My Virus Enlightenment
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List A few days ago, that virus that’s been going around got me too. I hate being sick. I hate feeling so yucky. And I hate being less than 100% functioning and coping and doing. I guess the truth is that […]
Read MoreThis Week's Mommy Peptalk: My Corner Store Heroes
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List What my corner store owners and their high-maintenance customers taught me about being a Jewish mom. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRbyW-m_o-w]
Read MoreMothers of Faith
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List A year ago I saw an interview with a 47-year-old mother of 19 children named Sima Zalmanov. And she said one thing in that interview that I just can’t get out of my mind. The interviewer asked her: “My wife […]
Read MoreMommy Peptalk: The World's Best Job
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Read MoreWhy I Love My Mom by Anonymous
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, “I’m tired, and it’s getting late. I think I’ll go to bed.” She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took […]
Read MoreThe Selfish Monster: An Amazing Story about Judging Others Favorably
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List I was so furious at that mother. There I was, making all the phone calls to set up a meeting for the 5 mothers from Hadas’ class whose daughters would be celebrating their bat mitzvahs together this coming January. We […]
Read MoreThis Week's Mommy Peptalk: For Mothers of Small Children
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List Some words of encouragement and advice for overwhelmed moms of little kids. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHJVSLZdTjA]
Read More2 Songs for Shula A"H
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Mailing List Today I saw that the video I posted on YouTube a few days ago of 3-year-old Shula Swerdlov’s grandmother speaking on the final day of her Shiva has been viewed over 10,000 times. Thank G-d- I thought- the urgent and vital message of Mrs. Swerdlov’s speech is reaching people all […]
Read MoreInspiring Words from Shula's Grandmother
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Weekly Mailing List I think this is probably the most moving, inspiring, and unforgettable talk I have ever heard. A Jewish Gettysburg Address. Given on the final day of the shiva by Mrs. Miriam Swerdlov, world-famous speaker and grandmother of 3-year-old Shula, […]
Read MoreNot What I Expected from a Shiva
Want to be a happier, more inspired mom? Click to join the JewishMom.com Weekly Mailing List I had expected that attending the shiva this week for Shula Swerdlov, the 3-year-old girl who was run over and killed last week, would break me. That it would be so upsetting and devastating to enter the epicenter of […]
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