I should have known better than to let Shane wear a fedora. It was just so damn cute, and he needed a new outfit for the Kinder-Shabbat service that his preschool class was hosting. None of his clothing from the OldNavy.Com clearance section seemed right for the occasion. So, I took him to one of [...]
My husband and I have finally decided to join the mass exodus from the Urban Jungle of Los Angeles to the Promised Land of Calabasas. This is not a decision we made lightly. As much as I gripe about living in West LA, I actually love it here.
From my house, I can walk to several [...]
I was a very bad mommy this morning. By 8am, Haley was late for school, Shane was crying in frustration, and my 20 month old daughter had pointed at me accusingly and said, “Grumpy, grumpy mommy!”
The morning started innocently enough. Shane woke up and began to repeatedly ask me, “When is Daddy coming home?” This [...]
I wouldn’t be AngstMom if I was still not obsessing over the letter I received from a reader which basically accused me of not recognizing how much I have to be grateful for in my life. There are many moms I know who suffer from anxiety and depression. Their despair is compounded by the fact [...]
I just received an email from an angstmom reader (who obviously knows me) which contained some very strong criticisms of my blog. Rather than paraphrase her sentiments, here is the email in an edited version:
Dear Jennifer,
I am surprised to read about how you feel.
Jennifer, you are a wife, a Mother and a very LUCKY woman [...]
It is 8:10 am on Monday morning and I have been up with my children for nearly two hours. My husband is out of town and my babysitter isn’t coming for another fifty minutes. All I want to do is curl up on the couch with the LA Times Crossword Puzzle. I do not want [...]
No matter how many crunches, hours of cardio, and yoga booty ballet classes I attend, my “cat tummy” persists. Those of you who have given birth and not yet paid $6000 to have the skin off your stomach severed off know exactly what I mean. It’s that saggy, squishy, postpartum abomination that is impervious to [...]
The other day as I arrived at my yoga class, a few of the women also waiting to take the class were having a heated discussion. I settled into child’s pose so I could inconspicuously eavesdrop on their conversation. They were outraged over a new policy at the yoga studio- No Cell Phones On During [...]
Dear Angst Mom,
Please help! I am sitting in my favorite coffee shop writing and watching a mom who is here everyday. She is flirting with any available male while her child runs wild. Do you have “Please Control Your Children Angst?” Because I do. I see this woman every day with her daughter Ava. I [...]
I feel defeated. I just got back from Barnes and Noble and the bestseller table was piled high with diet books. It seems that the new trend in this genre is to coerce women into weight loss through degradation and insults. The most popular book out there right now is entitled “Skinny Bitch.” The ex-model [...]
