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Stop Making Moms Look Bad: My Open Letter to Janine Kovac

For someone whos a so-called mommy blogger, I dont read a lot of mommy blogs. I probably should. Its probably something other mommy bloggers do, in order to keep current, to stay on top of whats going on in the blogosphere. But a) I dont really have time, and b) I find that, for me, it feels more authentic to just write about my own life, rather than trying to manufacture something based on whatever happens to be trending at the moment.

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Why Men Cheat

Of course, we all know that while men and women are both capable of cheating, it’s often the guys who have the biggest problem keeping their belts firmly buckled. And we all know that no matter who it’s with, why it’s done, or where the after-hours canoodling takes place, cheating is – most of the time – the ultimate relationship death sentence. But instead of dwelling on what happens after the cheating takes place, one of the ways to perhaps prevent infidelity is by knowing a little bit about why men stray.

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A Mom’s Version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

Baseball is Americas favorite pastime. Some of my earliest memories are of being at the ball field where my dad coached Little League. For years I played softball and was pretty good, even hitting a homerun with a cast on my broken foot. After I graduated from college I moved to Boston, where if the Red Sox were playing in town, you could find me at Fenway Park. If the Yankees were mentioned, it caused a small riot in the box seats. I love the smell of the grass. The sound of the peanut vendor.