Welcome to VITA x The Mom Flow, Erin Sousa‘s smart, funny and, most importantly, REAL weekly column on all things parenting. In Erin’s own words, the Mom Flow is “a place for working moms who love being a mom and also love being themselves. Work from home moms, moms who work out of the home, business owner moms, and even women who aren’t moms but are maybe mom curious!”
She adds, “The Mom Flow is our safe space … and no, you don’t need to be a mom to enjoy the content, and that’s why I feel like it’s going to be so great. Because, while I’m a mom, the FLOW means also enjoying life outside of being a mom and knowing that it’s OK to still be you, even if you’re re-discovering who that is after having a baby.”
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Without further ado, our first Mom Flow must-read below! —Vita Daily
Being Basic + Bedroom Chaos: You Don’t Have To Do It ALL
Welcome to Friday Five – we made it through another wild week! Love writing these and love having you here. Heads up: I’m going to be MIA for the next two Fridays which I’m bummed about. But, with so much travel coming up, I can’t do it all and part of the Mom Flow is knowing you can’t be all things to all people all at once. Co-sign?
Being Basic
Oh call me the most basic b, or a product of commercialism, but I will ALWAYS get a Starbucks holiday drink on launch day. It’s actually just so nostalgic for me and a testament to the hold that the corporation that is Starbucks can really get on you! I worked there with Roberto in the aughts (it’s where we met), and those Christmas roll outs we did together were epic and just so fun! They do them to like 10% now but we will always love grabbing that Starbucks holiday bev – the Gingerbread Latte is baaaack. I’m going to try adding a pump of white mocha to it, replacing one of the GB pumps, to make it a touch creamier and I’ll keep ya posted!
Our family costume
When I say that Halloween with a three year old is magical… OMG. I had so so sooo much fun this year doing our very first family costume. Lola wanted to be a pumpkin so we worked around that, landing on Pumpkin Spice Latte (ok, I swear this Friday Fave is not an ode to lattes lol). Uncle Derek was a Barista AKA our maker. I haven’t dressed up for prob over 15 years, and it was FUN. Not huge into overdoing it juuust yet and don’t count me in for anything crafty or homemade, but I can hang with a pretty easy costume and some fun makeup. We always spend Halloween at our close friends place and even though we all have different aged kids, pizza, excitement, and lots of candy is always a good time! I grew up in a Halloween fam – Roberto is NOT a Halloween guy but I think he’s coming around. Can I just say that my heart was the fullest it ever has been getting to make these memories and traditions for Lola and allowing myself to have a slower schedule when needed so I can really participate, feel it, and enjoy it, is just the best gift ever.
The book I’ve been listening to
The Britney book is a must-read for me. It has been the best selling celeb memoir of all-time but I haven’t seen many people talking about it! It was a lot shorter than I expected (Jessica Simpson’s book was 11 hrs, Britney’s only 5 hrs) but there is quite a bit packed into it. Hearing from her POV is very eye opening – I always forget that the media concocts this character out of a little crumb just for their own benefit and that can ruin a person. It’s so freaking toxic. Hearing about how she was treated, as a woman, while it benefited all the men in her life, and what her family did to her – how she was trapped and didn’t want to rock the boat by fighting for her freedom. It happened under our noses and she had no one to count on?! I felt she was very honest and real. It’s such a good reminder that you just do not know what someone is going through and to reach out to your people, especially your strong friends! I always prefer autobiography audio books that are read by the author BUT Michelle Williams sounds so much like her in a weird way, I started forgetting it wasn’t Britney.
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