What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Hey, motherhood, we're looking at you.

Still, what doesn't kill you can also make you want to get the hell out of Dodge for a little bit with your girlfriends and indulge in a proper mani-pedi and some froufy umbrella drinks. Are we right?

Enter one of the realest, most down-to-earth celebrity moms we know: Kelly Clarkson. Her response to finding out that her friends have planned a surprise birthday getaway for her is so adorable and relatable, we want to go too, please.

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No, really. We'll carry our own bags and the first round of umbrella drinks is on us.

Check out Clarkson's super-sweet reaction as she solves the puzzle her friends have devised with a message about the trip. And also check out her adorable mom hair. Kelly is the mom friend who would never judge your extra glass of wine or the fact that you've fed your kids Kraft mac and cheese for three nights in a row. In other words, she's the mom friend we all need — and it's clear her friends sure know it and appreciate her to the moon and back.

Despite trying to lead a fairly healthy lifestyle, I have a dirty habit. I am a lover of Diet Coke and I drink it on the regular. I know it isn't the best thing for me. Some articles I have read about it actually call it poison. If I am being honest, I am probably addicted. I have a large soda every afternoon and sometimes during dinner. I even find myself drinking it when I don't especially want it, while other times my cravings seem out of control.

I know it might be the caffeine I am craving. I sometimes wonder if it is all the other stuff that is thrown in there like fake sweeteners and artificial colors. Can I become addicted to those?

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I do know it affects my mood if I have too much. I get tired, groggy even, and I notice I become more irritable and grouchy. My morning headache goes away for a time after I indulge in a cold one, but it always returns later — sometimes worse than before.

If I consume a soda with dinner, something I try not to do too often, I have trouble sleeping, which makes the next day get off to the wrong start. I feel swollen and unmotivated. Despite all of this, I can't seem to get myself out of the Diet Coke sucking habit.

Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide that is used to sweeten many foods and beverages. It is made by combining amino acids, aspartic acids and phenylalanine.

It is 200 times sweeter than sugar, therefore saving you many calories, but it seems there is a trade-off.

SheKnows asked Dr. Jennie Ann Freiman, a physician, wellness blogger and founder/product developer of Oobroo Inc, a wellness company, a few questions about the sweetener and whether it can be the reason so many are addicted to diet sodas.

SheKnows: How harmful is aspartame to consume?

Dr. Jennie Ann Freiman: In a word, very..

The FDA rejected approval of aspartame four times based on insufficient safety data and concerns about potential health hazards until eventually, some sort of influence (likely nefarious) prevailed, and it passed in 1981.

While it currently enjoys FDA approval, aspartame is on the EPA list of developmental neurotoxins, chemicals that damage prenatal and infant brains, reflecting serious public health concerns about it. Evidence links aspartame to obesity, metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative disease and cancer (brain cancer, leukemia, lymphoma). Studies supporting the use of aspartame have generally been funded by industry insiders, which might remind you of the tobacco industry insisting for years that cigarette smoking didn't cause lung cancer. The many years between industry reassurances and when the truth comes out generally makes the companies producing these products lots and lots of money and the people using the product very unhealthy. Right now, the evidence against aspartame continues to grow and consumers are voting with their pocketbooks.

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SK: What is the recommended daily amount?

JAF: Depends on who you ask. According to the FDA, which set the acceptable daily intake of aspartame at 50 milligrams per kilogram, a 120-pound person can consume 2,700 milligrams a day. In Europe, the acceptable intake is 40 milligrams per kilogram daily. According to me: zero. This is a manmade poison with no nutritional value that doesn't belong in the diet of anyone who cares about their health and wellness. The recommended daily amount is arbitrary since Europe uses a lower one than the U.S. Please note: Labels of everything should always be read because aspartame lurks in non-food items as well, so anyone looking to avoid it needs to read the description of everything they ingest. Aspartame can be found in prescription and over-the-counter drugs, supplements, vitamins, toothpaste, mouthwash and chewing gum.

SK: Is it addictive?

JAF: Aspartame can create physical and psychological dependence, but I don't believe it rises to the level of an addiction in the sense of an opioid drug.

SK: Has it been proven to cause health problems if we have too much?

JAF: This question hits on the technicality that allows industry and regulators to deny links between products and diseases. Strictly speaking, to prove causality, you would have to design a study that has a control group not taking aspartame and compare them over time to a group taking it and measure for endpoints such as brain cancer. This would take a very long period of time, be very expensive and is really unethical considering you are asking people to take something that might prove they get cancer... who would pay for that and who would sign up to participate?

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It's not like a study that might prove a specific intervention is actually good for you. Since we can't scientifically "prove" the health problems, we get those double-negative statements from the FDA and other regulators: It's not proven to not be safe, it's not proven to unsafe... which of course does not mean that it is safe, just that we can't prove it isn't. In my view, any amount of aspartame is too much and enough to cause potential health problems. The dose is the poison at any dose.

Former Bachelor star Chris Soules has been arrested following his involvement in a fatal car crash, sources say.

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According to TMZ, Soules was arraigned Tuesday morning on a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident. The accident reportedly happened around 8:20 p.m. on Monday night in Iowa, about 15 miles south of Soules' Arlington farm. Court documents say he was driving a Chevy pickup and rear-ended a John Deere tractor, causing it to crash in a ditch. The driver of the tractor was reportedly taken by ambulance to a hospital where he died. Reports say Soules left the scene.

Witnesses who saw the crash happen identified Soules and called police to report that he was involved according to an incident report obtained by TMZ.

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According to local station KWWL TV, police later found Soules at a residence (they don't specify whether it was his own home or someone else's), but it was hours after the accident because of the time it took to obtain a search warrant. Police records say Soules was "in possession of alcoholic beverage containers" when the crash happened, but we don't know whether he had open containers in his vehicle. Because it took police so long to take Soules into custody, reports say it's going to be hard to prove whether he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

Soules was previously convicted of driving while intoxicated in 2006.

The Buchanan County attorney told KWWL TV that Soules has not been cooperating with law enforcement. He posted his $10,000 bail and has reportedly been released from custody with a preliminary hearing set for May 2.

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Do we dare delve into the mind of a teenage boy? Let's take a deep breath and find out — with the help of a few experts — what your teenage son really wants you to know.

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"Don't leave me alone even though I act like you don't matter"

You have to be persistent with teenage boys. If you want to spend time with them, it will take effort. "Go with their interests; follow their lead," suggested child and family behavioral specialist Jennifer Freed, Ph.D. "If they love an activity you don’t love, do it with them anyhow so you have common experiences and a place to connect. Don’t force or push. Get good at asking open-ended questions and being open to any answer. Go with 'Yes, and…' instead of disagreeing or arguing."

"Fight for time with me and don't let me slip into machines"

When a teenage boy is acting contemptuously, it's very tempting to just shut the door on him and his screen of choice. But it's important to get him off those devices now and then. "Get into nature," said Freed, who is also co-founder of AHA! (Attitude. Harmony. Achievement), a youth-focused nonprofit that works to end bullying, improve self-esteem and empower teens through emotional learning and creative expression. "Boys open up best side by side, not with a direct frontal confrontation. Share your stories and ask them their input on things. Let them know that you are really uninformed about teen boys these days and ask what they think is different than when you were growing up and what things are the same." Jackson, 15, agrees that this is a key point. "I'm much more receptive to my parents when they seem interested in learning," he said. "If I think they're preaching, I just switch off."

