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Caurie Putnam is a columnist with the USA Today Network's Democrat and Chronicle and former freelance reporter with Reuters. She holds a BA, MS and Fulbright from the University of Rochester. She lives in the Rochester, NY area with her husband, two boys and four dogs, including a laboratory beagle rescue from the Beagle Freedom Project. Caurie's writing has been published in national magazines like Shape, Fit Pregnancy, Valor, Woman's World, and the following books: Bare Your Soul: The Thinking Girl's Guide to Enlightenment; The Breastfeeding Diaries; Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul 2; Motherly Musings; Chicken Soup for the Soul: To Mom with Love; Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother Like Daughter and Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Really Did That?