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"I was the only interviewee in pants. All the other ladies being interviewed for the video yesterday wore flowy feminine skirts and tops or dresses. I looked down at my simple brown pants, tailored (read: boring) blue button-down shirt and sensible shoes and suddenly, I wondered why I always dress like &amp;quot;Author Who Doesn&amp;#039;t Get Out Much&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Mom Who Might Suddenly Need to Run.&amp;quot; It was one of those moments on one of those days when you feel less than special. Or at least, plainly dressed. On days like yesterday, I turn to the Internet for a little inspiration. Here are three of my favorites: Role Mommy.com (http://rolemommy.com/) Role Mommy promises &amp;quot;parenting by experience, not expert opinion,&amp;quot; but it offers even more than that. Created by Beth Feldman, co-author of &amp;quot;Peeing in Peace: Tales and Tips for Type A Moms,&amp;quot; Role Mommy is based on the important premise that &amp;quot;helping your children realize their hopes and dreams doesn&amp;#039;t mean you have to give up on your own.&amp;quot; Beth&amp;#039;s blog is a candid chronicle of her everyday struggle with mommy guilt. Read it, and you&amp;#039;ll instantly feel better about your own parenting issues. Six Word Memoirs (http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/) Based on the book &amp;quot;Not Quite What I was Planning: Six Word Memoirs from Writers Famous an Obscure,&amp;quot; Smith magazine provides a place for people to write their own six-word memoirs. (Sample: &amp;quot;I still make coffee for two.&amp;quot;) Make sure you click on the book preview on the right, as it&amp;#039;s entertaining and inspiring. My six word post-cancer memoir would be: &amp;quot;Well, I didn&amp;#039;t see that coming.&amp;quot; My Cancer Blog* (http://www.npr.org/blogs/mycancer/) Leroy Sievers&amp;#039; daily blog about his battle with cancer is about being dropped into the frightening, exhausting upside-down world of cancer treatments. Yet, it&amp;#039;s also about the beauty of everyday stuff, like watching the Olympics and dreaming of cool cars. In other words, it&amp;#039;s about life with cancer, raw with emotion and tinges of hope. And it&amp;#039;s inspiring whether you&amp;#039;ve had cancer or not. *Monday, August 18th: It is with great sadness that I report that Leroy Sievers passed away yesterday. He was 53. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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