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I’ll Screw Up My Kids No Matter How Hard I Try…

I can’t tell you how many times I repeated that phrase to my four-year old while visiting my Mom this past weekend. Swimming nonstop for 6 hours straight combined with the fact that I overcooked her mac and cheese and forgot to pack her favorite Hello Kitty underwear really sent her over the edge. And I didn’t miss the small smile forming on my mother’s lips as she watched Miss R demand the crust be taken off her bread or when she told me that my singing “hurt her ears”. (In her defense, I am a TERRIBLE singer. But still.)

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Dating Lessons I Learned the Hard Way

I became a single mom at 22. I quickly learned that the dating world I had just entered was light years away my teenage years, when I had last been single. I decided I needed some sort of guidelines to follow; a sort of roadmap, which of course didnt exist in the Geography section (or self-help section) of Barnes & Noble. So I charted my own course, starting with two general rules:

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Lessons in Dating: Don’t Date A Male Stripper!

I became a single mom at 22. I quickly learned that the dating world I had just entered was light years away my teenage years, when I had last been single. I decided I needed some sort of guidelines to follow; a sort of roadmap, which of course didnt exist in the Geography section (or self-help section) of Barnes & Noble. So I charted my own course, starting with two general rules: No relationships for 6 months, and Dates only on the nights I didnt have my son

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Blow Your Nose, Sit Up Straight, and Say Thank You!

So here I am in Paris having breakfast with my dearest friend Vanina and her husband, along with their adorable two-and-a-half-year-old boy Laurent. Great food, great place, great friends. We dive into conversation. All would be fine and dandy and pretty close to blissful, if it werent for these darned obsessive interruptions from my beloved friend and her husband constantly requesting little Laurent to, Say hello, Give a kiss, Give a hug, Say please, Say thank you, Say bye-bye, Give a bigger kiss.

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Red Carpet Ready: Flaunt That Baby Bump

Its that time of year, award season is upon us and we are all going to tune in to see whose wearing what. Ever wondered how celebrities look so good on the red carpet even when they are pregnant? I’m letting you in on a few secrets to have great arms, a toned tush, and sculpted legs even when you are expecting.