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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Family

Heh, we’ve been waiting FOREVER to get permission to talk about being on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and now that we’re cleared, I am too wiped out to write anything! So! I’m just going to be tacky and post a quote from Karen’s blog, Chookooloonks:

So yeah, the past week has been surreal.  This morning, via Skype, I joined Heather Armstrong, Mindy Roberts, Daphne Brogdon and others on The Oprah Winfrey Show, to discuss “the sisterhood of motherhood.”  We discussed disciplining our kids.  We talked about creative ways to be comfortable on long road trips when our children are fast asleep.  We even talked about poop.  If it was even tangentially related to parenting, we talked about it.

The experience was great—Oprah was as engaging as ever, the audience members were funny, the guests informative.  I must admit, however, that I’m still feeling a bit dazed by the experience:  I man, really: did this just happen to me?

I’m with her on the shock and awe. Remember five, six, seven years ago when everyone in my family hated my blog? And my in-laws said it was putting the kids in danger and that it needed to STOP? My husband in particular barely tolerated it. Now, they’re my biggest cheerleaders. I have such faith in people’s ability to adapt, accept, and thrive, even in the weeds and gravel.