one of those horrible moms

a nonchronological group of essays

Jul 20, 2010

Big City, Small Town

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About a year ago I decided to treat myself to lunch at Naidre's--a fabulous coffee shop that is not in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. I...
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Jul 19, 2010

They Know Movie Stars

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Sasha swivels around in her seat, folds her arms high on her chest, lowers her chin and her eyes well up with tears. 'They're hurtin...
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Jul 17, 2010

Morals of These Stories

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I was driving my daughter to camp this morning and at one point in our journey we came across a barrier of orange cones and a big sign that ...
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Jul 16, 2010

Easy Boy

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The other day my neighbor sat on my stoop and we watched some of the younger kids playing on the block. Her son was screaming and racing ar...
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Jul 15, 2010

The Blogger on my Shoulder

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I've always been quick to make connections. Every single thing that happens to me, everything I notice, every news bit I hear sparks a ...
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...is PROUD to be doing her lousy job of parenting in Brooklyn where, thanks to the sheer masses of people that surround her, most of her major failings go unnoticed. OOTHM has three children who go to a wonderful public school where she’s volunteered in a few nice creative ways, but will probably go down in history for being the worst class parent ever. OOTHM hopes to stop agreeing to be class parent next year, and every year after that, and has just done the math and realizes that she’ll have 22 more opportunities (and more if high school has class parents too) to either suck at being class parent again, or feel terribly guilty all year that someone else took on the thankless job. OOTHM is also aware that if a mom of only little babies stumbles across this collection she'll think OOTHM is abusive or (worse?) impolite. But OOTHM knows that moms of older kids or of multiple kids gets it (even if they’re really wonderful kids), and just might rejoice in the mamaraderie a bit. OOTHM encourages every mom to keep track of the horrible things she's done and discover how freeing it can be.
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