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		<title>By: Lovebabz</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15132</link>
		<dc:creator>Lovebabz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not so sure this is about measuring as it is about capturing and keeping memories.  Your blog is a time capsule of sorts,  and those of us that write...journal...blog have captured our lives in words and pictures.

The past is only in your mind anyway.  Regardless of what you write or photograph.  We only have right now... the sweetest of days.
.-= Lovebabz&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://lovebabz.blogspot.com/2010/04/next-top-spiritual-author-mevote-for-me.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;THE NEXT TOP SPIRITUAL AUTHOR: ME...VOTE FOR ME!&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not so sure this is about measuring as it is about capturing and keeping memories.  Your blog is a time capsule of sorts,  and those of us that write&#8230;journal&#8230;blog have captured our lives in words and pictures.</p>
<p>The past is only in your mind anyway.  Regardless of what you write or photograph.  We only have right now&#8230; the sweetest of days.<br />
<span class="cluv"> Lovebabz&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://lovebabz.blogspot.com/2010/04/next-top-spiritual-author-mevote-for-me.html" rel="nofollow">THE NEXT TOP SPIRITUAL AUTHOR: ME&#8230;VOTE FOR ME!</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: singlemomseeking</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15127</link>
		<dc:creator>singlemomseeking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Amy: I&#039;m not sure if you feel this way, too, but it seems like the older I&#039;ve gotten, the longer it took me to &quot;get over&quot; someone. Why is that? Good for you for listening to yourself, instead of following some &quot;rules.&quot; Big hug!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Amy: I&#8217;m not sure if you feel this way, too, but it seems like the older I&#8217;ve gotten, the longer it took me to &#8220;get over&#8221; someone. Why is that? Good for you for listening to yourself, instead of following some &#8220;rules.&#8221; Big hug!</p>
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		<title>By: Jack</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15115</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My blog has been one of the tools that I use to mark the passage of time. Combine that with 1 millions pictures and a dozen moments in time that are burned inside my head and well...
.-= Jack&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ycyp/~3/N-g3l8cdT3M/passover-2010-grandma-is-gone.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Passover 2010- Grandma is Gone&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My blog has been one of the tools that I use to mark the passage of time. Combine that with 1 millions pictures and a dozen moments in time that are burned inside my head and well&#8230;<br />
<span class="cluv"> Jack&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/ycyp/~3/N-g3l8cdT3M/passover-2010-grandma-is-gone.html" rel="nofollow">Passover 2010- Grandma is Gone</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: amy</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15114</link>
		<dc:creator>amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, the seasonal cycles. time is a human construct--we all know that, but we still feel bound by time. 

a question that has puzzled me right now is, &quot;how long does it take to get over a breakup?&quot; it&#039;s been two months since a seven-month relationship ended--well, it was really three good months and four up and down (mostly down). and i&#039;m still cycling back on the pain. when will it end? 

i refuse to accept those &quot;rules&quot;--getting over it takes as long as the relationship lasted, or half as long, or twice as long, etc. because i can&#039;t set a deadline on healing. it&#039;s my own pace, my own process. i don&#039;t want to rush it because i want to really heal this time and be ready for the &quot;real thing&quot; sooner than later.
.-= amy&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://singleness-of-heart.blogspot.com/2010/03/talk-about-passion.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;talk about the passion&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, the seasonal cycles. time is a human construct&#8211;we all know that, but we still feel bound by time. </p>
<p>a question that has puzzled me right now is, &#8220;how long does it take to get over a breakup?&#8221; it&#8217;s been two months since a seven-month relationship ended&#8211;well, it was really three good months and four up and down (mostly down). and i&#8217;m still cycling back on the pain. when will it end? </p>
<p>i refuse to accept those &#8220;rules&#8221;&#8211;getting over it takes as long as the relationship lasted, or half as long, or twice as long, etc. because i can&#8217;t set a deadline on healing. it&#8217;s my own pace, my own process. i don&#8217;t want to rush it because i want to really heal this time and be ready for the &#8220;real thing&#8221; sooner than later.<br />
<span class="cluv"> amy&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://singleness-of-heart.blogspot.com/2010/03/talk-about-passion.html" rel="nofollow">talk about the passion</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Kat Wilder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kat Wilder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m blushing. ;-)
Love you both, too
.-= Kat Wilder&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://katwilder.com/2010/03/whats-jealousy-got-to-do-with-love/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What’s jealousy got to do with love?&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m blushing. <img src='http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Love you both, too<br />
<span class="cluv"> Kat Wilder&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://katwilder.com/2010/03/whats-jealousy-got-to-do-with-love/" rel="nofollow">What’s jealousy got to do with love?</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: NewSingleTweenMom</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15104</link>
		<dc:creator>NewSingleTweenMom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a new single mom (my ex just moved out-of-state) who is also madly in love, I have always found myself measuring our lives in terms of pre-divorce and post-divorce. But lately I have found us measuring life based on court dates and deadlines. When it comes to our commitment to one another, I base it on how much the kids and I have been through with him by our side...6 CFI interviews, 1 failure to return the children, 2 missed birthdays, 1 emergency court hearing, etc. As awful as it is to link him to those events, it is also a bold reminder that he has the glue it takes to stick around. 

