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We understand and share the reality of Motherhood and all the highs and lows a mother will experience from day to day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Motherhood Journey is not easy, but you're not alone. Visit Momsweb to renew your mind and for a loving reminder of just how important you are to your family.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-2291827498734894110?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/2291827498734894110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2009/08/sharing-reality.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/2291827498734894110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/2291827498734894110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2009/08/sharing-reality.html' title='The Reality of Motherhood'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092807546691381098.post-3232405620355688303</id><published>2009-08-08T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T15:22:37.364-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Funny</title><content type='html'>"Mothers of Teenagers Know Why Animals Eat Their Young."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Author Unknown&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-3232405620355688303?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/3232405620355688303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2008/09/funny.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/3232405620355688303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/3232405620355688303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2008/09/funny.html' title='A Funny'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092807546691381098.post-8818361551012336744</id><published>2009-08-08T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T05:18:03.051-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Setting Examples</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;What are you teaching the younger woman?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;What are you teaching your children?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://noartificialcolorsoradditives.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367757104111324626" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sn4apYcijdI/AAAAAAAABfo/IwKbd4Y5PlM/s320/Gwithdoll2005.jpg" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://noartificialcolorsoradditives.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo by E Costales&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;If you couldn't talk, would your actions set a &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;good example for others to follow?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Your love walk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Your forgiveness walk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Your compassionate walk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Your health walk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Your spiritual walk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Someone is following your walk...where are you leading them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Titus 2:3-5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-8818361551012336744?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/8818361551012336744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2009/08/motherhooda-generational-blessing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/8818361551012336744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/8818361551012336744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2009/08/motherhooda-generational-blessing.html' title='Setting Examples'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sn4apYcijdI/AAAAAAAABfo/IwKbd4Y5PlM/s72-c/Gwithdoll2005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092807546691381098.post-3737172832090852605</id><published>2009-08-07T17:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T06:55:16.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What About The Children</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Month is recognized in April, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;yet child awareness should be every day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Mothers can help &lt;strong&gt;PREVENT&lt;/strong&gt; child sexual abuse simply with their eyes. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;W&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;hat &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;bout &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;he &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;hildren&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sn4UUkDHhII/AAAAAAAABfg/dDOAMFv_jOo/s1600-h/children.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 174px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367750149378901122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sn4UUkDHhII/AAAAAAAABfg/dDOAMFv_jOo/s320/children.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Even within the walls of their own home, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;children are at risk for sexual abuse.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;30-40% of victims are abused by a family member&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Another 50% are abused by someone outside the family whom they know and trust&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Approximately 40% are abused by older or larger children whom they know &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Therefore, only 10% are abused by strangers.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Statistics from &lt;a href="http://www.darkness2light.org/"&gt;Darkness to Light&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Find out more about &lt;a href="http://www.momsweb.net/watch.cfm"&gt;WATCH&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;hat &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;bout &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;he &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;hildren&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-3737172832090852605?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/3737172832090852605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2009/08/child-sexual-abuse-prevention-month-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/3737172832090852605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/3737172832090852605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2009/08/child-sexual-abuse-prevention-month-is.html' title='What About The Children'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sn4UUkDHhII/AAAAAAAABfg/dDOAMFv_jOo/s72-c/children.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092807546691381098.post-3499165232138553343</id><published>2008-09-01T15:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T08:24:41.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mom's Energy Tip - 8 x 8 Rule</title><content type='html'>Did you know the lack of water may be a cause for lack of energy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much water should you drink? I'm sure you've heard of the &lt;strong&gt;8 X 8 Rule&lt;/strong&gt; - drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day (about 1.9 liters).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don't have enough water in your body to carry out normal functions. Even mild dehydration can drain your energy and make you tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 189px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376624916766054738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sp2b4A5a2VI/AAAAAAAABo8/XtZX32ha5G8/s320/image001.jpg" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-3499165232138553343?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/3499165232138553343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-much-water-should-you-drink-im-sure.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/3499165232138553343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/3499165232138553343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-much-water-should-you-drink-im-sure.html' title='Mom&apos;s Energy Tip - 8 x 8 Rule'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Sp2b4A5a2VI/AAAAAAAABo8/XtZX32ha5G8/s72-c/image001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092807546691381098.post-8657701291568425201</id><published>2008-08-15T15:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T16:47:49.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Balance vs Juggle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Soc5f4B9kaI/AAAAAAAABiU/bg79Jku4Jek/s1600-h/image002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370324300441948578" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Soc5f4B9kaI/AAAAAAAABiU/bg79Jku4Jek/s320/image002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Are you balancing your family life and career or are you juggling your roles from day to day? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Some mothers think it's possible to have balance, whereas some believe &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;we're all juggling our many roles and a perfect balance doesn't exist. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How about you? Take our poll!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-8657701291568425201?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/8657701291568425201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2008/08/balance-vs-juggle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/8657701291568425201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/8657701291568425201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2008/08/balance-vs-juggle.html' title='Balance vs Juggle'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7zrt-bWdLfs/Soc5f4B9kaI/AAAAAAAABiU/bg79Jku4Jek/s72-c/image002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6092807546691381098.post-7961582846221239985</id><published>2007-08-15T16:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T08:04:53.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Take Care of YOU!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;What have you done for &lt;strong&gt;YOU&lt;/strong&gt; lately?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Before you can properly care for your family; you MUST take care of you. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;You are the fuel that keeps the family going, therefore, you must refuel yourself!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Here are just a few questions to answer. Your answers should tell you something.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you eaten a nutritious meal in the last two days?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you exercised this week?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you had at least 10-12 eight ounce glasses of water today?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you taken time to stretch your muscles today?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you looked in the mirror and smiled at yourself today?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you given yourself a compliment recently?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you pampered yourself within the last week?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you gotten to bed before 11 p.m. recently?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you had a time out today?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Did you walk away from your desk during your lunch break?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you been looking at the computer screen for over an hour?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you had a date night in the past two months?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Have you had a girl's night out or any alone time this month?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;Just a reminder...if you're running on empty or just a 1/4 tank of fuel,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;it's time to take care of YOU.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6092807546691381098-7961582846221239985?l=raisingmothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/feeds/7961582846221239985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2007/08/take-care-of-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/7961582846221239985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6092807546691381098/posts/default/7961582846221239985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://raisingmothers.blogspot.com/2007/08/take-care-of-you.html' title='Take Care of YOU!'/><author><name>MOMSWEB</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ttFqZTH58PU/Tw-sgylFzcI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/IK-hIS46d8o/s220/lavender2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
