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"     I&amp;#039;m pushing Samantha in the jogging stroller and savoring the fresh air on a surprisingly warm winter afternoon, when a mom in a minivan rolls down her window and greets us. She&amp;#039;s driving her daughter home from school. &amp;quot;Oh, you picked up early today?&amp;quot; I ask. She looks at me confused. &amp;quot;No, today was an early release day.&amp;quot; Every so often, the school lets the kids out about an hour and 20 minutes early, and in my typical unorganized fashion, I forgot to record the dates in my new 2008 calendar. (Yes, I know I&amp;#039;m probably one of about 14 Americans who still keeps a schedule with pen and paper.) &amp;quot;Oh S#*$!&amp;quot; I bolt down the street with the jogging stroller, Samantha screaming, &amp;quot;Weeeeee this is fun,&amp;quot; and then screaming\u2014&amp;quot;NOOOOO, I don&amp;#039;t want to go home,&amp;quot; as I skid the stroller around the corner on one wheel. &amp;quot;We have to go home and get the car keys, Mommy forgot Joshy at school.&amp;quot; Did I just say that out loud? Ugh. When I open the door to the school office I head straight to Josh and give him a huge hug. I drop to my knees, look him in the eyes and say, &amp;quot;Honey, I&amp;#039;m so sorry.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s okay\u2014I got to see a lot of action in the office after school,&amp;quot; he says. Exhale. I&amp;#039;m thankful that my first-born isn&amp;#039;t ready to disown me or trade me in for Nick&amp;#039;s mom (Josh&amp;#039;s recent favorite because Nick gets to watch Power Rangers), but I&amp;#039;m still shaking from the horror of being Way-Late Mom. I slink over to the school secretary in shame and explain that I&amp;#039;m the mom who forgot to collect her child at dismissal. Days later, I&amp;#039;m sifting through our junk mail and I find a piece of paper listing school events for the month: &amp;quot;Important\u2014Tuesday is early release day.&amp;quot; Clearly, I need a separate sheet of neon paper that screams: &amp;quot;JULIE\u2014DON&amp;#039;T FORGET YOUR KID AT SCHOOL!&amp;quot; Though Josh is far from traumatized and he&amp;#039;s rather good at waiting patiently, I can&amp;#039;t help but feel like LOSER MOM. He may not even remember this mommy mishap. But I will.\u2014Julie Weingarden Dubin What embarrassing mommy fumbles have you made? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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