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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Snippets from random phone conversations I had tonight between:

Benjamin
my sister
a man who shall remain untalked about,
and my mother.

Guess who said what:

“I had another dream about you last night. This time we were at a coffee shop and this guy [...]

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of my words.
It’s inconsequential. It really doesn’t matter. But, I’m calling foul anyway.
Last summer Real Simple magazine interviewed me on How to Ask a Man Out. Today I picked up the issue I’ve been waiting to read for months only to find my exact words attributed to someone else!
You know them, I’ve said them here [...]

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It’s Blog Action Day - so take action.

It could be as simple as spreading the word about a worthy cause or making your kids laugh (something we should all try to do every day).
This year’s theme is poverty. An old classmate and trusted friend wrote to me about the Grameen Foundation recently and asked me [...]

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Someone asked me if my blog was my boyfriend yesterday. I said - “Yes!” without hesitation. This blog is my boyfriend. It keeps me happy, makes me laugh and sometimes talks back. And it occupies my evenings. Ha! Is that nuts? I’m not sure… I’ve always been an extremely driven workaholic and writing has always been my passion.

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Or will it be next month?
Feels like it’s only a matter of time.
My little sister called me from the bar she works at in Virginia. Dave Matthews pops up every once in a while, it’s a hot spot.
“No one is here. It’s weird.” She says, her voice echoing amidst the empty tables and chairs. She [...]

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To Morgan (Modern Single Momma) who may soon be moving to Kentucky with her Phenomenal Man in Moseley…
she’ll be just three hours away from me! (And yes, I think she’s completely crazy - but what the hell? Sometimes love takes us over. And I have a good feeling about this one.)
This is her song [...]

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Two weeks from today - I’ll be here.

With this guy…

And now it’s starting to set in.
I haven’t let myself think about it. I try not to get excited about things. Instead, I stay cool, calm … and then just a few days before it happens - I freak out.

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Last Thursday night Benjamin woke up screaming in pain.
I ran upstairs. His body was lurching forward and backward, legs kicking. Finally I calmed him down and said, “Is it your tooth, baby? Does your tooth hurt?”
“Yes, Mommy.”
“Okay. Listen. Tomorrow morning, first thing, we’ll go to the Sticker Doctor (the dentist) and he’ll take the tooth [...]

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Just a warning to any of my current or potential suitors.
I love you all, I do - but I’m not sure if you’ll get me in the end… because I am not sure about what I’m feeling, I can’t be. I have a son. I have to be very, very careful with my heart. I [...]

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Single moms are hot, hot, hot.
Yep. We are trendy. It’s official.
This fact was pointed out to me in my first piece of hate mail from a YouTube viewer, one of nearly 500 who have already watched Morgan and I’s “Dating & Single Moms” video. With so many views, and there will be more, the crazies [...]

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