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					<description><![CDATA[An elderly couple flagged me down today when I was out with my baby in the stroller. &#8220;I think the children left,&#8221; the woman told me, agitated. &#8220;I tried to follow them but I couldn&#8217;t.&#8221; She indicated her cane. &#8220;A boy and a girl, I think.&#8221; &#8220;Where should they be?&#8221; I asked. She gestured across &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/11/01/fade/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fade</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[I did not attend a prenatal class with my partner in order to find friends. I shrugged when the midwife leading the class mentioned that she had had a group of families twenty years ago that still gets together. However, I accepted when two women asked to exchange numbers at our final session, and agreed &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/10/14/finding-a-group/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Finding a Group</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leute, ich bin wieder da, read my Whatsapp message to a group of climbing friends. Not too long thereafter, I dusted the chalk from hands sporting four open blisters (rookie mistake: continuing to climb when the baby-soft skin first begins to rub away), went through my stretch routine, and packed up to go home. I &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/09/19/guys-im-back/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Guys, I&#8217;m back!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My friend said to her husband, &#8220;The baby is going to wake up soon. I just know it.&#8221; And, as if conjured, he did. I was duly impressed. And then I became a parent and experienced sleep regression (I know, I know, it&#8217;s a progression in a shift from baby to adult sleep cycles and &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/09/09/sleeping-like-a-baby/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Sleeping Like a Baby</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, after years without contact, I wished an old friend a happy birthday via text message. She replied simply to thank me and wish me well. I needed a moment to get over my disappointment. And then I needed a moment to ask myself why I was disappointed in the first place. &#8230; <a href="https://byrebeccamichelle.com/2026/08/21/asked-and-answered/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Asked and Answered</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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