Hi Girls. Since many of you have asked me to post my weekly Global TV parenting segments on the blog, I decided I would begin doing so.
Yesterday I discussed 5 (plus a bonus) mobile apps for Moms ranging from spending tracker apps, to cooking, to shopping apps etc… I love these mobile apps and they make my life as a mom, that much easier.
Direct link to video: http://globalnews.ca/video/565322/erica-diamond-top-apps-for-moms
I’d love to know what apps I missed. What are YOUR favorite apps?
Good morning and Happy Monday! I hope that those that celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday did so with an abundance of love. Mother’s Day is by far, my favorite day of the year. It’s like one giant tribe celebration of like-minded exhausted people and friends. I love it. I was spoiled by my 3 men with tons of love, and some GREAT cards.
For example…
I got roses from my 6 year old. “Eema” roses actually, it means Mom in Hebrew:
I got this card from my 9 year old. So sweet – he used my name in beautiful french adjectives:
With Mother’s Day on Sunday, I decided to spotlight a multi-taking, working mom this year whom I also consider a friend. Brooke Burke, Host of Dancing With The Stars and Co-CEO of ModernMom.com was an early supporter of my writing, my book and myself in general. She has given me her unwaivering support, and therefore today I’m thrilled to give you our interview, as well as a great Mother’s Day giveaway! Brooke is rocking motherhood, marriage and a career, so let’s find out how she does it…
ED – Brooke, you take multitasking to the extreme – Co-Founder of ModernMom.com, Host of Dancing with the Stars, Workout DVDs, Lingerie lines and more. How do you do it, and please share with our community your top 3 tips for moms how to maintain their sanity in a world of too many demands.
This morning, I spoke about our new global Movement for the first time on tv. As the Weekly Parenting Correspondent on Global TV, each week I tackle a new parenting topic. But today, I had the opportunity to speak about our newly launched global Get Off The Fence Movement. The exciting parenting piece in all of this, is that parents have been taking the Get Off The Fence pledge – to cook healthier meals for their families, read more to their children, become more patient parents, etc… It’s been a gift to hear all the different OFF THE FENCE pledges people have been taking since we launched. My most recent personal pledge is to try and power down by 9pm. I’ve been doing pretty well.
So, it’s with great excitement that I show you this week’s Global TV segment. I hope you’ll join me in taking the leap off the fence! Take the pledge today at GetOffTheFenceMovement.com.
It’s been a very sad weekend. One of my closest friends buried her 49 year old sister yesterday… three young children, a husband, and a shitload to live for. From what you may ask? Cancer, of course.
So after another life is lost to cancer, today I want to spotlight someone who is fighting the good fight. Someone who is very much ALIVE, brave, and calls herself a FUTURE CANCER SURVIVOR. Her name is Virginia Champoux-Sokoloff, and our kids went to pre-school together. If you are a loyal reader, you might also remember her amazing post on WomenOnTheFence called 10 Lessons From 10 Years in Business: A Mompreneur’s Tale. Let me say, you MUST read this post.
When I bumped into Virginia last week at the grocery store, I was blown away. Blown away, because while the tears streamed down MY face as she kept me abreast of her situation (no pun intended, Virginia is kicking stage-3 breast cancer in the ass), what was impossible to miss was HER strength. Her matter-of-fact, direct tone. No hiding. No bullshit. Just stating the facts as they are, and committing herself to the best possible attitude, and recovery. Recovery recovery recovery. In that moment as I hugged her, as I felt my body melt with weakness, I felt her palpable strength. It was a strength I cannot describe.
Hello, I’m back! Back in the groove. Kids are at school. I’m at my computer. Happy 2013 my beautiful ladies!
For the first time in over three years, I did not check in once while on a blogging hiatus. I felt guilty for not connecting with you these past two weeks, but I really wanted to decompress, rest my head, spend time with my family, and be fresh for 2013. I feel ready.
Well not really.
Today I turn to you for feedback, asking you how you parent in these types of situations. Today, our topic is: how hard is too hard to push our kids? Where is the line between too tough, and not tough enough? (Insert word coddling, as my husband put it this morning, accusing me of not being tough enough).
We just came off a wonderful weekend.
It started Friday, 5pm. The kids were on a playdate, and clearly, us moms were too. 
We lit the menorah for the first night of Hanukkah.
