Jesus, double Stanford grad and these are your words? You must suck at Scrabble.

Dear Marissa,
When I saw that you were appointed as the head of Yahoo, I was so happy. Then learning that you were pregnant, I was beyond proud.  Finally...while I knew you are a woman of means, I truly believed that this was your chance to pave the way for all moms in the workplace.  My expectation of you was to represent us all and to explain the reality.

Since your appointment, the stock performance has been pretty freakin' good.  Up 18%.

But today, I saw that you addressed a Power Women's Lunch.  I googled a list of Fortune's Powerful...some woman, have kissed their ovary ability goodbye and some woman, like Oprah Winfrey, never parented but are owners of dogs and a struggling network... (Yeah!  Dogs are just like kids!  Freak you!)  Were there any moms of small children in the crowd?

MM...this was your time.  These weren't shareholders.  I wasn't looking for you to start crying and go into a harsh reality of post partum.  I wasn't looking for you to justify taking two weeks of maternity leave.  Girl, that was your choice.  (After, my first kid...I wanted to go back after two weeks too...as long as I lost the weight.)  But, you didn't step up.  Really, you truly sucked.  Your description of anticipating parenting was "fun".  Your current word, of parenting, was "easy".  Jesus, double Stanford grad and these are your words?  You must suck at Scrabble.  Fun and Easy?

Ironically, I do agree with your priority...God, family, Yahoo.  When I was trying to get my newborn asleep, crying as she was crying, I prayed frequently to God for her to sleep.  I prayed to know what to do.  As I was a new mom, I thought I was prepared but really, I wasn't.  This was my family...very hard but my main responsibility.  And if I didn't know what I was doing, I usually when to Yahoo to research.

In reality you are not like most new moms.  I can't imagine the help that you must have.  Before throwing out the word easy...you may want to let the global mom know (why your perspective is easy).  Or to at least educate that snotty 24 year old that thinks that she can have it all--she has no idea the help that she needs.

Marissa, you are in such an amazing place to, not educate, but set expectations.   Did you cry with your son at 1 am because you didn't know why he was crying?  Clogged milk duct?  Pump during a conference call? Did you ever panic about not getting thank you notes out in time?

Right now, I hope you can redeem yourself.  (I don't own your stock--I could give a rip)  To me, you might as well saddled up next to Tom Cruise at a Power Dinner.  He has issues about Post Partum Depression...but then, I have issues that he may not be a man...just sayin'.

Regards,
JCW
mother of two...