The popular parenting website Scary Mommy, Jill Smokler has died at 48.
The New York Times bestselling author and mom of three died on Monday, June 22, after a more than two-year journey with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Scary Mommy announced the news on its website on Monday, sharing a statement from her family.
“Jill spent her life telling the truth about motherhood — that it could be wonderful and impossible in the very same breath — and in doing so, she gave millions of women permission to stop pretending and feel a little less alone,” her family shared.
“She was funny, fearless, generous, and entirely herself. More than anything she built, Jill was proudest of her three children, Lily, Ben, and Evan. We are heartbroken to lose her, and endlessly proud of the mark she left on the world.”