"I have feelings, but social life demands that I act like an action hero"

A teenage boy's rapid brain development includes a fierce desire to be socially accepted by peers, which often leads to "acting up" — rude, moody, disrespectful behavior. "It is perfectly OK for us all to have our feelings and express them in healthy ways, and it is super-important to support every positive way a teen boy does this," said Freed. But rude, disrespectful words shouldn't be tolerated. "Rudeness is a social disease that needs to be treated very strongly in the teen years so it does not spread to others and into adulthood," warned Freed. Having said that, it's crucial not to confuse the behavior with the boy. The behavior is not OK; the boy is. "It’s the teenage boy's job to push away from his parents, and this behavior is one way he does so. Show respect when you want it and respond respectfully with firm boundaries when he acts out," said Freed.

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"My body confuses me and sex is so on my mind that I feel like a weird person sometimes"

If there's one thing that's never far from a teenage boy's mind, it's sex. His adolescent brain is pouring out sex hormones; according to The Harvard Health Blog, the production of testosterone increases 10 times in adolescent boys. They want to talk about sex and to be reassured that their feelings are normal — they're just too embarrassed to ask you. A 2011 national online study conducted by the University of Montreal revealed that 45 percent of teens view their parents as their sexual role model, while only 32 percent looked to their friends and 15 percent to celebrities. "Your teenage son is bound to be uncomfortable when you talk to him about sex, but he'll also be relieved," said Freed. Christian, 16, agrees that it helps if parents normalize sexual urges. "It's always awkward when my mom talks to me about sex," he said. "But we both feel more relaxed after it and I think it helps our relationship."

"Duh, of course I look at porn"

Teenage boys like to look at naked bodies. Possibly several times a day. This is perfectly normal. "As a parent, your intent needs to be to instill a healthy view of sex and belief that sexual desire and exploration of sexual thoughts and feelings are healthy," explained psychotherapist Dr. Karen Ruskin. The best thing you can do is accept that your teenage son is going to look at porn. Assure him that is normal to want to look at these sites and perhaps experience sexually arousing feelings. "Dialoguing with your son in a nonjudgmental manner helps you to connect with him and make the point that sexual feelings are normal," said Ruskin.

"I need excellent male role models who you pick out for me and force me to spend quality time with"

"It’s such an awkward time, wrestling with all these discrepancies between boy and man, with such individual rates of development. They need this normalized and to hear our stories, both funny and painful. Guide, mentor and in particular provide male role models; it's extra important for them to see men being awesome, even when it’s not about them or in direct relation to them."

According to Freed, what teenage boys need most of all are parents that take time to do things with them that are active and engaged. "A boy needs to push away to become the man he will be," she said. "However, he does not have to do that at the expense of intimacy with his parents. It is an important dance of supporting his autonomy and staying close to his process."

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Ever since I started watching The Great British Baking Show, I've become obsessed with the U.K.'s ritual of teatime. Those elegant savory dishes and tiny, perfectly executed sweet treats send a thrill through my heart, and I'm not alone — the queen is pretty fond of her tea too (and chocolate cake if you hadn't heard.)

If you're like me and into tea, you're definitely going to be excited about the new cookbook with recipes from the queen herself, royal chef Mark Flanagan and royal pastry chef Kathryn Cuthbertson, which will be available starting in May. It's called Royal Teas: Seasonal Recipes from Buckingham Palace and features 40 of the most beloved recipes served at afternoon teas at the palace each year.

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The palace is notorious for its elegant tea service and flower-filled garden parties, and any recipe from the book is sure to make your kitchen feel a little bit more royal. But — and this is the best part — the cookbook doesn't just include recipes from Buckingham Palace staff.

It turns out that the queen herself loves baking and has a famous recipe for drop scones, or "Scottish pancakes," that she once served to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife when they visited Balmoral Castle in 1959. That recipe is included in the book along with other classics like Yorkshire rhubarb crème brûlée tarts, sablé àux confiture (a fancy take on the popular Jammie Dodgers, a shortbread biscuit filled with jam) and the perfect Victoria sponge, which is a pretty big deal across the pond.

There are savory recipes too, like brioche crayfish cocktail buns, miniature game pies and quail scotch eggs, but I think we can all agree that most people will be buying this book for the sweet stuff.

You can get a copy of the book starting on May 8 from the Royal Collection Trust. In the meantime, you can test out the queen's recipe for Scottish pancakes here.

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In case you hadn't heard the good word, there is reportedly a Game of Thrones spinoff in the works. OK, to be fair, there is a bit of contention over whether or not it is likelier that a prequel would happen as opposed to a sequel, but I like to entertain all my options. Hell, even HBO's programming director, Casey Bloys, has admitted that GoT is "such a big property we would be foolish not to explore it."

This alleged GoT sequel or prequel or what have you is still very early in it's production — one might even say it's still out in the ether. So as to be expected, there are a ton of directions the potential show could go in. Also to be expected, I have feelings about said directions.

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To sum it up, Imma need a lot of sex, blood, intrigue, familiar faces and new locations. But with that being said, here's my personal ranking of GoT spinoff options based on how sexy, bloody or interesting they could be.

8. Going traditional with a Dunk & Egg spinoff

This is fine, I guess? The Tales of Dunk & Egg is basically just a story about two bros, Ser Duncan the Tall and Egg, aka future King Aemon V Targaryen 90 years before the events of Game of Thrones. I'm sure it would be fun to have a show about two dudes on the road getting into all kinds of mythical and pseudo-medieval adventures. This Dunk & Egg story is the most fleshed out of Game of Thrones-adjacent stories that could potentially get the greenlight, but at the expense of another more creative story getting the spinoff treatment? I'll pass.

7. A sequel involving a minor character

I like the idea of taking a minor character that we've fallen in love with in Game of Thrones and showing their life after the series ends. Of course, my vote would be for Westeros' Most Likely to Be in a Rom-Com couple, Sam and Gilly. Can you even imagine how delightful that spinoff would be?

You could also focus on sweet hero Hodor and his childhood after Bran interferes with him.

Even better, you could focus on Brienne of Tarth (badass lady knight!), Littlefinger (handsome but creepy political ne'er-do-well!) or maybe even Ellaria Sand, who looks after and raises the super-cool band of sister assassins, the Sand Snakes. Boom.

6. A White Walkers prequel

We've gotten a blood-soaked glimpse into the White Walkers origins in GoT Season 6, but there's so much more to the story than we know. It's hinted that there was an ongoing war and the White Walkers were created out of necessity. This sounds like there's a big potential for blood, guts and glory, aka some of the best things about the world of GoT.

5. A prequel about the reign of Mad King Aerys

One of the most talked-about moments in the history of GoT is the reign of Mad King Aerys, Daenerys' dad and the man Jaime Lannister killed to get his brother-in-law on the throne. This would be a juicy, sexy prequel option that would explain so much about the characters we've grown to love. Plus, more Jaime and Daenerys? Sign me up.

4. A Dothraki spinoff

OK, so maybe I'm just a glutton for all things sexy in the world of GoT, but I really love the idea of a Khal Drogo prequel. Like, how did this handsome, brooding horse lord become the ruler of his people? What is life truly like for the Dothraki? Just give me all the shirtless horse lords, please, and step on it.

