“See, this favorite child of mine changes by the day. No, by the minute, actually. Who is this favorite child of mine? It’s the particular one who is pissing me off least at any given moment in time. They have… — Jill Smokler Copy Share
“The days may last forever, but the years pass by in a blink; the secret to survival is actually remembering to take a deep… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“I shall not judge the mother in the grocery store who, upon entering, hits the candy aisle and doles out M&M’s to her screaming… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“• I’m sick and all I want is for my mommy to come and take care of me. I’m forty-seven.” — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“scary mommy confession #80920 " I invited you into my home as a guest. And you brought my two year old permanent markers and… — jill smokler Copy Share Image
“I think birthdays should be less about celebrating the birth of the child and more about celebrating the fact that we succeeded at keeping… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“Admitting that this job isn’t always easy doesn’t make somebody a bad mother. At least, it shouldn’t. We’re all on this ride together. We are not the first ones to ever accidentally tell our children to shut up, or wonder—just for a moment—what it would be like if we’d never had children. We aren’t the first mothers to feel overwhelmed… — Jill Smokler Copy Share
“See, this favorite child of mine changes by the day. No, by the minute, actually. Who is this favorite child of mine? It’s the particular one who is pissing me off least at any given moment in time. They have all had their fair share of being the favorite and they have all inspired the “Oh my God, did I… — Jill Smokler Copy Share
“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once.… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“...I realized that there is no shortage of the love a mother has to offer her children. There is a never-ending supply of love,… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“I naively thought that when I had kids, my language would somehow clean up, but instead, I found that parenthood gave me much more… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“I’m torn between wanting the absolute best for my daughter and being jealous that she has it so much better than I ever did.” — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
