<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post7972118104982328744..comments</id><updated>2011-08-10T13:43:25.864-05:00</updated><category term='i think everyone needs a therapist'/><category term='ponderings'/><category term='multitasking'/><category term='publications'/><category term='dinner'/><category term='Wilson'/><category term='sisters'/><category term='grace'/><category term='garden'/><category term='boys'/><category term='art'/><category term='baby loss'/><category term='ramblings'/><category term='soundtrack'/><category term='clarity'/><category term='Snippets'/><category term='John'/><category term='anxiety'/><category term='Axel'/><category term='#best09'/><category term='regrets'/><category term='challenges'/><category term='summer'/><category term='minivan'/><category term='bad days'/><category term='blogworld'/><category term='repost'/><category term='spring'/><category term='boy-mama'/><category term='family'/><category term='breast cancer'/><category term='sharing the love'/><category term='video'/><category term='About Me'/><category term='daughter'/><category term='maybe five people will get this'/><category term='work'/><category term='neighbors'/><category term='Sunday Creative'/><category term='army of women'/><category term='birth story'/><category term='three kids'/><category term='humor'/><category term='reading'/><category term='bigger picture'/><category term='#WritePink'/><category term='from the mouths...'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='it&apos;s my birthday'/><category term='camping'/><category term='poop'/><category term='working mothers'/><category term='grief'/><category term='lake michigan'/><category term='gratitude'/><category term='school'/><category term='eros'/><category term='faith'/><category term='depression'/><category term='links'/><category term='attachment parenting'/><category term='health care'/><category term='rest'/><category term='girlfriends'/><category term='You Capture'/><category term='dishes'/><category term='Eli'/><category term='O'/><category term='this is hard'/><category term='homebirth'/><category term='fun'/><category term='from my notebook'/><category term='funk'/><category term='randomness'/><category term='new motherhood'/><category term='busy busy'/><category term='flying solo'/><category term='babies'/><category term='sons'/><category term='stinker'/><category term='bad guys'/><category term='Michigan'/><category term='guilt'/><category term='mamatime'/><category term='paddling'/><category term='marriage'/><category term='winter'/><category term='phish'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='a mother'/><category term='hope'/><category term='a story'/><category term='sex'/><category term='rhythm'/><category term='just for fun'/><category term='memories'/><category term='toyota swagger wagon'/><category term='it takes a village'/><category term='brothers'/><category term='cool moms'/><category term='Listen to Your Mother'/><category term='I&apos;m tired'/><category term='happiness'/><category term='Greetings From Motherland'/><category term='Home'/><category term='Owen'/><category term='friends'/><category term='9/11'/><category term='shout outs'/><category term='therapist'/><category term='housework'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='photography'/><category term='unwrapping tuesdays'/><category term='politics'/><category term='shop talk'/><category term='music'/><category term='as seen on'/><category term='force'/><category term='Wordless Wednesday'/><category term='wife'/><category term='sponsor highlight'/><category term='kitchen'/><category term='fashion'/><category term='stay-at-home mom'/><category term='people are crazy'/><category term='where I possibly alienate half my readership'/><category term='heads up'/><category term='The Wilderness Downtown'/><category term='keepin&apos; it real'/><category term='Arcade Fire'/><category term='friendship'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='running'/><category term='breastfeeding'/><category term='giveaway'/><category term='old skool boy crazy'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='dog hair'/><category term='{w}rite of passage'/><category term='babywearing'/><category term='potty training'/><category term='chaos'/><category term='have I mentioned I like freewriting?'/><category term='growing boys'/><category term='fear'/><category term='writing'/><category term='fiction'/><category term='self-image'/><category term='teach your children well'/><title type='text'>Comments on Clarity in the Chaos: because I'm not writing...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/feeds/7972118104982328744/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html'/><author><name>Elizabeth @claritychaos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05378413620649405525</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qA17E6mgoT8/TpXHJNrv1OI/AAAAAAAAChQ/Uc97xKy65AU/s220/square%2Bprofile.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7908752665654258742</id><published>2011-08-10T13:43:25.864-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T13:43:25.864-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I really get this too.  I forget too easily how mu...</title><content type='html'>I really get this too.  I forget too easily how much sense-making I get out of writing.  I treasure the way that constellations emerge and dots start to connect (those those images) and wonder why I don&amp;#39;t carve out the time to treat myself to writing more often.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/7908752665654258742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/7908752665654258742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html?showComment=1313001805864#c7908752665654258742' title=''/><author><name>Kristen @ Motherese</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17776412173265925503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pi8QwaN5VLc/Szz43e88WBI/AAAAAAAAF2M/7tlS0zP1_EI/S220/IMG_0001.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7972118104982328744' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/posts/default/7972118104982328744' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1349986016'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-5749570130187351721</id><published>2011-07-31T10:40:56.637-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T10:40:56.637-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i sit down to write and then all of a sudden reali...