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3. Melisandre should get a spinoff

Give me magic, give me sex appeal, give me more crazy resurrection sequences — basically, give me all things Melisandre. The fanatical woman of mystery is so in tune with the otherworldly that her life after being exiled from Winterfell is rife with story possibility. Also, let's not forget she's actually a super-old woman underneath that sexy exterior. I want more!

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2. Lyanna and Rhaegar's love story is prequel-worthy

GoT's version of Romeo & Juliet is the story of the ill-fated love between Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. It's the one prequel idea that could be a big draw for viewers, expanding on a well-known prophecy in the GoT fandom and really giving better insight into the events that led to Jon Snow's birth. giving us all the things we love about GoT: sex, love, bloodshed, courtly intrigue and wars between famous Westerosi families.

1. Just a whole Jon Snow spinoff, please

We have literally zero idea how GoT will treat Jon Snow, but you know what? I want more of him and I want him in his own spinoff. He deserves it; the man died and came back to life for pity's sake. Let him do his thing, HBO!

Who would you watch a spinoff show about? Let us know in the comments below.

I was just 21 when my world fell out from below me for the first time. Without warning, my father died by suicide, leaving his family behind to navigate the confusing and lonely road of suicide grief. Life as I knew it crumbled that day, and I spent the next decade-plus doing everything I could to rebuild that solid foundation that died with my father.

But one unintended side effect of being a survivor of suicide that I never anticipated? Words now have so much more power. Their emotional pull is now something I don’t have the luxury of ignoring, and if there’s one thing I wish I could tell the whole world: Please think before you speak. Or, in my recent experience, post to social media.

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Last week, news broke of the suicides of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez and Cleveland Facebook killer Steve Stephens. And not even hours after it happened, I logged onto Facebook to see people saying how "glad" and "happy" they were to hear the news. Make no mistake, what Hernandez and Stephens did was unspeakably horrific, but to flippantly throw words like “happy” around when talking about suicide is incredibly alarming. Even more than that, it's damaging, as if to say their suicides fix everything and was just the perfect solution.

In reality, suicide never solves anything. To say that you're glad is insensitive to those left behind and only adds to the many societal stigmas surrounding suicide. As someone who lost her father to suicide, I can tell you firsthand that the pain and hurt DOES NOT end with suicide. It's only the beginning of a lifetime of pain. If you're able to talk about suicide so flippantly, consider yourself lucky that it's never touched you.

Suicide is something I've lived with 24 hours a day, seven days a week since 2003. And sadly, I'm not alone when it comes to being hurt and triggered by the thoughtless words of others. Anyone who has grieved the suicide of a loved one knows about the long, sleepless nights spent wondering what you could have done to save the person. They know the pain of feeling like your love wasn’t enough to help. They know the endless hours of asking why this happened and wondering how you didn’t see it coming. They know the anguish that will accompany every single birthday, anniversary and holiday for the rest of their lives.

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They know all these things too well. Trust me; they didn’t get off easy and I’m pretty sure they’re not celebrating anything right now. And neither should anyone else. Because really, no one “won” anything here. People's reactions to these recent deaths raise so many issues surrounding mental health, suicide and public perception in this country. To see someone's death being treated so cruelly and heartlessly is simply unacceptable. It's beyond irresponsible and reckless.

You might want to take a moment and think about how insensitive your words are. How can we look at the grieving families that suicide leaves behind and tell them that they’re better off? How can we tell them that this was for the best? How can we even tell them that they will get over this and somehow find a way to go on? How can we say all that and then face ourselves after? At the very least, what does this say about who we are and what does this say about our character?

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In the end, what you won’t hear in the news is this: There is a lifetime of pain for those who are left behind. No matter how you feel about what Hernandez and Stephens did, suicide is never something to be celebrated. It's not something that should be viewed as a happy occasion. Ever. And it's not something that should be taken lightly. Suicide is not pretty and it's not beautiful. It's ugly. You can't put it in a pretty little box and tie it up with a pretty little bow. Death, like life, just isn't that simple.

How has it been a year since Lemonade dropped? Somehow it has. An entire year. And leave it to Beyoncé to celebrate that milestone for her award-winning visual album by changing the game once again.

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Bey is marking Lemonade's one-year anniversary by just casually starting a scholarship program for women. The Formation Scholars program will be fully up and running in time to give cash money to women for the 2017-2018 academic year according to an announcement on Beyoncé's website. The program is designed "to encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious, and confident," it reads.

At least if she's going to be our new world leader, she'll clearly be a benevolent one.

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Four women will receive Formation Scholars awards, and they will all be incoming, current or graduate female students studying creative arts, music, literature or African-American studies at Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design and Spelman College. The announcement didn't say how much the scholarships will be worth, but when it comes to the insane rising costs of college, every single penny helps.

This isn't even the first time Bey has thrown down cash to support women. In 2013, she helped launch a women's empowerment campaign for Gucci.

"I have always felt strongly about equal opportunity for women. Girls have to be taught from early on that they are strong and capable of being anything they want to be," she told Vogue at the time. "It’s up to us to change the statistics for women around the world. I’m honored to be in the company of women who live fearlessly and set an example for the next generation of young ladies."

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Slay on, Slayoncé.

Yep, Bill O'Reilly has broken his silence. We're sure you're all just dying to hear what he had to say.

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After The New York Times broke the news that O'Reilly and Fox had paid out $13 million in sexual harassment claim settlements to five different women, O'Reilly was dropped from the network, and rightly so. That many complaints isn't a coincidence, and O'Reilly isn't the victim here, sorry not sorry.

And so O'Reilly has transitioned to spewing his bullshit reporting on his own podcast instead of on a major cable network, which still isn't as ideal as complete O'Reilly silence would be, but nothing is perfect in this world.

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"I am sad that I'm not on television anymore," he said during a recent episode of the podcast. "I was very surprised how it all turned out. I can't say a lot because there's much stuff going on right now."

He also told his listeners that they're definitely going to find out more because there was a definite injustice committed against this poor old white guy who can't seem to figure out how to treat women with decency and respect.

"I can tell you that I'm very confident the truth will come out, and when it does, I don't know if you're going to be surprised, but I think you're going to be shaken, as I am. There's a lot of stuff involved here," he said. "I can't say anymore because I just don't want to influence the flow of the information. I don't want the media to take what I say and misconstrue it. However, you, as a loyal O'Reilly listener, have a right to know, I think, down the line what exactly happened. And we are working in that direction, OK?"

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Anyone besides me think he just sounds like a kid throwing a tantrum? *Eye roll*

As told to Hannah Hickok by Kelley M.

It’s hard to say exactly when my dad's political views changed, but it wasn't long after his TV switched to HD, and he lost all channels except — what else? — Fox News. Suddenly, his Facebook posts started growing more conservative in spite of the fact that he'd previously voted for Obama in 2008, had lesbians as friends and played dominoes with his black friends during work breaks.

At 72, my father lives on a remote mountain in Colorado, hundreds of miles from me and my family in the Chicago suburbs. He's smart, but never attended college. He was a blue-collar worker who always struggled to make ends meet. When Obama extended unemployment at the start of his term in 2009, it helped my father a lot — but it wasn't enough to keep his views from curdling, turning from open-minded liberalism into hateful conservatism.