I used to dream of the day when things would stop changing quite so much and just let us be. I didn&#039;t want any change, good or bad, to happen. But, I have learned to stop taking that step back and looking at our life in that way. I now measure my family in terms of the number of good days we have in a week. I deal with legal issues and ex issues as they arise, but don&#039;t take that step back to see where we stand in the big picture. If I focus on having more good days than bad, it gives me a clear measurement and a smaller amount to fix at one time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a new single mom (my ex just moved out-of-state) who is also madly in love, I have always found myself measuring our lives in terms of pre-divorce and post-divorce. But lately I have found us measuring life based on court dates and deadlines. When it comes to our commitment to one another, I base it on how much the kids and I have been through with him by our side&#8230;6 CFI interviews, 1 failure to return the children, 2 missed birthdays, 1 emergency court hearing, etc. As awful as it is to link him to those events, it is also a bold reminder that he has the glue it takes to stick around. </p>
<p>I used to dream of the day when things would stop changing quite so much and just let us be. I didn&#8217;t want any change, good or bad, to happen. But, I have learned to stop taking that step back and looking at our life in that way. I now measure my family in terms of the number of good days we have in a week. I deal with legal issues and ex issues as they arise, but don&#8217;t take that step back to see where we stand in the big picture. If I focus on having more good days than bad, it gives me a clear measurement and a smaller amount to fix at one time.</p>
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		<title>By: Tweets that mention Measuring &#124; Single Mom Seeking -- Topsy.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tweets that mention Measuring &#124; Single Mom Seeking -- Topsy.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rachel Sarah, singlemommyhood. singlemommyhood said: New post @singlemomseekin Have you ever wished for a way to measure a relationship so you could know its depth? http://tinyurl.com/y8gtzs3 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rachel Sarah, singlemommyhood. singlemommyhood said: New post @singlemomseekin Have you ever wished for a way to measure a relationship so you could know its depth? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y8gtzs3" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/y8gtzs3</a> [...]</p>
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		<title>By: T</title>
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		<dc:creator>T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love you Rachel. I always will. But I crush on Kat. Hard.
.-= T&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://tsquest.blogspot.com/2010/03/pms-processing-powerful-intention.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PMS, Processing, Powerful intention&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love you Rachel. I always will. But I crush on Kat. Hard.<br />
<span class="cluv"> T&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://tsquest.blogspot.com/2010/03/pms-processing-powerful-intention.html" rel="nofollow">PMS, Processing, Powerful intention</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: singlemomseeking</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15099</link>
		<dc:creator>singlemomseeking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Bonnie, I really needed to read that. Wow, thank you so much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Bonnie, I really needed to read that. Wow, thank you so much.</p>
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		<title>By: Kat Wilder</title>
		<link>http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/2010/03/measuring/comment-page-1/#comment-15098</link>
		<dc:creator>Kat Wilder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Last weekend, it was the Little League parade in my town. I saw some of my neighbors rushing their kids, dressed in crisp white baseball pants (they won&#039;t stay that way!), to get downtown in time. The kids looked so proud and excited, the parents looked so young (and stressed!), and I started to get nostalgic. My kid is waaaay past Little League age — he&#039;s taller than I am, 6-1! He&#039;s planning for college! He&#039;s driving! He has whiskers! And I keep wondering, &lt;i&gt;where did all that time go?&lt;/i&gt; But, one of the best parts of him being this age is seeing who he&#039;s been becoming all along — the one cup toddler, the 2 tablespoons &quot;snakes, snails and puppy dog tails,&quot; the pound of teenage angst.

While he was doing all that, I got divorced, changed jobs, dated, had boyfriends, spent many nights and weekends alone, cried and laughed, read great books, saw wonderful musicians perform, met new friends (like you!) ... a wealth of experiences.

If you must measure life, it&#039;s in increments that keep adding up to the great big, uh, souffle, in the end.  

And in the end, the &lt;i&gt;real &lt;/i&gt;end, when we&#039;re on our death beds, we only really care about how much we loved and were loved.

So, we have to keep adding that into the mix ...
.-= Kat Wilder&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://katwilder.com/2010/03/whats-jealousy-got-to-do-with-love/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What’s jealousy got to do with love?&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last weekend, it was the Little League parade in my town. I saw some of my neighbors rushing their kids, dressed in crisp white baseball pants (they won&#8217;t stay that way!), to get downtown in time. The kids looked so proud and excited, the parents looked so young (and stressed!), and I started to get nostalgic. My kid is waaaay past Little League age — he&#8217;s taller than I am, 6-1! He&#8217;s planning for college! He&#8217;s driving! He has whiskers! And I keep wondering, <i>where did all that time go?</i> But, one of the best parts of him being this age is seeing who he&#8217;s been becoming all along — the one cup toddler, the 2 tablespoons &#8220;snakes, snails and puppy dog tails,&#8221; the pound of teenage angst.</p>
<p>While he was doing all that, I got divorced, changed jobs, dated, had boyfriends, spent many nights and weekends alone, cried and laughed, read great books, saw wonderful musicians perform, met new friends (like you!) &#8230; a wealth of experiences.</p>
<p>If you must measure life, it&#8217;s in increments that keep adding up to the great big, uh, souffle, in the end.  </p>
<p>And in the end, the <i>real </i>end, when we&#8217;re on our death beds, we only really care about how much we loved and were loved.</p>
<p>So, we have to keep adding that into the mix &#8230;<br />
<span class="cluv"> Kat Wilder&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://katwilder.com/2010/03/whats-jealousy-got-to-do-with-love/" rel="nofollow">What’s jealousy got to do with love?</a> <span class="heart_tip_box"><img class="heart_tip" alt="My ComLuv Profile" border="0" width="16" height="14" src="http://singlemomseeking.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/commentluv/images/littleheart.gif"/></span></span></p>
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