It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita | 
I didn‘t expect the news of Heather Armstrong‘s death to hit me as hard as it has, but I keep thinking about those early years of blogging, how the internet was different back then, how fucking funny Dooce was with her writing.
It‘s hard to reconcile some of the last posts she made with that person. They were harmful to a group including her child. They were alarming to anyone familiar with the mental illness struggles she wrote about. 👇🏻
dariazeoli I don‘t know if Heather‘s suicide is surprising, but it was a gut punch. She fought to live for her kIds, for her family, for a long time. I hope she is at peace. I hope her kids get the support they‘ll need. I hope that next time we watch someone‘s journey like it‘s a trainwreck, we try to remember compassion, to not comment if it‘s not helpful. I‘ll be re-reading her books to remember that woman who impacted a lot of us bloggers. (edited) 2y
BarbaraJean This news hit me hard, too. She was so influential; in the blogosphere and personally. I have such gratitude for her voice back then—her writing helped one of my best friends dig out of post partum depression, normalizing and validating that struggle. I hadn‘t been following her for a while and was unaware of her recent battles with alcoholism. My heart breaks for her daughters, and I echo your hopes. 2y
KathyWheeler I have some online friends that I made because of her. I was really sad to hear about her death. 2y
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