Slowly, my father became one of those stereotypically narrow-minded, lower-class white Americans who drank the Kool-Aid of the GOP machine and ended up voting against his best interests as a senior citizen on Medicaid and Medicare. On social media, he called the Obamas apes and Hillary Clinton a crook (original, I know), spewing awful things about women, gay people, racial minorities and illegal immigrants. I tried to call him out on it all until my sister reminded me of the old adage about how arguing with a fool only proves there are two. So I ended up unfollowing my own father.

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Our phone calls dwindled to Christmas and birthdays, but I hadn't given up on my father entirely yet. I tried countering his venomous accusations about our country going downhill by saying that equality is never a bad thing — it allows for my friends to marry legally and so much more. He didn't care. I asked him not to talk that way around me or my young teen kids, and to his credit, he did seem to try, but it just wasn't enough.

When my sister reached out to tell our father that her oldest daughter got engaged in Mexico, he — who has never left the U.S. — told her it was disgusting that she went to Mexico, how much he hates Mexicans and all illegals and even said she'd better stay at that resort or else she'll be killed. My sister, nearly speechless, said, "Well, anyway, congratulations to your granddaughter." He just grumbled.

In 2012, my dad voted for Mitt Romney, and I stopped speaking to him altogether. I sought the help of a therapist as a sounding board, thinking, who cuts off their elderly father? She agreed that I needed to end our relationship for my own sanity. I had to make a break from his decision to live in his bubble of hate, absorbing all the vitriol without researching any of it for himself (and instead accusing us of believing in fake news).

What kills me the most is that my father is dying. He smokes like a chimney, is detached from life and isn't long for this earth — yet still chooses to surround himself with hate, negativity and anger. I feel he's missing a profound part of life: the beauty, love, relationships, wonder and awe of it all.

I've raised my kids to appreciate all people, races, religions and sexual preferences. I know it's hard for them not to see their grandpa, but when I tell them even a watered-down version of something he said, they understand why we no longer communicate.

I often still feel guilty for cutting off my father and I'm sure I always will to some extent. But then I take one peek at his Facebook posts and I know again I've made the right choice.

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If you're like most sexually active adults, you've had a condom misadventure or five. Whether it's having the condom break, trouble getting it on or whatever, condoms aren't always the easiest to deal with. Still, we trust condoms to protect us from sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy. More important, we trust that any partner with whom we've consented to intercourse will never take the condom off before the deed is done — but terrifyingly, more people than we may realize are taking condoms off during sex without consent, aka stealthing.

An in-depth 28-page paper exploring this new sexual assault "trend" was recently published in the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law and is generating a ton of conversation already. Sure, stealthing is probably something that's been going on for decades, but attaching this kind of buzzword to it (in such a widespread way) feels new in addition to the compelling evidence that it's becoming a bigger problem — or at least a more talked-about one.

Written by Alexandra Brodsky, a fellow at the National Women's Law Center at Yale Law School, the paper's argument, more than focusing on medical statistics or scientific research, is that stealthing should be treated differently in the eyes of the law. Victims of stealthing, she says, have experienced a crime that, while not rape itself, is rape-adjacent and should be able to prosecute their assailants based on this action alone.

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To make her case, Brodsky taps accounts from real women victims as well as perpetrators. Women who've been stealthed not only felt fear of STIs and pregnancy, but "a less concrete but deeply felt feeling of violation." The people she interviewed indicated that stealthing is fairly common among young sexually active people (something I can attest to, having heard more than one account from a friend) and that it's a "disempowering, demeaning violation of a sexual agreement."

While this may seem obvious to many women, apparently, to plenty of people with penises it's not. Some think of sex as their right — and sex without condoms as an extension of it. Brodsky cites online forums in which stealth assailants "justify their actions as a natural male instinct — and natural male right." So basically, this isn't about recklessness, carelessness or even pleasure, but deep-rooted misogyny and male sexual supremacy. As if we needed more evidence that we live in a world that hates women, right?

At the end of the paper, Brodsky concludes: "While overlooked by the law, nonconsensual condom removal is a harmful and often gender-motivated form of sexual violence. Remedy may be found under current law, but a new cause of action may promote the possibility of plaintiffs' success while reducing negative unintended effects. At its best, such a law would clearly respond to and affirm the harm victims report by making it clear that 'stealthing' doesn't just 'feel violent' — it is."

Props to Brodsky — who has spoken up about her own sexual assault experience — for taking on this issue and making it feel immediate and relevant right now, even if it's something that's been happening quietly for a while. If we can get new laws to address this disturbing epidemic, it'll be one more way women can protect themselves from sexual assault.

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People the world over are in love with Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

Americans, in particular, seem entranced by the young PM's dashing good looks, especially when compared with their own, er, less-attractive leader.

And it turns out that even literal royalty isn't immune to his charms. A charming interaction between Princess Kate and Prime Minister Trudeau led to him being nicknamed "PM Steal Yo Girl", and was quickly followed by pictures of similarly adoring gazes from Emma Watson, Ivanka Trump and even The Donald himself (can you blame him?).

Even the Queen seems to become a little hot under the collar in his presence.

Yet, as a Canadian, I have to honestly say that my favorable feelings toward Trudeau aren't due to his luscious hair or ready grin, and although I would never go so far as to objectify a male politician based on his physical assets (ahem), others certainly have.

No, my support comes for his outspoke stance on women's rights, his gender-balanced cabinet, and his commitment to welcoming refugees fleeing war-torn countries into the safety and freedom of our own. I didn't vote for him or his party, but I appreciate and respect what he has done for our country.

That said, I am absolutely in love with his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. She's intelligent, articulate, and passionate about supporting charities she believes in, most notably those which help those struggling with eating disorders, at-risk pregnant women, and the Canadian Mental Health Association. Basically, she's our Michelle Obama. Yeah, I went there.

As parents of three young children, Justin and Sophie have made their brand one of family and accessibility and their social media profiles - if you ignore the photos of them meeting foreign dignitaries, I mean - look more like those belonging to your neighbor or your best friend, than the leader of one of the word's most powerful countries.

For example, in a move almost unprecedented in the political arena, Justin Trudeau tweeted a photo of Sophie breastfeeding their youngest son, Hadrien, in support of World Breastfeeding Week last August.

(Do you see what I mean about loving her? Heart eyes over here, guys, Serious heart eyes.)

Anyway, as it turns out, I'm not the only one with an intense crush on Gregoire Trudeau.

In a short, sweet (and bilingual) message posted to his Instagram account yesterday, Trudeau wished his wife of twelve years happy birthday. The picture he posted shows the two of them fresh-faced and smiling into the wind against a backdrop of lakes and trees. Gregoire Trudeau clutches a half-eaten apple in one hand and sunglasses in the other as she kisses the PM's cheek and he smiles at the camera.

It's a candid shot and a typically informal one for a couple known for their accessibility. In fact, I'm not even sure I was aware the PM had an Instagram account, come to think of it, but I'm not surprised that he does.

The message is the kind of sweet, relatable sentiment the pair have become known for.

So just remember, while half of the free world crushes on "PM Steal Yo Girl", just note that he's married. Happily. To a total boss.

Bonne fete, Sophie!

The Voice is more than a show — it's a community. Sadly, this unique community of singers and fans has seen far too much tragedy in the last few years. Tonight, the show paid tribute to a life cut short far too soon, and there were no dry eyes to be found.

