The Bad Balabusta
“Are you buying those potatoes for tomorrow’s lunch or for tomorrow’s dinner?” my friend Leah innocently inquired last night at the vegetable stand in the market. I hesitated for a nanosecond, and then chose to swallow my pride and confess: “I’m actually buying these for the soup that we will be eating for the whole […]
Read MoreMommy Peptalk: How to Boost Self Esteem
“I am ahead of some people in life, and behind some others, but I’m not superior or inferior.” –Dina Friedman
Read MoreThe Road Not Taken
For some reason, out of the blue this week I found myself singing a song that I haven’t sung in over 2 decades. I learned the song “The Road Not Taken” by Randall Thompson (based on the poem by Robert Frost) as a 7th grader at Friends School of Baltimore. As I sang this stirring […]
Read MoreGetting Enough Sleep without "Crying It Out"
photo © 2008 Mark Evans | more info (via: Wylio)CLICK TO RECEIVE THE #1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR JEWISH MOMS Last week’s post “3 Surefire Ways to Get Babies and Toddlers to Sleep” was one of my most widely-read posts of all time. It was also maybe the most controversial, bringing in 25 comments ranging in […]
Read MoreThe Jewish Mom behind the JewishMOM.com Logo
Sheva Chaya Shaiman is the artist who created the exquisite, spiritual JewishMOM.com logo in the banner above as well as the covers of both my books. I thought it would be interesting to ask Sheva Chaya a few questions about her life as an artist and as a JewishMOM of 5 kids. Where are you […]
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