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		<title>Live it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is never too late to be what you might have been.&#8221; – George Eliot Copyright &#169; 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Party down on New Year&#8217;s Eve</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2012/01/07/party-down-on-new-years-eve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We made good on our New Year&#8217;s Eve plans by getting dressed up and going out. We had a fabulous meal at Rosie&#8217;s Cantina, our favorite restaurant, and we walked around Bridge Street until it was time for our movie, Alvin &#38; The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, to start. She giggled throughout the show and that&#8217;s what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Night and the Single Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my latest column for Birmingham Parent. Read it and come back and tell me what you think. Thanks! Copyright &#169; 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning: 2012 will bring honesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, honesty is the word here – I&#8217;ll be writing about what&#8217;s really on my mind. I&#8217;m tired of tiptoeing around because of who might be reading. I&#8217;m a grown woman, I&#8217;m single, and I&#8217;m a writer. I&#8217;m going to write about grown-up issues, and the joys and challenges of being mama to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jingle, jingle, jingle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the sounds of the Christmas season: the ripping of wrapping paper, the squeal of an excited child, jingle bells, the whispers to Santa, and your favorite Christmas carol. Now imagine the holidays without those sounds. That&#8217;s how it was for Riley until she turned 2. With the help of cochlear implants and years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas without my girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wondered what it&#8217;d be like without your child at Christmas? Well, here&#8217;s what it&#8217;ll be like for me this year: It Won&#8217;t Seem Like Christmas Without You. And while I know Riley is excited about her trip to see her dad&#8217;s families, today my heart broke for her. As we were driving home from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songs that remind me of boys</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2011/11/08/songs-that-remind-me-of-boys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music can set the mood, offer motivation, or take you down memory lane. Well, let&#8217;s take a stroll through my glorious teenage years when my hair was big, &#8220;holding hands meant something,&#8221; and these songs played on the radio. 1. Wild Wild West, The Escape Club – 10th-grade crush – He had the bluest eyes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl trip!</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2011/10/30/girl-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley and I took our first mama-daughter trip two weeks ago during her Fall Break, and we had a great time. The only thing we argued about was what music to listen to &#8230; we compromised by using headphones (her) and plugging my music player into the truck&#8217;s radio. There&#8217;s just so much Selena Gomez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Riley!</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2011/10/19/happy-birthday-riley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley turned 10 on Monday! I cannot believe I have a 10-year-old. She celebrated with a sleepover (the five girls were loud and fun), a Justin Bieber cake, pizza, and ice cream. Her dad and I got her an iPod touch, and she is thrilled. She has already downloaded Angry Birds and Ninja Fruit. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even at 9, I knew how to rock</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2011/09/29/even-at-9-i-knew-how-to-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That stereo over there was my pride and joy when I was 9 years old. I got it for Christmas and I played it practically every day until I got a bigger one when I was 16. This model, from JCPenney, had a tape recorder, a record player, an 8-track, and an AM-FM radio and [...]]]></description>
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