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Last year, Christina Grimmie was senselessly killed shortly prior to the Orlando nightclub shooting. Her death shocked The Voice's top stars, but because the show was not in season at the time, she didn't get the full tribute she deserved. The coaches eventually gave a shout-out to Grimmie during the Season 11 premiere. Tonight, they followed it up with an even more meaningful tribute.

As you may recall, Adam Levine was Grimmie's coach when she appeared on The Voice during Season 6. He was deeply impacted by her death. At the time, he admitted to wondering "how these things can conceivably continue to happen in our world."

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In honor of Grimmie, this season's Team Adam performed a touching rendition of "Hey Jude." Based on viewers' responses on Twitter, the performance was a hit.

Hardcore fans of The Voice may remember that, on a happier occasion two years ago, Levine jokingly claimed to have written "Hey Jude." This time, however, he was somber and committed to honoring Grimmie's memory as best he could.

Any time Christina Grimmie is recognized, it's a good thing, of course, but there was a reason for this evening's special occasion: the announcement of the Christina Grimmie Foundation, a charitable organization that aims to help victims of breast cancer and gun violence.

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There is no replacing Christina Grimmie, but her memory will live on through The Voice and through the new foundation created in her honor.

We're so glad that The Voice offered such an emotional tribute to this talented singer tonight. We know she would have loved to be up on that stage singing "Hey Jude" alongside Levine and Team Adam.

What did you think of Adam Levine and Team Adam's tribute to Christina Grimmie on The Voice? Comment and share your opinion below.

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"Everybody in this room, I'm sure, at some point has gone through something in their lives, and you survived it," she said. "But not only did you survive it, you took that trauma, that hurt, that revelation, that whatever it was and you used it to connect, to give, to influence... to help. And that is the beauty and the purpose of what we are here on this Earth to do."

She continued, "I lift the glass to everyone in this room, everyone who has decided to live a life bigger than yourself. Everyone who decided to slay those dragons and say, it's not just about me. And I applaud you. And I am honored to be in this room with you."

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Thanks for exactly the pep talk we needed to finish this week strong, Viola.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy is having one heck of a time at life right now.

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First, he was injured during rehearsal for Dancing with the Stars, forcing him to sit several weeks out and watch his partner, Heather Morris, dance with a rando. JK, it was troupe member Alan Bersten, but Chmerkovskiy seemed pretty dang jealous. Then, a week after that, Chmerkovskiy was healed up and able to re-enter the competition. The return was short-lived because he and Morris got eliminated, despite landing a perfect score from the judges. Seriously, WTF?

Then, he and Morris were scheduled to appear on Good Morning America to talk about their surprise elimination, but Chmerkovskiy had to skip it because he was dealing with some drunk dudes who tried to break into his house in the middle of the night. Can the poor guy catch a single break?

"That was some bullshit," Chmerkovskiy said about the attempted break-in during a Tuesday interview with Maria Menounos on SiriusXM. "I cannot believe this. Literally, in the last couple of months, it's just been so much stuff that's never happened to me before that happened. It's just a pile of stuff."

Uh, yeah, no joke.

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"At, like, 2:20 a.m., I wake up to full-out knocking," Chmerkovskiy said, describing the night of the break-in attempt. "I come down, there's cops and they're like, 'There's a dude outside that's claiming this is his house.' I'm like, 'Wait, what?' It was pretty wild. But I guess it's an ongoing thing with the ex-owner of this house who — by the way, talk about Hollywood — used to be some rock singer, or rock band frontman or something."

OK, but now all we want to know is who owned the house before Chmerkovskiy.

Anyway, the two men who were trying to break in were "belligerent drunk," he said. And he had to skip the GMA interview because he didn't want to leave his mom, wife and newborn alone after all that craziness, because obviously.

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Here's hoping things finally settle down a little for Chmerkovskiy.

In our new series Pregnancy Diaries, we ask expecting women to jot down every pregnancy-related detail of their lives for a week. (Special thanks to New York mag and Refinery29 for the inspo.) Work-related conundrums, struggles with IVF and a whole lot of nausea ahead. For our seventh entry, we have a stay-at-home mom with a 1-year-old boy and a mortgage. She and her husband practice natural family planning and conceived the first month they tried, and their second child is due in August.

Day 1

1 a.m. — One-year-old son cries. I figure he’s probably soaked through his cloth diaper, so I get up and yep, he needs a diaper change. He’s angry over not being able to sleep and lets me know it. After we’re done, I take him to the rocking chair and he instantly snuggles into my neck and falls asleep. Sigh. These are the most beautiful moments of my life right here. My son is active and doesn’t snuggle too much these days. I am so excited for our little one on the way, to have a little snuggly newborn again. It’s a pretty comfortable reclining rocking chair, and I could easily fall asleep here. However, the ever-enlarging baby bump proves to be uncomfortable as my son’s dead weight sits on top. I move him to bed and discover I’m not so lucky. Pregnancy insomnia strikes again.

2:30 a.m. — Watch Gilmore Girls. Inspired by their junk food addiction. All that’s in our freezer is my special sugar-free ice cream and my husband’s mint chocolate chip ice cream. I technically have to be on the candida diet because I am very prone to infections during pregnancy, so cutting out sugar was a must as soon as I conceived. I’m not in the mood for a sugar-free version, but the taste of mint chocolate chip is the equivalent to chocolate toothpaste. I go with the sugar-free option.

3:30 a.m. — Start to feel fatigued so I head to bed. Snuggle up to my husband under the warm covers. I’m once again so thankful for my husband, who is the most amazing support. Being in his arms is the safest place on this Earth for me. Feeling cozy, grateful and deliciously sleepy.

3:35 a.m. — Moment of terror strikes me as I realize that the church’s potluck is today after church. As a pastor’s wife, I am really not the best candidate to skip bringing something to the potluck. Decide to surrender to sleep and pick something up at the grocery in the morning.

9:08 a.m. — Somehow got my kid in and out of the grocery store and made it to church. On time. Without peeing my pants from walking too fast. BOOM.

11 a.m. — My husband and I like to bring our son to the worship service and then put him back into the nursery when the preaching portion starts. I try holding him, but standing for 45 minutes with a toddler and a baby bump isn’t easy.

1 p.m. — Try to squeeze past some people at the potluck. Forget that I can’t suck in my belly, and a man has to awkwardly jump out of the way so that I don’t knock him out with my baby bump.

2 p.m. — Someone asks, “When is the baby due?” I reply, “What baby?” The person freezes and I assure them I’m just kidding. I probably shouldn’t do that with strangers. But… it cracks me up every time.

5 p.m. — We go to Bible study at a friend’s house, and I want to throw up from bending over so often to prevent my son from destroying something. Being pregnant with a toddler is a totally different experience than being pregnant without kids.

8:30 p.m. — Get home, put the baby to bed and crash into bed. Through the busyness of the day, I hardly had time to process that today is my mom’s birthday. She passed away two years ago from cancer. I grieve in the only way my fatigue will allow: closing my eyes, trying to imagine what my pregnancies would be like if she had been here and praying that God would comfort me in the maternal loneliness without her.

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Day 2

7:30 a.m. — I wake up to the sun gently peeking through the blinds of our bedroom. Husband has already left for work. I look at the time… 7:30?! Usually, my toddler has woken me up at 6. I lay there for a minute, appreciating the silence, the stillness, the sun.

