I went to pay a sick call to one of my friends. She had been in a car accident, was wearing a neck collar and was told to remain immobile in bed. I sat down at her bedside. Suddenly she turned to me, laboriously, neck brace and all.

How can I create soap scum? How can I attract ants to the kitchen floor? Strange questions. Questions that messy moms would never ask.

"Can you do me a favor?" she asked me in a soft dull voice.

I nodded.

"Go downstairs. Next to the refrigerator is the broom closet. There's a feather duster there. Please bring me it. I can't take it anymore."

I dutifully returned with the duster. She grabbed it out of my hands, telescoped the handle so it extended the length of the room and dusted the TV screen.

I attract women like these, neatfreak women…relentless women. Women who clean the insides of mustard jar covers, the top of the garage door. Women who keep paint in their kitchens so that they can do quick touch ups, covering their kids' handprints on the walls.

I know there are other messy women like me out there. I just don't meet them.

So in the interest of mental health, I have decided to do something to meet these women… and help myself and other messy women feel better. I have opened my own site on the web (I'm a mess.com).

24-hour Webcams in my home survey the clutter and rot, including permanent marker on the coffee table, little Legos under the couch, rotting apples behind the bed and sticky coffee stains on the night table. Yes, they're all authentic.

When messy moms see my place, they can't help but feel better about themselves.

I have a camera trained on the toilet (don't ask), the kitchen floor, the bottom of my closet, under my teenage son's bed, my husband's bedside table. There's even one on the dog's bowl. (Lots of clean moms don't have dogs. I got a dog to help me clean the floor.)

I've gotten lots of love letters from other mothers.

Here's one I received today: "In this harsh world it's good to know somebody has time to get down to smell the roses and scatter them on the floor. Now I feel better about my lack of standards."

But lately something strange has happened.

My site is getting millions of hits a month. These moms are asking strange questions:

How can I gather dust balls under my couch?

How do you promote the growth of mold on the refrigerator handle?

How can I create soap scum? How can I attract ants to the kitchen floor?

Strange questions. Questions that messy moms would never ask.

Seems that we messy moms are truly blessed.

The latest news is that parents with dirty houses may be helping to protect their kids from developing allergies. We messy moms are actually promoting our children's health.

Seems that bacteria found in dirt boost the immune system.

In fact, in a study aimed at countering asthma, babies are actually being fed bacteria that are found in dirt. And this is being done in a hospital (the University of Southampton in England).

Let them eat….dirt.

Why, that's been my motto!

So mothers of the world,

Remember: Our children's childhood passes. But the dust remains.