Heather Armstrong
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"Heather B. Armstrong" is an United States/American Wiktionary:blogger/blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah/Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes under the pseudonym of "Dooce". Armstrong explains that "Dooce" came from her inability to quickly spell "dude" during IM chats with her former co-workers.

Armstrong was raised a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Memphis, Tennessee, and majored in English at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, graduating in 1997. She then moved to Los Angeles, California to work. Armstrong married web designer Jon Armstrong and returned to Salt Lake City to work as a consultant and designer. On January 17, 2012 the duo announced they were in a trial separation. The Armstrongs announced they were divorcing on December 3, 2012.

They have two daughters together: Leta Elise (born February 3, 2004), and Marlo Iris (born June 14, 2009).

Armstrong was featured by Forbes magazine among 30 honorees on its list of "The Most Influential Women In Media" for 2009.

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That's the miracle of babies, their ability to lay bare the tender, beating hearts of raging assholes.

People think they have the right to judge everything that I do.

I have to live the content, then come back and write about it.

I usually approach things with the idea that I will take something out of everything I do.

He can make me love something just by showing me the energy with which he loves it.

This is part of the essence of motherhood, watching your kid grow into her own person and not being able to do anything about it. Otherwise children would be nothing more than pets.

Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing.

That's sort of a cliché about parents. We all believe that our children are the most beautiful children in the world. But the thing is, what no one really talks about is the fact that we all really believe it.

There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in my head, I can walk freely around the opposite side. I keep them completely separate in my mind.

People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called Suffering From a Mental Illness.