--- title: "11 Jill Smokler Quotes - Famous Opinion journalist" description: "Scary Mommy is a website that produces content targeting mothers, specifically focusing on parenting, motherhood, current events, and pop culture. The s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jill-smokler-39826_another-year_i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-c_165979.jpg" --- # Jill Smokler (1976) Opinion Journalist **11** quotes in **18** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jill Smokler is an opinion journalist. ## Quick Facts About Jill Smokler Born November 30, 1976 Profession Opinion Journalist ## About Jill Smokler Scary Mommy is a website that produces content targeting mothers, specifically focusing on parenting, motherhood, current events, and pop culture. The site is owned by Bustle Digital Group, and the website is based in New York City. Scary Mommy began as Jill Smokler's personal blog. The site peaked ## Quotes by Jill Smokler > [“I think birthdays should be less about celebrating the birth of the child and more about celebrating the fact that we succeeded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-celebrating-the-birth-of-the/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Another year](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-year/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jill-smokler-39826_another-year_i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-c_165979.jpg) > [“I shall not judge the mother in the grocery store who, upon entering, hits the candy aisle and doles out M&M’s to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-shall-not-judge-the-mother-in-the-grocery-store-who-upon-entering/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Grocery store](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grocery-store/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/jill-smokler-39826_grocery-store_i-shall-not-judge-the-mother-in-the-groc_35473.jpg) > [“I’m torn between wanting the absolute best for my daughter and being jealous that she has it so much better than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-m-torn-between-wanting-the-absolute-best-for-my-daughter-and-being/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-m-torn-between-wanting-the-absolute-be_3233513.jpg) > [“• I’m sick and all I want is for my mommy to come and take care of me. I’m forty-seven.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-m-sick-and-all-i-want-is-for-my-mommy-to-come-and-take-care-of-me-i/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Mommy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mommy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/jill-smokler-39826_mommy_i-m-sick-and-all-i-want-is-for-my-mommy_76511.jpg) > [“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/being-a-parent-is-dirty-and-scary-and-beautiful-and-hard-and/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/jill-smokler-39826_books_being-a-parent-is-dirty-and-scary-and-be_915007.jpg) > [“I naively thought that when I had kids, my language would somehow clean up, but instead, I found that parenthood gave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-naively-thought-that-when-i-had-kids-my-language-would-somehow/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Parenthood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenthood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/jill-smokler-39826_parenting_i-naively-thought-that-when-i-had-kids-m_1889096.jpg) > [“The days may last forever, but the years pass by in a blink; the secret to survival is actually remembering to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/the-days-may-last-forever-but-the-years-pass-by-in-a-blink-the-secret/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Breath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/jill-smokler-39826_breath_the-days-may-last-forever-but-the-years_2032.jpg) > [“scary mommy confession #80920 " I invited you into my home as a guest. And you brought my two year old permanent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/scary-mommy-confession-80920-i-invited-you-into-my-home-as-a-guest/) [jill smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jill-smokler-39826_children_scary-mommy-confession-80920-i-invited-y_125626.jpg) > [“...I realized that there is no shortage of the love a mother has to offer her children. There is a never-ending supply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-realized-that-there-is-no-shortage-of-the-love-a-mother-has-to/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-realized-that-there-is-no-shortage-of_1094969.jpg) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/admitting-that-this-job-isn-t-always-easy-doesn-t-make-somebody-a-bad/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Bad mother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-mother/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/jill-smokler-39826_children_admitting-that-this-job-isn-t-always-eas_267046.jpg) > [“See, this favorite child of mine changes by the day. No, by the minute, actually. Who is this favorite child of mine?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/see-this-favorite-child-of-mine-changes-by-the-day-no-by-the-minute/) [Jill Smokler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/jill-smokler-39826_children_see-this-favorite-child-of-mine-changes_814481.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/#itemlist", "name": "Jill Smokler Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think birthdays should be less about celebrating the birth of the child and more about celebrating the fact that we succeeded at keeping them alive for another year.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-celebrating-the-birth-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jill-smokler-39826_another-year_i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-c_165979.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jill-smokler-39826_another-year_i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-c_165979.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jill-smokler-39826_another-year_i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-c_165979.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think birthdays should be less about celebrating the birth of the child and more about celebrating the…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 toddler. It is simply a survival mechanism.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-shall-not-judge-the-mother-in-the-grocery-store-who-upon-entering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/jill-smokler-39826_grocery-store_i-shall-not-judge-the-mother-in-the-groc_35473.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/jill-smokler-39826_grocery-store_i-shall-not-judge-the-mother-in-the-groc_35473.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/jill-smokler-39826_grocery-store_i-shall-not-judge-the-mother-in-the-groc_35473.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I shall not judge the mother in the grocery store who, upon entering, hits the candy aisle and doles out…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-m-torn-between-wanting-the-absolute-best-for-my-daughter-and-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-m-torn-between-wanting-the-absolute-be_3233513.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-m-torn-between-wanting-the-absolute-be_3233513.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-m-torn-between-wanting-the-absolute-be_3233513.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’m torn between wanting the absolute best for my daughter and being jealous that she has it so much better…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“• I’m sick and all I want is for my mommy to come and take care of me. I’m forty-seven.