Hello! It's nice to meet you.
How to reach me
lovethatmax@gmail.com
How this all started
First came love (Dave), then marriage, then three kids (Max, Sabrina and Ben). Max has cerebral palsy. I launched Love That Max in October 2008 as an inspirational, informational, occasionally irreverent blog. Over the years, it's evolved to help people better see the ability in disability. The blog has been featured on Time.com, Upworthy, The Huffington Post, CNN.com (including here and here), Mashable, Today.com, Yahoo, The New York Times' blog The Motherlode, AOL, MSN.com, MTV.com and The Daily Mail, as well as in Redbook, Real Simple, Parents, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, Family Circle and All You magazines.
Who am I, anyway?
I am a magazine editor who's held senior positions at SELF, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Child, Teen People and Glamour, where I spent eight years as deputy editor and helped relaunch Glamour.com. I've worked as a freelance editor for Conde Nast Digital, Health, Allure, In Style, People StyleWatch, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart Living, Whole Living, Allure and American Baby.
I also do content work for websites including Condé Nast Digital, BabyCenter and Meredith Custom Publishing. I write for magazines, too; my work has appeared in Real Simple, Woman's Day, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Health and All You. Essays of mine are featured in the books The Elephant in The Playroom, Minimalist Parenting and Good Enough Is The New Perfect.
Blog awards and honors for which I'd like to thank The Academy, my readers, Max and of course, my mother
• One of Babble's Top 100 Mom Blogs for three years
• One of Parenting magazine's 50 Must-Read Moms: Mom Blogs We Love
• Voted Best Special Needs Blog in TheBump's 1st Annual Mommy Blogger Awards
• Voted Best Special Needs Blog in TheBump's 1st Annual Mommy Blogger Awards
• Top 5 finalist for Nickelodeon Parents Connect Best Parenting Blogs
• Voted one of the Top 25 Most Inspiring Families at Circle of Moms
• One of the Say:100 Voices That Shape Opinion
• I am a contributing blogger for Parents.com
• I am a contributing blogger at Babble.com
• I've done web content projects for Nickelodeon Parents Connect, USAToday/BlogHer, Huggies.com, Disney's BabyZone and Makeup.com
• I've contributed to The Huffington Post, iVillage, Lean In, Traveling Mom and Mom Blog Magazine
• I speak at blogging conferences including BlogHer, Mom 2.0, Blissdom, Evo, Type-A Parent and Blogalicious. I served on the advisory committee for the inaugural BlogHer HealthMinder Day.
• I've been a featured guest speaker on radio shows on the topic of special needs, including this one by the American Physical Therapy Association
• I serve on the advisory board of Family Member, a nonprofit whose goal is to ensure that people with disabilities are fairly and accurately represented in news, entertainment and social media.
• I've been a a Social Good Fellow for the United Nation Foundation's Shot@Life campaign to promote vaccines; a founding member of The Mission List; a ONE Moms community partner; and a longtime supporter of Save the Children, quoted in their 2012 National Report Card on Protecting Children During Disasters. I've also served on the Social Media Advisory Board of Care.com.
I work with brands and companies I trust
• Blog ambassador for Kidde Fire Safety Products
• Served as blog ambassador for CVS Caremark All Kids Can for three years
• I am open to sponsored campaigns and ambassadorships with companies whose message/product I believe in. Ones I've worked with include P&G, Kleenex, MassMutual, Barilla and Melissa & Doug.
• This blog is PR-friendly. I occasionally do giveaways because nobody deserves treats more than moms do (I'm subjective that way). I've worked with Toys 'R Us, Starbucks, Lancome, Burt's Bees, Staples, Jockey, SpaFinder, Amy's Kitchen, The Body Shop, Gilt Groupe, Panasonic, Subway, McDonald's, Nivea, ProFlowers and Dunkin' Donuts.
Republication policy
• You may publish a quote of 100 words or less from the original post, with a link to the original post.
• Special permission needs to be granted in order to republish more than 100 words from this blog
• Full posts are not permitted to be republished without special permission from me.
Comments policy
I love hearing from you! However, I reserve the right to delete comments as I see fit. Specifically, I will delete...
• Comments that are spam or questionable spam. (Linking to relevant content is fine!)
• Comments that include profanity or are libelous, abusive, harassing, threatening, false or misleading, or that generally disrupt the civility of this blog.
• Comments that attack a person individually.
• Comments about my children that are offensive.
Cheers!