</title><content type='html'>i sit down to write and then all of a sudden realize i&amp;#39;ve spent a half hour working on my amazon wish list. *sigh*</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/5749570130187351721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/5749570130187351721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html?showComment=1312126856637#c5749570130187351721' title=''/><author><name>krista</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07862447137460152226</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iSaf9NGqA84/TQ_7cov1jtI/AAAAAAAACPU/A8BiA8iJld8/S220/49863_628612071_4106715_n.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7972118104982328744' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/posts/default/7972118104982328744' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-281638761'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-548868152340307277</id><published>2011-07-30T13:46:04.022-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T13:46:04.022-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve written less this summer than in the past...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;ve written less this summer than in the past 2.5 years. You are going to laugh, but I never realized before that writing was a compulsion for me (as well as everything wonderful).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It feels scary to back off from it right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have fun with Steph and give her a huge hug for me!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/548868152340307277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/548868152340307277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html?showComment=1312051564022#c548868152340307277' title=''/><author><name>Ann Imig</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01383249597505013239</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09593351739533708317'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KeDEy4XbYJ4/TYqtea0ktcI/AAAAAAAAA0A/LBYt1qZx38c/s220/ANNSFACE.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7972118104982328744' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/posts/default/7972118104982328744' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-307862387'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-2810081377645578558</id><published>2011-07-30T11:13:48.541-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T11:13:48.541-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve felt the same lately :) Thanks for sharin...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;ve felt the same lately :) Thanks for sharing your heart!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/2810081377645578558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/2810081377645578558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html?showComment=1312042428541#c2810081377645578558' title=''/><author><name>Charissa Steyn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13121020662287989473</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14874931445550241628'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RB5qsWmk5HU/S3kchVS-mrI/AAAAAAAAFRg/76L4CDj7cKI/S220/blog+1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7972118104982328744' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/posts/default/7972118104982328744' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2135313963'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-5472190360196000557</id><published>2011-07-30T08:25:46.832-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T08:25:46.832-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wish I could say I have no idea what you&amp;#39;re ...</title><content type='html'>I wish I could say I have no idea what you&amp;#39;re talking about, but I know this state of mind far too well. I&amp;#39;m kindof in the same spot with the not-writing. For what it&amp;#39;s worth, you did a beautiful job describing the angst and restlessness of not-writing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/5472190360196000557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/5472190360196000557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html?showComment=1312032346832#c5472190360196000557' title=''/><author><name>Jo@Mylestones</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05488509129367354455</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07414314757820588121'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='17' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__j3rXO2RHSg/SWbRxHXTRmI/AAAAAAAAApg/X93RpEXOozk/S220/724856-R1-14-11.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7972118104982328744' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/posts/default/7972118104982328744' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1027284419'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-4274150796951385900</id><published>2011-07-29T22:46:19.273-05:00</published><updated>2011-07-29T22:46:19.273-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It&amp;#39;s hard for a busy mom to keep up on her wri...</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#39;s hard for a busy mom to keep up on her writing...you&amp;#39;re not alone. I love the part about &amp;quot;surrendering.&amp;quot; We all need to surrender.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/4274150796951385900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/7972118104982328744/comments/default/4274150796951385900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html?showComment=1311997579273#c4274150796951385900' title=''/><author><name>Lucy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09826808750354256820</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13115409289373815667'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g88VV1GjzJc/TV2Rgy605mI/AAAAAAAABAk/dwgqQVxbPXs/s220/profile%2Bpic.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.clarity-chaos.com/2011/07/because-im-not-writing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076163080460556824.post-7972118104982328744' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5076163080460556824/posts/default/7972118104982328744' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1577077361'/></entry></feed>
