The Wall Street Journal Online published a ridiculous, arrogant and pompous article entitled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua. Personally, I’m not going to get into the poo throwing drama that always ensues when things of this nature occur online. Why? Because, you see, I’m a Jewish mother. And, in all honesty, Chinese [...]
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Chinese Mothers Have NOTHING On The Jewish Mom
January 12th, 2011 
admin Mommies Are People Too. Well, We Are!!
March 27th, 2010 admin Last night I indulged in a GNO with a couple of my friends. Overnight. In a beautiful hotel. Sans kids and smelly, poker playing hubbies. We were belatedly celebrating my friends 40th birthday. Dinner and gambling in Greektown, along with people- watching(Seriously, it was like the People of Wal-Mart had a convention in Greektown.) and [...]
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12 Comments »A Mother’s Curse Has Come To Fruition
March 24th, 2010 admin She knew about and was completely dreading this writing assignment in her AP 8th grade English class for weeks. A ten paragraph persuasive essay about the pros and cons of trying minors as adults. Sounds easy enough. We pestered. She reassured. We nagged. She promised. Her class supposedly worked on a bit of the assignment [...]
Posted in my life Tags: kids, kids who are just like their parents, moms, school, step daughter 7 Comments »No Mask Or Glasses Here, I Like My Me Time And That Means Without Kids
August 20th, 2009 admin I love them. I really do. They are darling. Everyone says so. Fairly well behaved. Except for the exceptions, of course. They are fun to be around, when they aren’t whining about boredom or the injustices of the rules. The enjoy each others company, except the one that had started it and the other that [...]
Posted in my life Tags: back to school, being a mom, kids, moms, moms need to be people too 20 Comments »GNO: Not For The Squeamish And Weak Of Constitution
July 11th, 2009 admin It started out innocently enough. A few girlfriends meeting for dinner and drinks on a Friday night. We met up at a place in Northville called Bravo. I had never been to this particular little area. It was a mecca of yummy restaurants. An Irish pub, a very fancy steak house, the Italian restaurant we [...]
Posted in my life Tags: depends, friends, gno, moms, peeing in pants, pooping in pants 20 Comments »Protected: Karma: What Comes Around Goes Around, Baby
June 1st, 2009 admin There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Posted in crazy family, my life Tags: biological vs. step moms, karma, moms, raising step children Enter your password to view comments.Crooked and Tarnished. A Story Of Imperfection And The Mommies Who Were In Denial
March 20th, 2009 admin “Mommy. Soandso said blahblahblah. And it hurt. My. Feeeeelllinnngggs.” Sobbed the daughter. “So what did you do?” the Mommy asked, as she tried to straighten her daughters halo…which seemed to want to stay crooked. “Mommy. I didn’t do anything. I was a victim.” the daughter replied, with an angelic look on her face. “Of course [...]
