Popular mommy blogger dies at 48 two years after devastating cancer diagnosis

Jill Smokler, founder of Scary Mommy, has died at age 48 after a battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer . The popular "mommy blogger" had been fighting the disease for the past two years, according to an announcement posted on ScaryMommy.com on Monday. The stay-at-home mother of three launched the blog in 2008 as a place to share the "joys and pitfalls" of parenting , according to the article. As Scary Mommy expanded from a personal blog into a major parenting brand, Smokle