Interview with Jodi Pliszka Part 2 - Motherhood
Today, we continue our Mother’s Day interview with Jodi Pliszka. In Part 1, we talked about Baldness. Today we discuss Motherhood.
Baldiness.com: Tell me a little about your family life. Here’s a chance to brag about your daughter, something no parent can resist. :)
Jodi: I have the strongest relationship with my parents and of course, my “mini-me” daughter, Jessica who is 10 going on 15. She is wonderfully supportive of me. In a recent interview on TV she told the reporter that her mom is brilliant!
Jess wants to be an author and inventor like her mom - and is doing a great job making leaps and bounds towards that goal. I will be working with Jess, co-authoring a book about “My Mommy is Bald.” Jess wants to write how great life is, because mom is bald.
She loves to draw on my head with washable markers… And loves to rub my head at the end of a long day.
B: How did your family respond to your alopeica? Were they supportive, defiant, accepting?
J: At first, when I was thirteen, my mom, dad and brother, Rick were supportive, yet felt sorry for me. There is no worse thing than to be pittied. When I was 20 and lost all of my hair, my mom was in denial for a long time. And my brother and dad were avoiding the issue. I realized that the way I handled my hair loass was a mere reflection of their behaviors.
About two years later, when I hit my more accepting phase, everyone - including my mom - were much more comfortable and always supportive of me.
B: What does your daughter think of your alopecia? What about her friends? Have there been difficult moments for her because of your baldness?
J: There are no difficult moments for my daughter with my baldness. Only great news. Jess has so much pride in me. She makes jokes about having hair to me… like pretending to be a spokesperson for paul Mitchell. She’ll say, “Paul Mitchell - because I have hair!”
She is great and her friends think that I am special and wonderful. it’s lucky for me that I look good bald, and the Lord blessed me with a nice shaped head.
Tomorrow we conclude the interview by talking about Jodi’s experience on American Inventor, and on Sunday, I’ll share a guest post from Jodi.
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