Category Archives: Thoughts

Diet is a Four Letter Word

I grew up with a magnet prominently displayed on my refrigerator that read, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” The mini scale magnet was designed as a major scare tactic; one had to contemplate if the craving was worth risking … Continue reading

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Sweet Melissa

If you’re part of the small but mighty audience reading my blog, you’ve learned I am the least likely to succeed in teaching a Hanukkah history lesson (I should’ve been sent straight to detention for flaking on the first night), but … Continue reading

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Bragplaining

Have you heard of the term bragplaining? Bragplaining (def): When you complain about something for the sole purpose of bringing it up in conversation to brag about it. Uh oh. There’s actually a word for that? Bragplaining is a new word … Continue reading

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Surprise! It's the Fesitval of Lights!

 Somehow I missed the memo from the tribe that Hanukkah starts tomorrow. That’s right, the Jewish equivalent to Christmas is less than 24 hours away. Six days after Thanksgiving. Really? I just purged my refrigerator of the last of the Thanksgiving … Continue reading

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MommyGuilt, Continued

 I took an unconventional path towards motherhood. The stork dropped a sweet 9-year-old girl on my doorstep first. One can never predict their destiny. If you asked me in my 20s if I would fall deeply in love with a … Continue reading

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MommyGuilt

Am I a horrible Mommy if I do a little happy dance in my head when my beloved baby takes a nap? The happy dance doesn’t happen all the time, only sometimes. Just so I can shower, do some laundry, prepare … Continue reading

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Up All Night, Sleep All Day

My six month old baby is hosting all night parties, and I am first on his guest list. He truly doesn’t understand Thanksgiving is nothing short of the Superbowl for Mommys who love to cook. If he did, he would … Continue reading

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Nine Months On, Nine Months Off

They say it takes nine months to gain all of your pregnancy weight, and nine months to take it off. That is for most women, not the Gisele Bundchens of the world who strut their post-baby bodies on the cat … Continue reading

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