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		<title>Swan Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE:  WIPE OUT BULLYING IS BACK UP AND RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!  Whatever snafu took place, it&#8217;s been corrected and I will continue to write and share bullying info there.  Come on over and subscribe! Dear Reader, I will admit that I&#8217;ve not been doing all that well mentally lately.  After missing Christmas because of the worst migraine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4923&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Killing them with kindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, I feel like my life has been swallowed by bullies.  While things seem to have calmed down quite a bit for Tony, I&#8217;m still daily thinking about this issue.  It seems to be a topic that is wheedling its way to the forefront.  It&#8217;s everywhere I turn and I feel so very overwhelmed. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4915&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is there an 800 number I can call?</title>
		<link>https://scatteringmoments.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/is-there-an-800-number-i-can-call/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Seriously.  It&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day.  I&#8217;ve been up a whopping 45 minutes and I&#8217;m ready to go back to bed and call it a day already.  I&#8217;ve reached that plateau that all mothers get to when the idealism that drives us all runs out.  I&#8217;m ready to quit my job.  You know, the one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4884&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bully</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Serious stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bully video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Check out this trailer for a movie about bullying.  It was released for sale today.  Guess who&#8217;s buying it. Always, Miranda<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4881&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m seeing double!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Writing Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serious stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence and Abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Those of you who read this blog regularly know about my recent struggles with my youngest son being bullied.  I&#8217;ve decided that the problem is much bigger than it needs to be and requires much more attention than I initially thought. In response to this revelation and in a further attempt to help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4878&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Giveaway with an Ulterior Motive</title>
		<link>https://scatteringmoments.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/4875/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from It&#039;s Just Life: It's time for a giveaway here at It's Just Life but I have to be honest.  I have an ulterior motive.  I am fully disclosing this up front.  You see---the month is almost half over and my comments are not where I would like them to be.  If you have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4875&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An open Valentine to my sons</title>
		<link>https://scatteringmoments.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/an-open-valentine-to-my-sons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Serious stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Jimmy and Tony, February 14th is supposed to be a day you send love letters, flowers or candy to your love.  For Valentine&#8217;s Day this year,  I send this post to you, my most prized loves, my sons, so that you and the rest of the world will know just how proud I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4862&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A weighty issue</title>
		<link>https://scatteringmoments.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/a-weighty-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PCOS stuff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Christie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Polycystic ovary syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, &#160; I recently came across a post on Facebook that wanted to have a fair discussion among Democrats about New Jersey&#8217;s governor, Chris Christie, possibly being the Republican candidate &#160; &#160; in the next presidential election.  I thought it was an interesting discussion because so many Dems seem to support a lot of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4854&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burgermeister of Cootieville</title>
		<link>https://scatteringmoments.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/burgermeister-of-cootieville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, We&#8217;re infested with cooties here. It all began when my ultra-cute, ultra-cuddly and deceptively healthy niece came to visit a month ago.  My sweet and darling Kaitlyn, my newest niece, was without a sitter one early Friday in January, so when Carrie, my sister-in-law, asked if I could watch her my auntie heart [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4848&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knocking on 39 and 21 and 16</title>
		<link>https://scatteringmoments.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/knocking-on-39-and-21-and-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miranda Gargasz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alanis Morrissette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[everything]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[song lyrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, I had a rather sad post planned for today, but I decided to not write it.  I&#8217;d rather keep the feelings that post had all rolled up inside me, protected, sheltered from everyone, like a most precious treasure.  It was sad.  It was filled with love and loss.  It was beautiful.  It was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scatteringmoments.wordpress.com&#038;blog=25447113&#038;post=4843&#038;subd=scatteringmoments&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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