Tag Archives: parenting

Someone Needs to Explain to My Mother How New York City Works

March 3, 2015Familycity living, family, family dynamics, flu, flu season, mom, NYC, parenting, parentsEmily

My mom, on the phone, after learning that I have the flu…

Mom: “Do you have any food in your apartment?”
Me: “A little. I have some soup.”
Mom: “Ok. Well, are there places there that will deliver?”

Meet My Jewish Parents

March 2, 2015Familybrothers, dad, family, family dynamics, flu, jewish parents, mom, parenting, parents, single livingEmily

My Dad gets my blog posts sent to his email. I guess the last one worried him.

Emails From My Brothers, #11: Nine Millimeters, Maybe.

February 28, 2015Familybrothers, emails, emails from my brothers, family, family dynamics, parentingEmily

(Part of the Emails From My Brothers series)

Jeremy wrote us this email in 2013, while living at home with my parents. My mother said something in a social setting that made Jeremy uncomfortable (I’m not posting what she said– not because it’s that bad, but because it involves other people and isn’t the funny part of the email anyway).

Dear Parents Everywhere

February 25, 2015Kids/Teachingkids, parenting, teachingEmily

We will teach your children how to multiply and divide if you teach them how to pee in the toilet. Deal? IN the toilet.

Thanks,

Teachers Everywhere

Ebola Mom, Part 14

February 23, 2015Kids/Teachingebola, ebola mom, kids, parenting, tutoring, ues, ues parentsEmily

(Part of the Ebola Mom series)

Tutoring Ebola Mom’s kid…

Kid: “We went to Vermont over break.”
Me: “Oh, how lovely!”
Kid: “Yeah. I’m sorry I didn’t bring you back anything.”
Me: “Don’t be silly, you don’t need to get me anything!”
Kid: “Yeah that’s what my mom said.”
Me: “Oh did she?”
Kid: “Yeah. Because, like…you’re not my REAL teacher.”
Me: “Ah. Ok…”
Kid: “And she pays you enough as it is.”

Ebola Mom, Part 12

February 14, 2015Dating/Single Life, Kids/Teachingalone on valentines day, being single, ebola, ebola mom, parenting, single life, teaching, ues, ues parents, valentines dayEmily

(Part of the Ebola Mom series)

Thanks?

Emails From My Brothers #7: Remember Swine Flu?

February 13, 2015Familybrothers, family, family dynamics, jewish mothers, misread texts, misunderstandings, mom, parenting, parents, siblings, swine flu, textingEmily

A sibling email exchange from 2009, the year of the swine flu scare. Once again, Stephanie contributes nothing.

(Jenny was Zack’s college girlfriend at the time)

My Parents Took Me to See “Pretty Woman” in Theaters When I Was 8

February 12, 2015Family, Random Thoughts/Happeningschildhood trauma, parenting, parents, piano, pretty womanEmily

…and for years, I thought THAT was how you played the piano.

So you can imagine my trepidation the day a male piano teacher showed up at my house to give me my first private lesson.

pretty-woman-escena-piano

Ebola Mom, Part 11

February 10, 2015Kids/Teachingebola, ebola mom, kids, NYC, nyc parents, parenting, parents, tutoring, ues, ues parents, upper east sideEmily

(Part of the Ebola Mom series)

I did not misread her text.

Ebola Mom, Part 10

February 4, 2015Kids/Teachingebola mom, kids, parenting, teaching, tutoring, ues, ues parentsEmily

(Part of the Ebola Mom series)

Because I gave them to a homeless man.