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		<title>Happy Mother’s Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 06:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something that is inspiring about the way the German’s celebrate Mother’s Day comes from a time during the 1920’s when the country was experiencing a low birth rate, mostly due to women working. There was a movement to use Mother’s Day as a way to promote the values of motherhood. Of course over the years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gina Andrews ~ Sacramento</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breast Cancer Motivates Young Mom, Gina Andrews of Sacramento, California to Help

After being diagnosed with breast cancer just after her son Ayden was born in May 2005, Gina started her own support group in 2007 with the goal of helping breast cancer patients closer to her age group. Then her organization joined forces with Save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molly Teichman - Why Moms Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It isn’t often that you hear politics discussed by moms on the playground.  That could be because we find ourselves too pressed for time to pay attention or because we are wary of engaging in serious debate without having done the proper research.
Now that may be on over-generalization, however, Molly Teichman is on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jan Krystkowiak ~ Why Moms Matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.momfaves.com/?p=1292</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan Krystkowiak has a lot on her plate.  She is a mother to 5 children, a wife to an NBA Coach, a business owner and now an author.  She believes in hard work, a giving spirit and a focus on her family.
Jan started Where in the World Books in 2008 -  a line of children&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joy Rose ~ Why Moms Matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.momfaves.com/?p=1287</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If music and creativity were the markers that defined our wealth, Joy Rose would be an incredibly rich woman. As it is now - her life is rich with, at the very least, character, a giving spirit and an inherent ability to empower women.
This is a woman who is creating movements, redefining what it means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leah Segedie ~ Why Moms Matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.momfaves.com/?p=1273</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman who takes good care of herself is a more powerful mother - at least that is the way I see it.  If we are willing to settle for &#8216;nothing but the best FROM ourselves&#8217;, that will carry over into our parenting. A Mom Matters when she cares enough to be a good example [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dwan and Brandy ~ Why Moms Matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.momfaves.com/?p=1264</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 07:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The older I get, the more I value the friends I have.  True friendship as an adult, as a mom, takes time and effort.  It isn&#8217;t easy because we all have so much &#8216;life&#8217; spinning around us - our families, our homes, our work (either at home or away from it).
We have carpools and soccer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jyl Pattee ~ Why Moms Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 06:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jyl Matters.
MomItForward.com

About Jyl
She is drive, determination and discipline personified.
She is motivated to make a difference in the world - any way she can.
It is this calm but focused spirit that drove Carissa Rogers to nominate Jyl Pattee as a Mom Who Matters.
&#8220;I can tell you first hand that she truly cares about people and not in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading The Mom Love</title>
		<link>http://blog.momfaves.com/?p=1243</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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In celebration of Mother&#8217;s Day, we asked photographers to capture and share their interpretations of motherhood and the little everyday things moms do that ultimately have a strong presence in our life. The submissions were incredible&#8211;from those, we selected a couple dozen to create a brief video to honor and celebrate moms. We want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sugar Jones ~ Why Moms Matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.momfaves.com/?p=1239</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She is a mother of 4. She home schools. She runs her own website.  She co-hosts the Blog Talk Radio Show - Chicks Who Chat.  And according to her co-host, Jen Hinton (and the friend who nominated her), Sugar Jones is a true blessing as a friend, blogger and mother.
Sugar Jones matters because [...]]]></description>
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