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-m-sick-and-all-i-want-is-for-my-mommy-to-come-and-take-care-of-me-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/jill-smokler-39826_mommy_i-m-sick-and-all-i-want-is-for-my-mommy_76511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/jill-smokler-39826_mommy_i-m-sick-and-all-i-want-is-for-my-mommy_76511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/jill-smokler-39826_mommy_i-m-sick-and-all-i-want-is-for-my-mommy_76511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“• I’m sick and all I want is for my mommy to come and take care of me. I’m forty-seven.” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. It’s everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery Books 2012).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/being-a-parent-is-dirty-and-scary-and-beautiful-and-hard-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/jill-smokler-39826_books_being-a-parent-is-dirty-and-scary-and-be_915007.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/jill-smokler-39826_books_being-a-parent-is-dirty-and-scary-and-be_915007.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/jill-smokler-39826_books_being-a-parent-is-dirty-and-scary-and-be_915007.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I naively thought that when I had kids, my language would somehow clean up, but instead, I found that parenthood gave me much more of a reason to curse. I mean, really, what was I swearing about before, anyway? Traffic? A zit? A broken nail? Spilled milk? Puh-lease. Once I became a parent, only then did I really have something to swear about.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-naively-thought-that-when-i-had-kids-my-language-would-somehow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/jill-smokler-39826_parenting_i-naively-thought-that-when-i-had-kids-m_1889096.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/jill-smokler-39826_parenting_i-naively-thought-that-when-i-had-kids-m_1889096.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/jill-smokler-39826_parenting_i-naively-thought-that-when-i-had-kids-m_1889096.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I naively thought that when I had kids, my language would somehow clean up, but instead, I found that…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The days may last forever, but the years pass by in a blink; the secret to survival is actually remembering to take a deep breath every now and then and enjoy ourselves along the way.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/the-days-may-last-forever-but-the-years-pass-by-in-a-blink-the-secret/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/jill-smokler-39826_breath_the-days-may-last-forever-but-the-years_2032.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/jill-smokler-39826_breath_the-days-may-last-forever-but-the-years_2032.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/jill-smokler-39826_breath_the-days-may-last-forever-but-the-years_2032.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The days may last forever, but the years pass by in a blink; the secret to survival is actually remembering…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“scary mommy confession #80920 \" I invited you into my home as a guest. And you brought my two year old permanent markers and play-doh. next time I visit you, I'm bringing your teenage daughter condoms and crack.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/scary-mommy-confession-80920-i-invited-you-into-my-home-as-a-guest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jill-smokler-39826_children_scary-mommy-confession-80920-i-invited-y_125626.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jill-smokler-39826_children_scary-mommy-confession-80920-i-invited-y_125626.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/jill-smokler-39826_children_scary-mommy-confession-80920-i-invited-y_125626.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“scary mommy confession #80920 \" I invited you into my home as a guest. And you brought my two year old…” — jill smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...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, pride, and affection, and each child will no doubt receive his equal share. Thankfully, it's just the way we are built. There is, however, something that each child doesn't get the same amount of, and that is called attention.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/i-realized-that-there-is-no-shortage-of-the-love-a-mother-has-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-realized-that-there-is-no-shortage-of_1094969.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-realized-that-there-is-no-shortage-of_1094969.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/jill-smokler-39826_children_i-realized-that-there-is-no-shortage-of_1094969.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...I realized that there is no shortage of the love a mother has to offer her children. There is a…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 and challenged and not entirely fulfilled by motherhood. And we certainly won’t be the last. Nothing can be lost by admitting our weaknesses and imperfections to one another. In fact, quite the opposite is true. We will be better mothers, better wives, and better women if we are able to finally drop the act and get real. Who are we pretending for, anyway?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/admitting-that-this-job-isn-t-always-easy-doesn-t-make-somebody-a-bad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/jill-smokler-39826_children_admitting-that-this-job-isn-t-always-eas_267046.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/jill-smokler-39826_children_admitting-that-this-job-isn-t-always-eas_267046.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/jill-smokler-39826_children_admitting-that-this-job-isn-t-always-eas_267046.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Admitting that this job isn’t always easy doesn’t make somebody a bad mother. At least, it shouldn’t. We’re…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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 really give birth to you” moments as well. It’s one of the best things about having more than one child: there’s always another one to go to when one of the others is driving you up a fucking wall.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jill Smokler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-smokler/see-this-favorite-child-of-mine-changes-by-the-day-no-by-the-minute/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/jill-smokler-39826_children_see-this-favorite-child-of-mine-changes_814481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/jill-smokler-39826_children_see-this-favorite-child-of-mine-changes_814481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/jill-smokler-39826_children_see-this-favorite-child-of-mine-changes_814481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“See, this favorite child of mine changes by the day. No, by the minute, actually. Who is this favorite child…” — Jill Smokler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/#person", "name": "Jill Smokler", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/", "description": "Scary Mommy is a website that produces content targeting mothers, specifically focusing on parenting, motherhood, current events, and pop culture. The site is owned by Bustle Digital Group, and the website is based in New York City. Scary Mommy began as Jill Smokler's personal blog. The site peaked" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/", "name": "Jill Smokler", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jill-smokler-39826_another-year_i-think-birthdays-should-be-less-about-c_165979.jpg" }, "description": "Scary Mommy is a website that produces content targeting mothers, specifically focusing on parenting, motherhood, current events, and pop culture. The s...", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Authors", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Jill Smokler", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-smokler/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```