(part of the Ebola Mom series)
Tutoring Ebola Mom’s kid…
Kid: “My mom tried to find you on Facebook but couldn’t.”
Me: “Oh. I don’t use Facebook.”
Kid: “You don’t?”
Me: “Nope. No Facebook. No Instagram. No Internet, really. At all. Ever.”
Tag Archives: parents
Improvised Songs I Sing To My Nephew
Bouncing my nephew on my knee, to the tune of “La Cucaracha”
“You need a cousin!
You need a cousin!
Otherwise you’ll be so very spoiled.
But that won’t happen soon
No that won’t happen soon
Unless your Auntie Em makes a big oops!”
My sister and brother-in-law laughed.
My parents, sitting beside me, did not.
It’s so weird how appreciation for accidental pregnancy jokes skips a generation.
When Clients Overshare
A simple “she’s sick” would have sufficed.
Some Parents Have Lost Their Damn Minds
My friend Alex, dad of My First Guest Blogger, just turned to me and said the following:
“Emily, look! If you actually read [the baby’s] blog post, the first line actually says ‘Hi! You suck. I’m in LA!’ And at the bottom she gives her coordinates!”
As a reminder, the post said this:
Point NYC. Just because. No.
LA 5; NYC 6
And Then There’s Fan Mail Like THIS from strangers….
….that make my damn day!
Falling squarely into the category of “What is WRONG with people?!”…this:
Someone Needs to Explain to My Mother How New York City Works
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
My Dad gets my blog posts sent to his email. I guess the last one worried him.
Emails From My Brothers #7: Remember Swine Flu?
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
…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.
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