The following is an open letter to the President and First Lady that was written by my sister-in-law, Sherri Rodriguez, whose 14 year old adopted son suffers from a litany of mental health issues due in part to fetal alcohol syndrome and neglect after having spent the first five years...

It is rare that you meet someone who has the power to touch lives and truly make a difference and that's exactly what Dorit Shapiro, the President of the Gal to Gal Foundation did at a fundraising event held in her honor on October 2, 2008. As she stood in...

by Jeanne Muchnick

Nine months. That's how long Dorit Shapiro had had with her just-adopted daughter, Leah (then 10 and a half months old), when she discovered she had breast cancer. And not just any cancer, but stage IV metastatic breast cancer: one of the most dire diagnoses...

I don't know about you, but if you decided to become an Obama supporter, you've probably been receiving a ton of email blasts from their camp. The messages come fast and furious - some are inspirational, some tattle on Hillary Clinton's latest misdeed, others urge you to join the grassroots...

As a mom blogger, I've been reading and watching all the judgemental commentary flying all over the web and TV about the latest train wreck situation to hit the Spears family. After hearing about what an absolute mess Britney Spears' life has become, her sister has now been thrust into...

I don't know how it happened, but my daughter has decided to delve into some old fashioned pursuits that I never thought would hold her interest. When I was growing up, I was a tomboy. I loved to climb trees, build fortes, play soccer, baseball and tennis; if my brother...

I'm a third generation working mother. Yes, the exception to the rule. I have not been irreparably scarred by the fact that my mom, Lenore Stoller, chose to return to the workforce when I was five years old. Nor is my mom forever damaged by the memories of her...

Sometimes, change is a catalyst for fearlessness. For Kari Lizer - creator and executive producer of the hit series "The New Adventures of Old Christine" taking a gamble by leaving a hit sitcom so she could create a television series of her own, proved to be the best...

CHRISTIE MELLOR:
FEARLESS ACTRESS, AUTHOR, ARTIST and MOM

When pursuing a career in the arts, you not only have to be fearless, but passionate too. And if passion were a sport, then Christie Mellor could write the playbook. This actress, author, and artist proves that you can raise a...

Before she became a mother, Alison Singer was quickly racing up the corporate ladder. After carving a successful path in the television industry, Alison was at the top of her game as a vice president of business news programming in NBC's cable and business development division. But when her daughter...

Sometimes fear can be the perfect catalyst for reinvention. For Terry Hekker, an unexpected divorce after 40 years of marriage, led her to face her fears, find a new path and change her philosophy about working motherhood.

Back in the 1970's when Terry was happily married with five children,...