Jill Smokler

“The days may last forever, but the years pass by in a blink; the secret to survival is actually remembering to take…

— Jill Smokler

“I shall not judge the mother in the grocery store who, upon entering, hits the candy aisle and doles out M&M’s to…

— Jill Smokler

“• I’m sick and all I want is for my mommy to come and take care of me. I’m forty-seven.”

— Jill Smokler

“scary mommy confession #80920 " I invited you into my home as a guest. And you brought my two year old permanent…

— jill smokler

“I think birthdays should be less about celebrating the birth of the child and more about celebrating the fact that we succeeded…

— Jill Smokler

“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…

— Jill Smokler

“See, this favorite child of mine changes by the day. No, by the minute, actually. Who is this favorite child of mine?…

— Jill Smokler

“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all…

— Jill Smokler

“...I realized that there is no shortage of the love a mother has to offer her children. There is a never-ending supply…

— Jill Smokler

“I naively thought that when I had kids, my language would somehow clean up, but instead, I found that parenthood gave me…

— Jill Smokler

“I’m torn between wanting the absolute best for my daughter and being jealous that she has it so much better than I…

— Jill Smokler