Back in 2011, as a new mother floundering in search of community, I, like so many others, discovered the world of mommy bloggers. Yes, she struggled with ongoing mental health issues that included depression and suicidal ideation, and one of the reasons she became famous was by chronicling her involuntary commitment to a mental health facility after the birth of …
Heather Armstrong began her Dooce blog in 2001, becoming one of the first and most popular mommy bloggers with frank posts about her children, relationships and other challenges at a time that personal blogs were on the rise. The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a parent and her battles with depression and alcoholism on …
