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Blessed Are The Peacemakers
I get so much shit, for being nice, pardon my parlance, choosing to take the highroad since there’s less traffic on it, if you will. I’m amazed how often my cheerful countenance is challenged as though I suffer from some debilitating … Continue reading
Posted in Family, grace, Home, kids, New York City, parents, religion, words
Tagged Acts of kindness, bad parenting, motherhood, The Beatitudes
18 Comments
Ass-ets
Only I would come upon a 16 year-old girl weeping, early in the morning, because she feels her ass is too big. First off, I never go by anyone who’s crying without stopping to see why. I’ve had so many … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Fashion, food, humanity, humor, kids, New York City, parents, words, writing
Tagged bad parenting, compassion, eating disorders, Jennifer Lopez, teenagers, Young adolescent girls
27 Comments
Excuse Me, But Whose Baby Is This?
I’m in Starbucks sitting next to a parked baby carriage, the only seat in the house. It’s a little after 8, late for me, so the place is already jumping. As I sit answering emails, suddenly a little foot appears, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home, humor, kids, New York City, parents
Tagged babies having babies, bad parenting, Starbucks
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Skirmish On Lex
A word you see often in Civil War books, and a favorite of mine since I have so many. A skirmish is an episode of irregular or unpremeditated fighting…a quarrel, tiff, spat or clash. I clashed alright, with a mean … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Home, kids, Love, New York City, parents, Uncategorized
Tagged bad parenting, little kids, Losing patience, Staples
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Feeling Unlovable
My dear, sweet, late mother would always say, how unlovable I am. It was an awful thing to tell a child. I grew up thinking this was true, and that’s why men cheated, lied and eventually left. After years of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Home, humor, Love, men, parents, Women and men, words
Tagged alcoholism, bad parenting, Feeling unworthy, growing up in an alcoholic home, low self-esteem
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Marriage Below Sea Level
I truly don’t understand the modern family. It was Sunday, so I knew everybody, who wasn’t at their country house, was at brunch….New York’s favorite weekend pastime. There I was serenely eating my avocado and walnut salad when a family … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, humor, kids, New York City, parents, Uncategorized, women, Women and men
Tagged adultery, bad parenting, bratty kids, entitlement syndrome, gratitude, Sunday Brunch
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Go Away Kid You Bother Me
I love kids, but sure didn’t this day with one sitting across from me while trying to eat my lunch. His mother, a woman in her 30s, was on her cell ignoring this little fellow who looked like a short … Continue reading
Posted in Family, humor, kids, music, New York City, parents, Uncategorized, women
Tagged bad parenting, Mick Jagger, precocious children, tolerance, Upper East Side
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The Kid Who Hit His Head
Buying greeting cards is one of my favorite pastimes. Forget Breakfast at Tiffany’s…it’s more like, Brunch at the Hallmark Store, which is why I was in Barnes & Noble perusing their shelves since they have the sweetest selection. I suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, Health, humor, kids, Love, New York City, parents, Uncategorized
Tagged a helping hand, bad parenting, book stores, City MD, emergency rooms, little kids, nannies, young mothers
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Stop That Kid
You’re probably wondering how so many things could possibly happen to me in public so often. I’ll tell you my theory, one word – consciousness. I heard Marianne Williamson say in a lecture, when you embark on a spiritual path … Continue reading
