ATLANTA – Phaedra Parks is making a comeback to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” after a six-season hiatus. Parks announced her return in a video, where she is seen stepping out of a private jet while holding a peach, symbolizing her return to the show.

Fans have been eagerly requesting Bravo to bring Parks back for the 16th season, and their wishes have been granted. The upcoming season will also feature other notable cast members, including original housewife Porsha Williams, Drew Sidora, Shamea Morton, and newcomer Brittany Eady.

With this exciting lineup, the 16th season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta promises to deliver drama, entertainment, and all the glamour fans love.

On the field on Monday, the Braves experienced another frustrating loss in the series opener against the Brewers.

Off the field, Alex Anthopoulos is bringing back a few familiar names, including outfielder Jorge Soler to help address some of the offensive needs the Braves have. The Braves acquired Soler and Luke Jackson from the Giants while sending Tyler Matzek back to the Giants in the trade. Beyond the offensive potential of Soler, the Braves also managed to keep the prospect cost at a minimum by taking on nearly all of Soler’s contact. This could allow the Braves to make additional moves on Tuesday.

The addition of Soler may seem odd as he is mainly a DH and he is owed significant money over each of the next two seasons. However, Soler is a good source of getting on base that also offers tremendous power potential. While he has not been as good in 2024 as he was in 2023, he has been producing excellent offense in July. As a result, Anthopolous really enjoys bringing back names that have previous success on his teams. And in Soler, he know adds another impact bat that has added value both in the regular season and the playoffs.

Braves News

The other significant, and very positive, news of the day was Reynaldo Lopez having a clean MRI after his injury scare on Sunday. Brian Snitker added Lopez could even make his next start.

To continue the positive vibes, the Braves will be back on Comcast on August 1st.

The Braves brought Darius Vines back to Atlanta early on Monday. However, after pitching in the game against the Brewers, Vines was designated for assignment as part of the acquisition of Soler and Jackson.

Atlanta is one of several teams that have been connected to having interest in acquiring White Sox starter Garrett Crochet.

Jeff Passan breaks down the Braves acquisition of Soler, as they attempt to recapture the magic that resulted in their 2021 World Series title.

Justin Toscano looks at an emotional day for Grant Holmes, who made his first start in the big leagues on Monday. Toscano also provides more details on Soler returning to Atlanta.

Mark Bowman suggests the Braves are putting faith in Soler finding similar success this season as he did in 2021 with Atlanta.

David Obrien provides more details on the trade, and how Atlanta truly is getting the band back together from 2021.

MLB News

The Astros acquired starter Yusei Kikuchi from the Blue Jays on Monday.

Milwaukee continued to strengthen its pitching staff by trading for Reds starter Frankie Months.

The Dodgers were busy on Monday, landing both Tommy Edman in a three team deal and trading for Amed Rosario for a second straight season.

Bobby Witt Jr. continued his incredible second half of the season with a Grand Slam in the Royals win on Monday.

Paul Skenes produced his 100th strikeout on Monday in historic fashion, the latest proof of how incredible his rookie season has been.

The Pirates, Yankees, and Astros remain interested in Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz.

The White Sox appear unlikely to move star outfielder Luis Robert at the Trade Deadline.

The Pirates acquired Jalen Beeks from the Rockies and Nick Yorke from Boston.

The Mariners traded for Justin Turner from the Blue Jays.

The Guardians traded for outfielder Lane Thomas from the Nationals.

The Royals traded for starter Michael Lorenzen from the Rangers.

ATLANTA – A metro Atlanta mom, whose son was stillborn, has turned her grief into a new social network for moms who have experienced similar loss.  

Katherine Lazar says when she lost her first child, hearing from other moms in Atlanta who had experienced the same thing was the only way she was able to move forward. 

“In January of 2020, our first son was stillborn at 37 weeks. And what I found was that life completely changed. Everything changed,” Lazar said.  

She says she didn’t know if she would ever feel happy again after losing her first child, Brody.  

“I had a wonderful support system with my friends, my family and my husband. It was amazing. But I really needed to hear the perspective of someone who had been through a term stillbirth before, because I needed to have someone look at me and just say, ‘I understand,’” Lazar said.  

Then she connected with three other moms in Atlanta who had also lost a baby. Lazar says they call themselves “loss moms.” 

“Those women saved me. I did not know how to survive the death. I gave birth to a baby that was gone, and I didn’t know how to move forward. They showed me not only how to move forward, but that it was okay to move forward. They taught me how to laugh again and smile again,” Lazar said. 

When she got pregnant again in 2023, she says she tried to join Facebook and other social media groups to try and connect with other moms.  

“It was always kind of framed with ‘No negativity, please! Don’t want to be scared, only positive comments’… and so, I saw a lot of us getting censored off of groups saying we were scaring people,” Lazar said.  

So, she started her own Facebook group. Soon she began connecting with more local loss moms.  

“And we now have happy hours every month and dinners every month. I see my friends for coffee every month. And there’s something to be said about sitting across from somebody who understands it… We talk about our babies that have died. We talk about life. We talk about everything,” Lazar said.  

She noticed people in other cities and states were having a hard time connecting to other loss moms in their areas.  

“People started messaging me and saying, ‘Hey, I want what you have in Atlanta, can you hook me up with someone in my town?’” Lazar said.  

Katherine Laza, whose son was stillborn, launched losslink.com, a new social media site dedicated to mothers who have lost their children. (FOX 5)

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So, she started connecting people just by herself, but it was not long before she thought there had to be an easier way to do this. That is when she thought to start her own social media site just for loss moms.  

“Losslink.com…essentially like a Facebook meets LinkedIn for mothers who have experienced pregnancy loss, stillbirth, TMFR, infant loss and child death,” Lazar said.  

It took working with a developer for over a year, but she says the result has been worth it.  

“The day that it launched, all these profiles were popping up, and I was like, ‘I’ve never seen all of them in one place.’ And it was so overwhelming because so many broken hearts and so many babies gone and I love all of them,” Lazar said.  

On Losslink.com, Katherine says no mom is censored.  

“You can share a photo of your baby, which a lot of times is not allowed on regular platforms, because nobody wants to see a baby that’s an angel baby. But we’re proud of them,” Lazar said.  

She says it is been incredibly rewarding to see women use her site to pull each other out of the same darkness she once found herself in.  

“Women are meeting each other, and they’re having coffee, and they’re sharing doctors, ‘Hey, go to this doctor, they’re really kind.’ You know, ‘Hey, go to this therapist.’ They’re really great. So now they’re sharing resources with each other. It’s been really cool to see,” Lazar said.  

Katherine Laza, whose son was stillborn, launched losslink.com, a new social media site dedicated to mothers who have lost their children. (FOX 5)

It is also rewarding for her to see a new legacy for her son, of connection through pain and loss. 

“To be able to say ‘Brody inspired this, Brody is behind this. Brody is connecting these angel babies, mothers together,’ has been really rewarding as a mom for a baby that’s gone,” she said.  

You can sign up and create a profile here: losslink.com.