Jill Smokler

You have, by now, probably seen TIME Magazine's latest cover.

I thought it would be funny to make a mock cover illustrating the absurdity of the attention grabbing scene. So I did:

I posted it on my Facebook page and took a...

My day started bright and early with a call that ABC radio wanted to interview me on my stance on political strategist Hilary Rosen's recent comment that Ann Romney had no business advising her husband on women and the economy, given that she had "never worked...

Please solemnly recite the following before proceeding:

• I shall maintain a sense of humor about all things motherhood, for without it, I recognize that I may end up institutionalized. Or, at the very least, completely miserable.
• I shall not judge the mother in the grocery store who, upon entering, hits...

I used to feel like I was the only mother in the world who wasn't perfect, or really close to it. Did nobody else roll their eyes at their kids all day long or skip pages of bedtime stories at a time or have breakfast for dinner three nights a...

This is an image shared by 257 friends of mine on Facebook.

I understand why people responded to it and why it has the number of likes that it does. Our stretch marks and lose skin and dimples may not have...

As a kid, I went to a YMCA day camp on the north shore of Boston that was located on an island. Every morning, the campers took a boat from the dock to camp and every afternoon, we returned by boat to our awaiting parents. It was one of those...

It seems like there's an app for everything these days. Need to determine a paint color from nothing but a flower petal? Done! Find the best Indian restaurant in a three mile radius with reservations for tonight? You got it! Track your dreams, food intake and footsteps? Easy-peasy.

But,...

This post originally appeared on ScaryMommy.com.

I spent a half hour in the Hallmark store the other day looking for the perfect card to send to a new mommy friend. Much to my dismay, I couldn't exactly what I was looking for.

In case you've ever...