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What is it about daughters that make daddies so protective? Our twenty-six year old came home last year, looked her father in the eye and said, “You know that boy I’ve been dating? Collin Hauser? Well, I’m going to marry him—once he asks me, that is.” My husband stiffened. “Collin Hauser? ... READ MORE

by Deeanne Gist for MariaShriver.com  If women work outside the home, it will cause the collapse of civilization—at least, that’s what our culture believed at the turn of the 19th century ... READ MORE

by Deeanne Gist for MariaShriver.com Quit sleeping with him. I know. Not what you wanted to hear, but if you single women really want to separate the men from the boys, this will do it ... READ MORE

by Deeanne Gist for MariaShriver.com  Ask any dyslexic what they want to be when they grow up, and I guarantee they won’t say, “A novelist.” Yet, that’s exactly what I did ... READ MORE

by Deeanne Gist for MariaShriver.com  I’ve often heard people say: “If you do something you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” Um … not! ... READ MORE