A Few Things I Never Counted On - Lisa Kogan Tells All

A Few Things I Never Counted On (Plus What I've Actually Come to Expect)

By Lisa Kogan
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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It was the one question our prepared-for-anything columnist never prepared for, and it threw her for a major loop. But hey, what did she expect?

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