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I’m Not a New Mom

It was one of those days. In a complete about-face, I packed up lunches in the middle of the morning on a Tuesday and we headed to the park, avoiding unread emails and unfinished virtual school lessons and leaving dishes

emilie June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Life No Comments Read more

Modern Mommie Featured on 6ABC Morning Moms

‘Morning Mom’ shares her parenting hacks that helped her family Modern Mommie was honored to be featured on 6ABC as part of their Family & Parenting series about parenting in the pandemic. Getting it all done? I’ll start by saying

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nothing Gold Can Stay

A Robert Frost poem and my favorite A New Found Glory album. All those years go when I discovered both as a high schooler in 2000 (I’m aging myself), I didn’t quite get it. But the other day I was driving

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A Valentine’s Story

A Valentine’s Story

I’ve been holding back on posting about this until now. Like many women who go through similar experiences, it’s nearly impossible to get over the feelings of shame, inadequacy, embarrassment and pure grief to feel comfortable opening up. Olympic gymnast

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Round Peg in a Sqaure Hole

I was watching Baby L play with one of those toys where you match the colored shape with the correct cut-out in a bucket. She took the triangle and relentlessly attempted to get in into the square hole. She finally

emilie July 15, 2016November 7, 2017 Life, News No Comments Read more

Pumping Nostaglia

I went into the baby cabinet today to put away bottles which are now occasionally used for water. Sitting there in the front were all my pumping supplies. My stomach dropped and I felt a use sense of nostalgia. Over pumping?

emilie January 10, 2016November 7, 2017 Life No Comments Read more

Update: The Last Name Debate

Update: The Last Name Debate

I never updated everyone on the resolution of The Last Name Debate. And just today, it came up when I brought baby with me to CrossFit Rittenhouse. The coach was asking me for my last name to send an email. A

emilie June 22, 2015August 23, 2016 Life No Comments Read more

My First Mother’s Day

My First Mother’s Day

I had a glass of wine. I have been full force, full speed ahead since baby arrived trying so desperately to be a perfect mom, a perfect partner and a perfect entrepreneur, it seems a break was long overdue. Just two

emilie May 11, 2015August 23, 2016 Life No Comments Read more

Things I CAN’T Do with a One Month Old

On my “to do” list yesterday – the day baby turned one month old – was to write an update on how the last two weeks has been. It never happened along with a host of other scribbled line items

emilie April 23, 2015November 7, 2017 Life No Comments Read more

Things I Can Do With a 2-week-old

Weeks before giving birth I started freaking out about what my life would look like with a newborn. Would I be trapped in my house unshowered in pajamas watching reruns of Grey’s Antamony all day? Would I ever see the

emilie April 8, 2015August 23, 2016 Life No Comments Read more
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