Category Archives: New York City Living and Coping

Missing Preschool

Posted on June 6, 2014 by

These are the last days of preschool for us, and I’ve resisted writing about them, embedding them with meaning and sentiment with which I am not sure I am in touch. And then today I took my oldest daughter back … Continue reading →

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A Review of the Bronx Zoo by Molly

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

This is a review by six-year-old Molly; it was a school assignment. The second part of the assignment was for parents to post the review online (or at least type and print the review). For months, Molly’s was lost among the papers … Continue reading →

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These Hours

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

I asked if she did her homework. It was close to bedtime. “Yes, I did.” “All of it?” “Yes.” “I didn’t see you do it.” “Because you’re always on the computer.” Or looking at my phone. It’s the truth. I admitted … Continue reading →

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A Review of The Sleepy Star

Posted on April 30, 2014 by

The stars above Manhattan compete with the many lights sprinkling on at dusk. Still, outside our window the great unknown night sky calls my children as it has always called children. They kneel on the sofa at the window, leaning their faces … Continue reading →

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Putzel Is a New York Story With a Human Side

Posted on April 9, 2014 by

My husband walked in from work when I was about ten minutes into the award-winning film Putzel, this evening. I had purchased it on iTunes as it was released April 8th world-wide, and I was watching on the laptop in the living … Continue reading →

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Little Notes

Posted on April 7, 2014 by

I blame my husband. He started them thinking about the notes. One afternoon my four year old girl asked why I hadn’t put a note in her lunch. “What?” “Daddy puts notes in our lunch.” He’d been leaving notes on … Continue reading →

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Family Fun at Mountain Creek Resort

Posted on March 1, 2014 by

We spent part of a recent weekend “getting out and playing” at Mountain Creek and Crystal Springs Resort in very-close-by Vernon, New Jersey. This was the first time the kids and I had gone skiing, and, other than the unfortunate incident of my … Continue reading →

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Rafi’s Run and Helping Butterfly Children

Posted on February 25, 2014 by

Last year I met a very cool mom, writer, and actress named Wendy Stetson at a blogging event. Because we share a very cool name, we had a lot to chat about. It turns out that Wendy and I have … Continue reading →

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Being a Mom With Food Issues

Posted on February 7, 2014 by

We all knew women in college with issues around food–anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, women who didn’t eat so that they could drink more. Maybe you were one of those women to a degree, or maybe you lived with a roommate … Continue reading →

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A Special Kind of Attention

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

Early one recent winter morning, my four-year-old son came barreling into my bedroom. It was still dark outside, and the heat in our apartment was cranking up; the pipes in the bathroom banged on and on. “Mommy, would you build … Continue reading →

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