and building a country so we could have sheet sales at the [...]]]></description>
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