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Melanie Forstall is a full time mother, full time teacher, and never-enough-time writer at Melanie Forstall - Stories of Life, Love, and Mothering. She's published by Scary Mommy, Baton Rouge Parents Magazine, Her View From Home, That's Inappropriate, and Filter Free Parents. She has an unnecessary amount of education which has proven to be utterly useless when it comes to actual mothering.