Scott and I are really only addicted, really and truly, to one television program - the WGN morning news. The first texts I get in the morning from Scott usually include commentary on what's going on.

Do not ask - you'd have to live in Chicago and watch these guys regularly to know what I was talking about. My sister is just as addicted.

You need to do yourself a favor and read Ana Belaval's latest blog posts over at the WGN Morning News blog, especially if you're a new or soon-to-be new mother, especially if you're one of those and a professional woman who is struggling with some conflicting feelings about motherhood. She's really writing great stuff, and promises more.

I've read these sorts of candid confessional-type blog entries before, but rarely, if ever, from an Emmy-winning television journalist working in mainstream media. And it's an important distinction to make and support. If we have professional women in her position, in the position and with the guts to be honest and truthful about the very real struggles that some women face, we're all better as women for it. Hell, we're better as people.

Scott also weighs in on Ana's wonderful posts, though he makes more salient points regarding the impact of blogging in a way my emotional self couldn't.

Posted by Erin at 07:47 AM | filed under: Chicago