In 2009, Brooke Abbott traded in her production notebook for a diaper bag with the birth of her son, Jaxon Lee Coltrane. While navigating through motherhood, Brooke began to tweet about her adventures with her newborn with the hashtag, #CrazyCreoleMommy. The stories behind her tweets and Facebook statuses grew larger than the allotted 140 characters and by 2011, her new life needed it’s own vehicle. In January 2012, The Crazy Creole Mommy Chronicles were born. In 2008, Brooke was diagnosed with Left-sided Ulcerative Colitis. In April 2012, Brooke was given a total colectomy after spending weeks in the hospital fighting a losing battle with her diseased colon. She was given an Ostomy for five months, as a transition into receiving her J-Pouch. She now lives with an internal J-Pouch and her health continues to change for the better. Taking her lemons and making lemonade, Brooke advocates for all those living with Crohn’s Disease & ulcerative colitis, who are unable to advocate for themselves. Brooke is the creator of The Crazy Creole Mommy Chronicles & IBDMoms. She owns & operates, The Crazy Creole Mommy Life, Inc. She is an advocate often representing the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation & The Digestive Disease National Coalition on, Capitol Hill. She is also member of the, IBD Social Circle. Brooke has written for The Right Start blog, Single Mom Planet, Mommybites, The Toddler Blog, Mom.Me, and more. She is currently featured in Everyday Health, HealthCentral & inflammatoryboweldisease.net. Brooke has sat on advisory boards for Pfizer, Single Mom Planet Foundation, WEGO Health, The HollyRod Foundation & HealtheVoices. Currently she sits on advisory boards for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, & AbbVie. Brooke has been featured in The Phoenix Ostomy Magazine, US Weekly, LifeScript, LA Parent, Ostomy Connection, Prevention Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine & CCFA.org. Brooke & her child currently reside in Los Angeles.