There’s no shortage of mothers chronicling the exploits of their children online, weighing in on parenting’s ups and downs. Emily Rapp is an expert on the latter. In Little Seal, she writes about her son Ronan, who is 2 1/2 and has Tay-Sachs disease. This isn’t your typical mommy blog. Ronan is slowly dying — he can no longer move or see, and he has had a variety of seizures — but you won’t find a more lyrical, inspiring blog. Readers can count on Rapp for a jolt of humanity and perspective amid the mundane.
25 Best Blogs 2012
TIME's annual tribute to the best in blogging covers everything from the economics of gadgets to the Civil War to Kate Middleton's fashions
Little Seal
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25 Best Blogs 2012
- Introduction
- NeverSeconds
- The Billfold
- All Songs Considered
- Design*Sponge
- If We Don’t, Remember Me
- Asymco
- Awesome People Hanging Out Together
- Little Seal
- Bookshelf Porn
- The Beat
- Her Bad Mother
- Daniel W. Drezner
- Bon Appétempt
- Threat Level
- Awkward Family Photos
- Geekologie
- What Kate Wore
- The Monkey Cage
- 500px Blog
- Omnivoracious
- Disunion
- Gardenista
- The Man Repeller
- Wandering Earl
- Game On