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So, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking after I was asked a specific question the other night when having dinner with some girlfriends. While biting into my salad, my …
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Two weeks have passed since the militant group Boko Haram abducted 234 school girls from their boarding school in northern Nigeria.

The teenage girls, who range in age from 16 …
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I T S I N V I T A T I O N S E A S O N ! Now that the self-promises of the New Year have finally …
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I’m penning this from my hotel room in Pensacola, FL – where the floods have hit. 36 people have been reported dead and two of them have drowned in their …
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Call me Super Nanny. No, seriously.

I’ve been taking care of kids forever. I know them like the back of my hand and never have had a problem with …
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THINGS MAY BE AWKWARD AT FIRST, BUT THIS IS OKAY | While the new bride is trying to adjust to her new role as wife, she may come off as …
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Recently, I searched for a file on my computer, and for some reason an ancient AOL instant messenger conversation popped up, that I had saved almost nine years ago. I didn’t …
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all of the artwork in this post are done by the artist, who also happens to be, the author, Haley Rankins

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There are a few things that you …
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Thank you so much for your support and feedback! To the team + the contributors + the pitchers + commenters + readers – this wouldn’t have been possible without you!

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Last night, I came home drunk and emotional from being out with my friends. I tend to exhaust my energy by dancing to the “ones and twos” at a nightclub …
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