# Goodbye, Dooce - Waxy.org

<https://waxy.org/2023/05/goodbye-dooce/>

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- Saved: May 11, 2023 (2023-05-11T11:24:00Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

In the early days of blogging [Dooce](https://dooce.com) was one of the blogs that I followed along with many others. We were watching a whole new medium being created by these early bloggers. Armstrong is often referred to as the original "mommy blogger", but I would say that she was just one of the groundbreaking bloggers of the era. Her blog was funny and a great read. When I heard that she had died I was worried it was suicide and it was. I had read that she battled with depression for years. Also [Heather Armstrong, influential mommy blogger also known as Dooce, dies at 47](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/us/heather-armstrong-dooce-blogger-death-cec/).

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT254: Weekly Thing #254 / Redis, Dooce, Batteries](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/254/), Notable

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