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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Wide-leg pants don't seem to fit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve rotated our cold-weather clothes with our warm-weather clothes
so many years, I could do it in my sleep. From the looks of some of our
clothes, I may have been doing it in my sleep.

Neither the husband nor I are clothes horses. We’re ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4083073</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daniel Grace brings Judas and Pilate back to New York]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone has staged them with nails, blood and a cold sense of
purpose. The police see a grotesque crime scene. A defense attorney sees
a case that will swallow his career. A social worker sees a summons that
feels older than the city itself.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4081852</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Anxiety memorist dives deeper into emotions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his book "Hard Feelings: Finding the Wisdom in Our Darkest
Emotions," Daniel Smith’s contemplative reflection is both
rewarding and cathartic, as he explores the emotions he has contended
with over his lifetime and the scholarly research that...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4081851</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: 11 reasons to not clean my desk drawer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[My desk drawer is a mess. It’s always a mess. Even after I tidy it
up, it reverts to a mess as soon as I close the drawer.

I think it’s because I do things quickly. I move fast and mess
things up fast. But even if I slowed down, it would ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4076286</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dark slow-burn romance explores trauma, trust and the complicated ties that bind]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some romances race toward the first kiss. "Only the Small
Bones" by C.P. Harris takes the longer road — the one lined with
rules that exist for a reason. Do not touch. Do not push. Do not demand
words that will not come. Harris opens her tale ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4075359</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Offering clear-eyed hope on infertility’s hardest days]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a particular silence that follows a fertility appointment.
It sits in the car between two people who don’t know what to say. It
hums in the background of baby showers and holiday dinners. It lingers
in the two-week wait, in the clinic ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4075358</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Dirty car drives her crazy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love a clean car — no trash on the floor, no empty plastic water
bottles rolling around, no fossilized fries smashed into floor mats. A
clean car makes me happy.

Sometimes, if the car is clean on the inside and the outside, I’m
so happy I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4069074</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['So Old, So Young': A nostalgic masterpiece]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In his newest novel, Grant Ginder gives the perfect read for
20-somethings, 30-somethings and beyond, and proves to us that
friendships may come and go, but the memories never will.

"So Old, So Young" follows a group of six friends over 20
years,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4068496</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A practical guide to staying alert in an unpredictable world]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Look Twice: Your Guide to Staying Safe in an Unsafe World,
Volume I" lands in a steady, practical place. Tim Beard writes like
someone who has spent years thinking about risk and then came home to
translate that mindset for ordinary life. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4068495</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Hey doc, the pain is worst in my wallet]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A document detailing our health care expenditures just arrived in the
mail.

“Shocking,” I said.

“You mean the cost of health care?” the husband asked.

“No — documentation that we are officially fixer-uppers.”

There it was, right ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4063090</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Pinky Swear,' broken trust]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[""Pinky Swear" is another well-crafted story that will
have readers on edge as we follow a mother desperately seeking her
missing friend and her unborn child."

A baby’s on the way, but the mother goes missing…

Have you ever broken a promise?...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4062127</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trapped at sea: Survival and hard choices in Will Dean’s 'Adrift']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is full of choices. A simple twist of fate can send someone
towards a winning lottery ticket or into a life filled with fear,
confusion and sadness. Life choices can also be a breeding ground for
resilience and determination. In the new novel...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4062126</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: The question that still lingers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a long-standing affection for courtroom dramas. “Perry
Mason” set the standard years ago. He’s still questioning witnesses,
introducing dramatic pieces of evidence, and consulting with Paul Drake
and Della Street in black and white, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4056386</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/31/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Southern Gothic mystery that knows what secrets cost]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When RJ Burnette returns to Gizzard’s Holler, he tells himself he
is coming home to regroup. New York City is behind him — the finance
career, the ambition, the version of success that looked good on paper
but felt increasingly hollow. With ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4055476</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Through snow and silence, love endures in 'Fireflies in Winter']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Fireflies in Winter" is a vividly realistic historical
fiction by the author of "River Sing Me Home," Eleanor
Shearer. Set in 1796, the story revolves around a young Jamaican woman
named Cora, who is forced to leave her hometown of Trelawny Town ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4055475</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Introducing ink-redible grandmas]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grandma is close at heart. Literally. And permanently.

A picture was in this morning’s paper of a young man proudly
showing a tattoo of his beloved late grandma on his chest, along with a
quote from her.

Sweet. Very, very sweet.

Naturally, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4049553</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[6 thrillers where beautiful people make bad decisions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Money buys silence. Status buys patience … And reputation? Well,
that buys second chances. 

The following novels understand this all too well, and dismantle the
privileged systems without mercy. Set among rehab centers built to
protect the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4048544</link>
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    <pubDate>Mar/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Sometimes the reviews are fishy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this Age of Review and Return, almost 93% of all shoppers read
reviews before making a purchase. Even though we review before we buy,
we often return the purchase after it arrives.

There was a time when returns were a rarity. Oh, there were
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4042928</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When forgiveness fails, vengeance thrives in Caroline Glenn’s 'Cruelty Free']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[That uniquely magical moment when a novel knocks you flat and makes
you ask, “Did that really just happen?” The joy of reading a passage
multiple times to revisit the delightful insanity that liberates the
reader from their reality. 

In "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4042020</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['The Seven Daughters of Dupree' weaves a haunting tapestry of Black womanhood]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nikesha Elise Williams starts the prologue of "The Seven
Daughters of Dupree" with a sentence so horrible readers will hope
it’s a metaphor for something less unthinkable. And then, as though
taking the hand of a reluctant child, Williams pulls ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4042019</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Mar/16/2026</pubDate>
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