8 a.m. — Mentally going through reasons why he is still sleeping. I don’t want to check on him because I know that’ll wake him up. But I don’t want to stay here sipping coffee while my baby could be unconscious upstairs. No, I tell myself, I am being ridiculous. Was I anxious like this with him as a newborn? I’m doing this with my toddler, how am I going to be with a newborn again? I should just enjoy my coffee and be thankful for the extra time to myself this morning.

8:05 a.m. — I go upstairs and crack open his door. My little man wakes up and squeals with delight to see me. I love being a mom.

9 a.m. — Arrive at gym to work out. Step into gym and feel too tired to do anything. I spin for 30 minutes and then go home.

10:15 a.m. — Son is down for a nap, which means I have about two hours of time to myself. I do some reading and then turn on a sermon by John Piper, “If My Words Abide in You,” while I do some work on my laptop. I feel little flutters in my belly. I love that my baby is so safe in my womb, but I also love that I can expose him or her to things like Papa’s voice, music and sermons. I take a minute to pray over this child.

11 a.m. — Son isn’t sleeping yet, still crying. I realize that he’s probably hungry. I feel frustrated, not at my son, but at the disruption of the schedule. I don’t like him missing his naps. I wonder how I’m going to juggle two nap schedules; how do I coordinate them when one will sleep more than the other? I go into his room and the frustration melts, especially when I pick him up and he snuggles into my neck. I fix him a lunch and then put him back to bed. He is asleep within five minutes. A nap sounds pretty nice too… but I look around the house and know that the satisfaction of a clean house would feel much better than sleep.

1 p.m. — Son wakes, and I start crashing. Should have taken that nap. This is my daily battle, to take a nap or not to take a nap… I feel guilty for napping because I have so much to do. There is a pressure (not from my husband by any means, but a pressure I feel all the same) to have the perfect house. I don’t want my house to be chaotic, because then I feel chaotic. But when I don’t take a nap, I’m a zombie. I guess today I’ll try to survive in zombie-mode.

7 p.m. — Teen Bible study at my house. I am tired going into the evening, but when the first teens show up the fatigue leaves. I’m giving my testimony tonight, and usually when I share about my mom’s cancer and her death, I can’t help but cry. But I’m able to share hope in the midst of my sadness. I believe God has purposes in tragedy, and it elates me to share truths with the teens tonight that I learned through suffering.

9 p.m. — Husband works late on Mondays as a counselor for our church, and when he arrives home we talk. I am thankful that he both knew and loved my mother. Even after a very long day of helping others, he still has energy to be there for me. I know I should go to bed to get a head start on the inevitable fatigue battle I will face tomorrow, but I stay up late to be with my husband. We are convinced we are having a girl, but can’t come up with any female names. I’m terrified to have a girl, and I don’t even know why.

Day 3

7 a.m. — Toddler slept in again, which means I got an extra hour of sleep! Ahhhh, the sweetest pleasure for a pregnant woman. I make him eggs; it’s the same thing every morning: eggs for my son, and then I gag for the next hour over the smell. Pregnancy has given me the weakest gag reflexes known to man. I can’t even take normal vitamins while pregnant; I have to do the prenatal gummies. Not that I mind…

9 a.m. — Son goes down for a nap. I sit on the couch and look at the pile of clothes that need to be folded. Somehow, the effects of both that extra hour of sleep and my morning cup of joe seem to have vanished; I’m exhausted. I want to nap, but choose to fold clothes. Reluctantly.

11 a.m. — Drop son off at fitness child care and then enter the gym. I used to be a fitness instructor and loved it. But being pregnant changes everything. Trying to exercise while pregnant is like carrying a belt of kettle bells while having the mental energy of a slug. I start with 30 minutes on the spin bike and do half-hearted 15 minutes of weights. Good enough.

1 p.m. — My husband and I are acting in our church’s passion play this year. I hired a babysitter to watch our son while we are practicing a rehearsal. As I leave our son upstairs with the babysitter; I hear shrieking from our son as he loses his temper at being separated from me. Oh, boy.

1:15 p.m. — Son is still crying loudly and my husband goes to see what’s going on. Normally, I can patiently handle our son. But in moments like this, where I really, really need him to behave but I can’t make that happen… and I’m tired… and I’m hormonal… I’m thankful to have a husband to shoulder some of the load.

5:30 p.m. — I try to have a hot meal on the table when my husband gets home from work. My Clark Kent doppelgänger of a husband walks in and I get a rush of emotion; after five years, I’m still hopelessly in love with him. Unfortunately, I’m still trying to decide what to make, and my mind can’t seem to process options. I hastily throw something together, and my sweet husband loves it. He is way too good for me!

Day 4

6 a.m. — Since my husband’s job is time-consuming, we have family time 6 to 7 a.m. during the week. This morning, my husband warms a bottle of nut milk while I change the diaper. After our son finishes his bottle, we let him play in our bed with us. I love watching my husband be a father. It’s very attractive, and our son is completely captivated by his dad’s attention. I’m excited to experience what it will be like to be a family of four.

8 a.m. — I work out at the gym. Surprisingly, on a day where I don’t sleep in, I have a good amount of energy to hit it hard at the gym. I do 15 minutes on the spin bike and 45 minutes of weights. I love that I can still do weight-lifting, even while pregnant!

1 p.m. — Son naps. Mama naps. All is good in the world.

4:15 p.m. — On Wednesdays, I volunteer at a neighborhood ministry called the Hartford Hub that my husband helps run. It is located where the highest volume of prostitution, drugs, robberies, sex trafficking, shootings and sexual predators are located. At this time of the day, our time is focused on tutoring the kids. Being pregnant, I am exhausted within 30 minutes of being there. My husband and I try to do our work by passing the baby back and forth. I wish that I could comfortably baby-wear our toddler through the pregnancy!

4:40 p.m. — A preteen girl walks in and I inwardly groan. Because I run the tutoring time, she goes out of her way to make it known how much she hates me as her authority. I am annoyed that she is here, and I don’t even feel remorse for that realization; I feel justified. She is immediately disruptive, so I turn my attention to her and we work on multiplication tables by incorporating step moves with memorization. She surprisingly is cooperative, and for the first time in the eight months I’ve known her she smiles. At the end of tutoring time, I tell her, “You are smart. Thank you for being such a hard worker today. I’m proud of you.” She ignores me. Later she comes up to me and says quietly, “I don’t feel very smart.” And then she walked away without another word.

6 p.m. — I buckle my son in the car, and as I head home I begin to cry. Because of my elevated hormones I am more emotional than usual these days, but I know this isn’t hormones. It’s conviction. I get real with my heart before God, thankful for His mercy.

Day 5

2 a.m. — Pregnancy insomnia. Ugh. Awake, craving Beaufort stew. Decide to go downstairs and do dishes.

5 a.m. — Still not sleepy, so I go to the gym so that I don’t have to pack up my son later in the day to go with me. I thought pregnancy insomnia occurred in third trimester?! This is two months early! My workout energizes me and I feel ready to take on the day.

7 a.m. — I’m ready to crash.

9 a.m. — Son lays down for his first nap, and I get a second wind. I enjoy the luxury of sitting on the couch and doing some online shopping. My family is taking a beach trip this summer and I want to find a flattering, trendy suit. A flattering maternity swimsuit seems like an oxymoron. I’ve been searching for weeks for a cute maternity suit and I’m convinced that the reason there are no cute modest maternity suits is because everyone just lets it all hang out these days, but I try my search anyway. I found a Kortni Jean high-waisted leopard print bottom and a trendy high-neck black halter. Buying it now. SUCCESS.

