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Confessions of a Retired Perfectionist
Ages + Stages | Humor | Mom

Confessions of a Retired Perfectionist

ByJeanie July 31, 2016February 27, 2020

From the instant I found out I was pregnant, I devoted an embarrassingly huge chunk of time looking for…

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