It's time to talk about the Melanie Blocker Stokes (MBS) MOTHERS Act again. I know, I know. We've heard this all before, you're thinking. I already called my Senator, you're thinking. I already wrote about this on my blog, you're thinking. Sheesh!, you may even be thinking. Well, apparently everything you and I have done so far in support of this bill hasn't been enough.

Only a woman who has been through postpartum depression can truly, deeply understand.   It's that way with most things, isn't it?  I can certainly empathize and try to imagine what it is like to have cancer, but I haven't gone through it and cannot put myself squarely in that place.  That's why we postpartum mood disorder survivors need each other so, and why so many of us dedicate a portion of our lives to helping other women who will as surely as death and taxes experience the same thing.