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Like most women, I assumed the day I graduated high school, middle fingers held aloft, I was also leaving behind the swollen and painful memories of my adolescent…
Never in a million years did I ever think I would find myself falling apart in the pasta aisle of my local grocery store after seeing a can…
Morning Mojo I don’t know about you but I love me some morning sex. Nothing like getting my day started with a great orgasm. I feel sexy, confident,…
It’s late tonight. The lights are out. The time has come check out every route. Stealthily checking every door. Windows and balconies, once ignored. Drumming my fingers, nodding…
We talk a lot about spoiling our children. We don’t want to provide them with too much and make them feel greedy or entitled, but we also don’t…
In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’m sharing with you 10 ways to improve your mammogram experience. You ARE getting one, right? Good, that’s what…
When my first child was born, all I wanted was for my mom to take care of me; she was there, no questions asked. I was her baby,…
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I was a single mother to my 33-year-old daughter for half her life, yet she still shows no interest in knowing me. And while she doesn’t know who…
I grew up with three sisters and three brothers, so on a typical day, I might find myself dangled over the second-floor banister or tied to a tree…
“Money often costs too much.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Do you want to be rich? We all want our children to be happy, to have all of their dreams…
Oh, the Parent Teacher Association. We hear those words and immediately envision town hall-style meetings with home-made refreshments and a warm, comfortable bonhomie. We see in our mind’s…
I can’t believe I have to say these words, on the occasion of the unexpected loss of one of my best friends. This bereavement was one that caught me quite…