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Sportsophobia.

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track) I’d like to go on record as a parent by saying that I hate organized sports. Okay, wait: I don’t really have anything against the actual sports themselves – I…

Green-Eyed Monster: Does motherhood bring out your insecurities?

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track)

When it comes to men, I am not, by nature, a jealous person. Ten years ago, when all of our friends were getting married and my husband was running off to Vegas…

Is Seven the new Seventeen?

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track)

Life was much easier when I had toddlers. Toddlers are simple and predictable. Yes, they have tantrums about nothing, but ooh! – look at that sparkly thing…

Interview with Sheryl Lee Ralph: TV, Film and Stage Actress and AIDS Advocate.

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Television fans may recognize her as Moesha’s much-loved step-mom. Film fans have seen her starring alongside the likes of Robert DeNiro, Denzel Washington, Eddie Murphy and Danny Glover. Broadway aficionados know her as the original---and Tony Award nominated---Deena Jones in Dreamgirls.…

Twenty Year Reunion.

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track) When I ran for senior class president in 1989, I knew that I would have to plan the prom. I knew that I would have to plan our class trip (which, sadly, never…

Dying for Some Company.

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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Track'd)

I’m not one of those fatalistic people who are always thinking about their death. In fact, I rarely think about me dying. It’s an…

In Defense of Home Economics.

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track) When I was ten, I tried to bake a cake for my mom’s birthday. Like a lot of kids growing up in the 80’s, I was a latchkey kid, and I remember being…

Skinny Cow.

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track)

Ever since my daughter was born, I have been vigilant about safeguarding her body image. Words like “calorie,” “fat,” and “diet” were…

Keep Your Hands to Yourselves.

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track)

I know last week I waxed poetic about all of the things

What Do You Love About Summer?

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by Risa Green (Tales from the Mommy Track)

I love summer.

I love having nowhere to be, no carpools to drive, no schedules to stick to.

I love the smell of sunscreen mixed…