<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:57:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@turtlegurl/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Just a little reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[The past few days have been rough. We made a decision to become a one income household, but my husband says he is going to do all he can to make sure I can be home with my children and not go back into]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christian/@turtlegurl/just-a-little-reflection-2017103t145138283z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christian/@turtlegurl/just-a-little-reflection-2017103t145138283z</guid><category><![CDATA[christian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[turtlegurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:51:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3y5ndwPEbWudyHP7gtE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am now on ETSY]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am selling hand crafted items on ETSY and wanted to share the link with you all. 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Since everyone pretty much gets offended by everything I decided to just let it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@turtlegurl/is-history-going-to-repeat-itself-2017925t23439346z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@turtlegurl/is-history-going-to-repeat-itself-2017925t23439346z</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[turtlegurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:34:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5RNTKR1UBicTzzNW9t2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a mom and I am up at 2am in the morning]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are some things that they don't tell you about being a parent. 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