This story started as a Facebook post. "To the millennial employees who just kicked me out of the fancy coffee shop because my 5 year old was losing her shit - i can't fucking WAIT till you have kids." I wrote this status because this actually happened to me and my daughter in a store [...]
This is my blog. I know, no shit, right? If you're reading this (which I don't imagine there are many of you actually reading it but maybe that's not true) then, you already know that this is a blog written by me (Sarah Fader). I write a lot of things on here. Sometimes they are [...]
*The names of some individuals in this store have been changed to protect their identities. I used to have an IPhone, until today. Samara woke up in a cranky stupor this morning. I quickly gave her a bottle of organic whole milk, hoping that would lift her mood, but she refused it. She sat on [...]
I was on the playground the other day on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, my old neighborhood, and I met this really cool mom. We got to talking while Ari was running amuck and her toddler son was strapped into his stroller. The mom in question had gorgeous long wavy hair that looked too [...]
I was trying to feed Samara her scrumptious dinner of Earth's Best Sweet Potato and Chicken baby food, but she decided that she wanted nothing to do with baby food at all. Each time I attempted to spoon feed her, she screamed. Ari said: "Excuse me mommy, Samara wants Cheerios!" "Okay, you think so," I [...]
After six years together, Wilhelm Van Luyn and I got married in my parent's garden today. My friend Dara (whom I've known since the 1st grade) officiated the inter-faith ceremony. My best friend, Mint, was my Matron of Honor and Wil's brother, Dan, was his Best Man. It was very small, mainly family and a [...]
"Ari, are you awake?" "The robot...I wanna watch the robot episode of Max and Ruby." "Are you awake or talking in your asleep?" "Awake. Hungry." "Go to the potty." "No! Hungry first." Ari rolls over on his side. "Use the potty and then you can eat breakfast." "NO! Hungry." Silence. "Carry me." "What?" "Carry me [...]
Yesterday morning, I was in a sleepy haze, when I heard Wil come in the door from work around 5:00am. "Babe," He said "Uh...there's a cat outside our door. He's really cute." "No..." I grumbled "We can't keep him." "But, I don't know what to do with him...I'm gonna feed him. I think he's hungry." [...]