10 a.m. — Thinking about how I will look in a bathing suit this summer. I just want to look good for my husband! I used to be afraid to get pregnant because of what pregnancy would do to my body. Now that I’m on the other side and see the blessing of having a child, I know that it’s worthless and selfish to think that way. I see vanity within myself and let it go — I’m pregnant. I’m going to gain weight. So many women can’t get pregnant or have miscarriages. Gaining weight is a tiny price to pay for the precious gift of another child. Plus, the way my husband talks to me, you’d think I was the hottest girl that ever lived. I’m thankful that he finds me beautiful no matter how much I weigh.

1 p.m. — Another passion play rehearsal. Our son immediately starts crying as soon as I leave. I feel frustrated and when I get to my husband, I’m fighting back tears. Oh, these hormones! We end up sending the babysitter home and for the next two hours we take turns babysitting our fussy son. I continually fight back tears from exhaustion and from frustration of how challenging my son’s behavior is.

7:30 p.m. — My husband’s sister comes over and the three of us watch a super-addictive Netflix show based in Wyoming. I would love to live there someday. For some reason, I start trying to think of baby girl names. Start feeling nervous about having a girl again.

10 p.m. — Husband and I settle into bed and I share my thoughts about having a girl. He’s known that I have always wanted a house full of boys, since I grew up with all brothers. As we talk, I begin to realize the real reason I’m afraid. I had a really great relationship with my mom; she was my best friend. I’m scared that if I have a daughter, we won’t have a relationship like that. Stefan prayed over me, and as I fell asleep that night, I found myself finally at peace with whatever God was bringing our way.

Day 6

9 a.m. — Go to a spin class with a friend. Thankful for the energy that the instructor brings, and I actually do more than 30 minutes! I can’t do some of the moves, such as the ones that require standing up and sitting on the bike at a quick pace, but I get a better workout in than I would by myself on the spin bike. I wish I could do this every day.

1 p m. — Son goes down for a nap and I do some light cleaning. About 45 minutes in, I am ready to go to bed and just call it a day. I briefly debate continuing to do little things here and there, but decide to just lay down for a minute so that when my son wakes up, I’m not impatient with him. I go upstairs and hear him talking in his room. When I peek in, he’s standing in his crib. I recognize defeat and go to get him; inwardly, I am groaning because Mama needs a nap! I kneel down next to his crib to smile at him, my precious baby, and he grabs my face in his little hands, releasing a stream of words in a language only understood by him. His voice is at a high, delicate pitch as if he’s trying to “baby talk” me. In this moment, I am his precious one.

3 p.m. — Son goes down for a nap for real this time. Conveniently, I just received my second wind. I skip my own nap, knowing that I’ll probably crash by the time he wakes up.

5:45 p.m. — Every other Friday, I teach an intermediate yoga class in town. I love it. With my first pregnancy, I struggled with having to pull back on my personal practice; after I gave birth, my core was so weak, and I found myself getting angry at how little I could “accomplish” on my mat. But I’ve learned that gratitude can solve so many internal issues. I am so grateful for God giving me a healthy body that can provide a safe home for an unborn child, for a body that can endure a rigorous birth, and I’ve learned to accept the consequential changes to my body with grace. I am proud to be a woman, and I am thankful for how much my body has accomplished. Even though pregnancy sets limitations for me in my personal practice, I know my body very well, and therefore can safely push myself without hurting my little one. Tonight, I light candles and turn up the heat. I hope to give my students a class they won’t forget.

8 p.m. — My husband and I enjoy a date night in of Chinese and Netflix. I am usually a very healthy eater; however, when first trimester nausea hits all I want is fried food. It was the same for both pregnancies. Now that I’m in my second trimester, I am finding myself including fried foods much more frequently than I would have allowed pre-pregnancy. I tell myself I’ll do the Whole30 soon to help me get back on track for health. Yeah, maybe next month. Or the next…

Day 7

6 a.m. — Saturday morning at 6 a.m. doesn’t feel natural. But life with kids means that I won’t be sleeping in for a very, very long time. Especially now that baby No. 2 is on the way. With one baby, you can nap when the baby naps. With a newborn and a toddler… yeah, I don’t see that happening. But motherhood is a calling, and I will take these 6 a.m. Saturdays over not being a mom any day.

2 p.m. — Husband and I have enjoyed a day of relaxation together. Our son is sleeping, and now we have time alone. I love being married to him. He is such a great dad, and I feel privileged to be on the parenthood adventure by his side.

7 p.m. — Once son is asleep, I meet some girlfriends at a restaurant downtown. It’s my sister-in-law’s birthday, and we are all supposed to dress up. Lately my daily garb consists of a messy topknot, maternity jeans and a simple tee. Comfort is my priority in clothing options these days. I’m wearing a gray jersey skirt, a Cubs shirt, black jacket and sparkly jewelry. Thank goodness for bling to dress up an otherwise comfy outfit.

8:15 p.m. — I leave to go back home. Just a quick night out because today is the only day of the week my husband isn’t at work. Therefore, I desire to spend as little time away from him as possible. I leave the restaurant, and as the shocking cold hits me… let’s just say I should have worn a pad. Yikes. After childbirth and another one on the way, my body has definitely changed. Both my Pilates friends and midwife tell me I need to work on my pelvic floor muscles. I decide to make that a priority… tomorrow. I get home and take a relaxing sudsy lavender bath. I invite my husband to join me but he laughs — he is very tall and I have quite the baby bump, so we wouldn’t both fit. But he sits with me in the bathroom, and we talk and laugh together. Perfection.

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We knew it was eventually going to happen — Sean Spicer is a big star. We’ve warned you that Spicer's daily White House press conference ratings are similar to our favorite daytime shows, and guess who also took notice? President Donald Trump.

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In a recent Washington Post article, President Trump revealed that he enjoys all of the attention Spicer is getting these days. While some executives might fire an employee for drawing negative attention, Trump sees it differently.

“I’m not firing Sean Spicer,” he said. “That guy gets great ratings. Everyone tunes in.”

In fact, the article indicated that Spicer is his own daytime soap opera, and of course, Trump knows that his press secretary’s ratings are similar to the daytime shows.

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Stephen Colbert decided honor Spicer with his own parody video by casting him in The Bold and the Babbling, a send-up of the CBS daytime drama, The Bold and the Beautiful.

Just like real life, Spicer takes no prisoners. When all of the female actors tell the press secretary they are pregnant, he has no time for their reproductive situation. The Late Show edited Spicer’s edgy responses to the “I’m pregnant” line in a hilarious way. The show cut in comments like, “That’s the silliest thing I ever heard,” to “This is irresponsible and reckless.” The audience can be heard laughing in the background as each Spicer comeback is more ridiculous than the next.

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Colbert even gave the audience a preview of an upcoming episode of The Bold and the Babbling. The storyline looks pretty juicy because Spicer will be dealing with drunken debauchery and the classic soap opera slap. It's the type of performance that could win him a Daytime Emmy. We all know the Emmys voters love a melodramatic scene in a nomination reel.

But for Spicer, it's probably just an average day at the office.

