An online community for Jewish moms
Mimi Hecht
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Before joining the mom club, I imagined motherhood as some stressed-out zombie existence. I doubted whether I really had what it would take. But it only took one eventful and laugh-filled week after my son’s birth to realize that being a mom was going to be easier, more fulfilling and much more comical than I had expected. I have since been inspired to share my musings as a Jewish mother trying to stay strong, smart, stylish and spiritual. I believe motherhood is something to celebrate. And that’s what I do every day, with my proud husband and red-haired son in our lively, toy-splattered and joyous home in Brooklyn. |
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Enjoy My Articles:
10 Perpetual States of a Monotonous Mom
Does being a mom ever make you feel like a rat on a wheel? Do all
the thoughts and motions that make up your day feel never-ending?
Whether it’s constant feedings, saying “no” ad infinitum or the
feeling that your hand is glued to the pot handle; if you’re a mom,
you get what I’m saying. And you know that only other mothers can
truly understand your incessant state of existence. More
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10 Things I Recently Did That I Excused with
"I'm Pregnant!"
I hate to me a complain freak, or irrational, or mindless or
stubborn. But, alas, I'm pregnant. Now isn't that an excuse for
everything? Here are my latest excuses - true happenings from a
second-time-expecting, constantly-excusing and totally
pregnant-brained LadyMama.
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Grocery Spending Stress
Disorder
On my last visit to the grocery store, I witnessed a mother at the
cashier in front of me react to her receipt in a way that depicts
how I presume a lot of us feel after we spend hundreds of dollars
on food shopping. More
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Insincerely Sorry
"Sorry for the mess." It is with these four words that women all
over the world accept friends, foes and, yes, sometimes even the
UPS guy, into their homes. It’s an explanation that must premise
anyone's arrival into our world of clutter, grime, piles and
spills. More . .
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Jillian, Have a Baby! A
Response to Jillian Michaels
Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels was quoted earlier this week telling Women’s Health Magazine that she plans to adopt instead of birthing her own children because, in her own words, “I can’t handle doing that to my body.” Appalled on behalf of mothers everywhere, I decided to write her a letter. More . . .
10 Untruths about
Motherhood
When I was expecting my son, the list of opinions, warnings and all
around announcements offered by other mothers grew almost as quick
as my belly. Spoken as if rules from The Bible itself, these
mother-musings floated in my mind as my due date approached. But
now, almost six months after the birth of my son, I am here to set
the record straight.
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Mother’s Day for the
Childless
This Mother’s Day is my first since giving birth to my son and
officially joining the world of mommy-hood. Sitting at my laptop,
all the emotional flower ads and excited Facebook posts make me
feel like I’m at a Mother’s Day brunch, so I don’t feel bad that
I’m spending the day trying to meet my column deadline.
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