Over the past few weeks I've gottena fewemails from readers complaining about who I've included on this blog. They didn't like a guest post or didn't like someone I wrote about or didn't like how someone wrote or whatever. I welcome constructive criticism and new ideas, believe me. But I did want to say this:

Different people respond to different voices and different experiences. I share the posts of various bloggers here because I want to have a diverse set of people sharing theirperspectives so that perhaps someone out there who needs help will find something that resonates with them. You may not like what someone says or how they said it, but if it helps a woman who is suffering and feels alone that's what is important. At least, that's what is important to me.

If you don't like someone, including me, don't read their stuff. There are a million other blogs out there that you could check out and perhaps feel more comfortable with. Or you could start your own. That's what is so cool about the blogosphere. If you feel something isn't being said, you can say it yourself.

In the meantime I hope that even if you don't like a particular post I've written, on the whole you find enough things here that you like that you'llwant to stick around. I do care about my readers and I am trying to make sure what I put here will in some way help you get through perinatal mood and anxiety disorders without feeling like an alone, crazy, defective, useless mother like I did.