It may be Channing Tatum's date of birth today — but as long as this sexy beast roams the Earth, it kinda feels like everyday is our birthday. And we're celebrating that magical event that occurred on April 26, 1980, by staring into the distance as we daydream about his hot bod and chiseled features — with a side of light cyberstalking, naturally.

Look, it's obvious that Tatum is not too hard on the ocular cavities, but it turns out there's more to this talented guy than meets the eye. Let's face it; we all love Channing Tatum. There's not much not to love about him. And after all the stuff we dug up on him that we didn't know before, we heart him even more.

We took a closer look at this family man and found that he might give the Dos Equis guy a run for his money in the "most interesting man in the world" category.

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1. He has his own brand of vodka

Yes, you read that right. Tatum founded Born and Bred recently, a premium distilled spirit that "celebrates what unfolds when camaraderie meets adventure," according to its website.

Totally makes sense since vodka and Tatum have a huge thing in common: We'd love to pour both into a shot glass and get drunk on their love.

2. He looks good in a bowler hat

Not a huge surprise considering he could be wearing a potato sack and we'd still be like, "Yes, please."

3. He's whipped

In never ceases to amaze us how cute Tatum and his wife, Jenna Dewan Tatum, are together.

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4. Shaking his way into fame wasn't so glamorous

His first dancing gig was for Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" video, and he got paid $400 for a seven-day shoot according to IMDb.

5. He was cut from his first big movie

Tatum worked in the Steven Spielberg movie War of the Worlds, but the scene where he played a church boy ended up on the cutting room floor.

6. He's no mutant... yet

The 21 Jump Street star auditioned for the role of Gambit in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, but he didn't get the part because the character was eventually written out of the movie.

But it looks like Tatum will finally be a superhero next year. It's been confirmed he will indeed play Gambit, though the movie's production keeps getting pushed back. Fans are hoping for a 2018 release.

7. Born on the bayou

Well he wasn't born on one, but he was born in a small Alabama town and moved to a Mississippi bayou when he was just 6 years old and spent most of his childhood there. It was here he became an amateur exterminator — only he didn’t spray for termites. He once had to catch an alligator because it had gotten "too big."

8. He's a country boy at heart

Tatum says his favorite place to visit is his Uncle Bruce’s ranch in Wetumpka, Alabama, where his mother grew up.

9. He has all-American taste

His favorite movie growing up was The Goonies. How excited do you think he is about the prospect of a sequel?

10. He died and lived to tell the tale

In September 2012, Twitter lit up with the news that Tatum had died in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland. Fans were relieved when the story turned out to be a hoax.

11. Don't be fooled by his swagger

He's humiliated by his Step Up audition and said he "hopes it never sees the light of day," in an interview with About.com. We did some major searching and were unable to come up with the footage. Damn it.

12. Magic Tatum

Magic Mike was loosely based on the actor's life. It turns out he really was a roofer who moonlighted as a stripper at a local club according to the Sydney Morning Herald. His stage name was Chan Crawford and he later moved to Miami where he was discovered by a modeling scout.

13. He's a clown — like, really

Tatum was a real clown back in his stripping days. He wore a clown costume and stripped to "99 Red Balloons" one night at the strip club. Needless to say, the ladies were not feeling it.

14. He's a fighter

Tatum has practiced the art of kung fu, Wuzuquan kung fu, more specifically, according to the New York Daily News. As a child, he trained under 10th dan Grandmaster Chee Kim Thong.

15. And a hard worker

Not only does he dance and act, but Tatum is a budding businessman as well. He started two production companies, 33andOut Productions and Iron Horse Entertainment with Dewan Tatum and his friend Brett Rodriguez according to Channing Tatum Unwrapped. Their first production was a documentary on Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu titled Earth Made of Glass.

16. Being a kid wasn't easy for him

Tatum battled ADHD and dyslexia while growing up.

"I wasn't very good in school, I have dyslexia so I wasn't able to read like other kids," he told Italian Vogue. "After a period of taking drugs to improve my learning I started feeling depressed and thought a lot about suicide. So, after a couple years I said enough, no more pills."

17. He's a drop-out

Tatum never went to acting school and dropped out of college shortly after receiving a full athletic football scholarship at Glenville State College in West Virginia.

18. He's movie magic

Steven Soderbergh — Tatum's Magic Mike director — once bragged about our favorite on-screen stripper in an issue of GQ.

"You know, the guy had three movies do $100 million in six months — nobody's ever done that," Soderbergh said in reference to Magic Mike, The Vow and 21 Jump Street.

What's your favorite thing about Channing Tatum?

Originally published April 2014. Updated April 2017.

Once you’ve been in the workforce for a while, it can be easy to neglect your résumé. After all, you’ve been working, accumulating experience and juggling your job and life. If you’re not actively looking for work or got your last position through networking or someone you knew, it is easy for years to pass since you’ve looked at your résumé.

There’s plenty of advice out there about how to improve your résumé, but before you start wordsmithing and adding bullet points, consider a good spring-cleaning. The first step to updating a résumé that’s been stale is probably to simply get rid of a lot of irrelevant and outdated material.

Here’s where to start pruning your résumé:

1. Your GPA in school

If you were valedictorian of your university, you can make a note of that. You may even want to include the fact that you graduated Phi Beta Kappa. But a GPA from 2005 simply doesn’t matter now that it’s after 2015. Including this information can also make it appear that you have poor judgment about what is relevant and the results you have achieved since then.

2. Classes you’ve taken

Similarly, unless you’re applying to a job where coursework has helped you achieve some sort of practical career transition (e.g., taking software development courses when you are seeking a new role as a programmer), your future employer probably isn’t particularly interested in an experienced hire’s extracurricular enrichment classes.

3. Languages you speak (even fluently)

Languages are a great skill in life, but unless you’re applying to work in a position where a foreign language is helpful or required, putting languages on your résumé can make you look like you’re unfocused on the job at hand. Save some more space to describe your recent career accomplishments instead.

If you do believe your language skills are important for the role, be sure to include them, but leave out any languages where you don’t have business-level proficiency.

4. Summer internships

If you’ve been in the workforce for several years, summer internships fall into the category of completely irrelevant. It may be difficult to cut out prestigious internships you were proud of (or that you believe make you look interesting), but the truth of the matter is that putting a summer internship on your résumé at this stage of your career may make you look like you exercise poor judgment about what is important… and what is ancient history.

5. References

If someone is interested in your references, they will ask. You also don’t need to write “References upon request” since that is also something a recruiter or hiring manager will assume. After all, when’s the last time someone applied for a job they wanted and refused to provide references?

6. The number of years of experience you have

The amount of experience you have only matters with respect to the position you’re currently applying for. Too often, people believe that the higher the number of years of experience, the better. If you were employed over a decade ago as a researcher but have not worked in that field for the past 15 years, there’s no need to count all your working years as “years of experience” in an executive summary. It’s simply not necessary.

7. Your graduation dates (depending on your age)

Sadly, age discrimination is alive and well. Though you never want to assume the worst of people, your graduation date is not necessary unless you graduated recently. Your work experience and credentials should speak for themselves and anyone who is worried about being passed over because of their age should simply eliminate the years on your résumé that are attached to your college and/or graduate degrees.

Making sure you trim the fat when you update your résumé can be important as deciding what to put in. It’s important to tailor your résumé to individual jobs that you’re applying for, and it’s a lot easier to do that succinctly after you’ve taken out things that are irrelevant and/or outdated.

Originally published on FairyGodBoss.