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	<title>Kathryn.  Real.</title>
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		<title>Life lessons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today when Iris&#8217; eyes finally closed and she drifted off during a nap, something unexpected happened.  I allowed myself to let go of all of the fear, the weight of responsibility of raising a girl that colors every interaction with her.  I found myself weeping with joy.  I have a beautiful, perfect daughter.  It doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/12/20/life-lessons/</link>
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		<title>La la la la la</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have nothing at all to write about right now.  I am absolutely NOT going to write about how I got the best night sleep I&#8217;ve had in months last night.  OR about how both kids went to bed in their own room (the same room) before 9pm.  And I&#8217;m absolutely, positively unable to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/11/24/la-la-la-la-la/</link>
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		<title>Wishing, and hoping, and thinking, and praying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I need a few decades of ease and lightness.  Universe?  Howz about you grease the wheels of my life a little.
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		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/11/22/wishing-and-hoping-and-thinking-and-praying/</link>
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		<title>Dusting off the &#8216;ol blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ya&#8217;ll.  I have so much to say.  All day I have these fleeting moments of thoughts that I want to write about, explore, and that really deserve some attention.Here&#8217;s the problem.  I made the rookie mistake of telling the internet how great my baby sleeps.  Don&#8217;t. Ever. Do. That.She&#8217;s already down to ONE SHORT NAP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/11/11/dusting-off-the-ol-blog/</link>
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		<title>Overheard tonight at dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ellis to his friend F: I&#8217;m so glad you stayed for dinner.then laterF to Ellis:  I love you so much!  This is the BEST time!
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		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/08/26/overheard-tonight-at-dinner/</link>
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		<title>Mademoiselle Iris, 4 months</title>
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		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/08/25/mademoiselle-iris-4-months/</link>
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		<title>Three and a half</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ellis at Three and a half years old:
 Is obsessed with superheroes.  Wears his batman costume several times a week.  Is dying for a bunk bed.  Has a best friend.  Doesn&#8217;t like girls (except for mommy and Iris).  Hardly eats anything.  Won&#8217;t tell me what he does at school.  Is very curious about death.  Misses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/08/20/three-and-a-half/</link>
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		<title>Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning our room was filled with the soft blue light of a cloudy dawn.  Kent was snoring softly.  Ellis was snuggled tightly into my back having made his way into our room, as he does most nights, around 3.  Iris had woken to eat, and having had her fill stayed awake for a while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/08/11/love/</link>
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		<title>What passes for a nickname around here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following nicknames are used with frequency around these parts:For Iris 





From Iris 2-3 months


Madam fussyfussMadam MagilicuttyMadam FrothingsloshMiss MonkeyLittle Miss MissLittle Magoo  (I love you, little Magoo, with a love so rare and true, ah-oh little, my little Magoo hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo, oh well I love you gal, yes I love my miss Magoo)For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/07/31/what-passes-for-a-nickname-around-here/</link>
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		<title>July 3rd 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The four of us lounged in bed for over an hour before getting up.
The sun shone bright and hot, streaming in through the windows.
We filled countless pink water-balloons (or bawaterloons) during breakfast.
I painted a heart on the window sill especially for him during pre-school parent volunteer day.  Kent and I sung together while we worked.
Back home we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kathrynreal.com/2009/07/03/july-3rd-2009/</link>
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