Emily Feret

23/07/2025

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A place to share more in depth thoughts about parenting in the age of the “mommy influencer”- talking about the raw and difficult aspects of motherhood without a filter. Life lesson. Etc - and news of any upcoming projects by me- Emily Feret

23/07/2025

I will NOT be labeling my child’s school supplies.
And I absolutely do not care if another child ends up using them.

You realize we are talking about crayons and markers right?

Crayons are 50 cents
Markers are $1

Kids are KIDS and it’s not their fault if their family is unable to afford all the supplies this year.

Times are hard.

Also, THIS- this, buying extra supplies- is the village. This is how we show up for our fellow parents and neighbors.

Also let me frank- if I am able my child’s teacher will be getting whatever they need

Pencils, Kleenex, Don Julio
- they’ve got it

22/07/2025

I don’t like to judge moms or their name choices …

Ok in all seriousness do you think it’s their real name or do you think they have different legal names?

22/07/2025

Farewell to this legend

RIP Ozzy.

His farewell concert really was a farewell 💙

22/07/2025

Motherhood is hearing the phrase “they are only little once” and feeling sad and relieved at the same time

21/07/2025

Can you guess the difference between picture one and two?

Yes, one has less mess than the other. Thats true.

But let me tell you what changed in the 20 minutes it took me to clean this room…. Nothing

I was not suddenly a better mom
I was not a better wife
I was not a better person

I existed on the same wavelength in both of these photos.

I was still a good friend and a kind person.

Because mess is temporary and fluid. It ebbs and flows as we exist in our space. It doesn’t define us or our worth.

It quite possibly- the least interesting thing about me.

Cheers to mess. Cheers to cleaning up.
Cheers to you 💙

21/07/2025

And it was a wonderful time 💙

20/07/2025

I didn’t rent out a movie theater.
There were no face painters, magicians, or bounce houses.

Heck, there were not even goody bags.

There were simple, fun decorations in their favorite themes and most importantly there were lots of people we love there.

There were family and friends in droves and that’s what made the day so special.

That’s what they will remember the most - THAT’S the magic.

I promise even the simple things will be something they look back at fondly.

20/07/2025

The kids had a joint birthday party this year! A summer bash!

I rented my local community haul, invited all our friends and family and called in Jimmy Johns to the rescue!

Honestly it was beautiful seeing how many people love our family and my kids and came out to support them and I love any excuse to get together with everyone.

The kids ran around for hours and we even had an epic bean bag tournament!

19/07/2025

She did it slow
With a slot of snacks and water
She trained for weeks often waking up early to run
She finished

And she was not second or third of tenth or 100th- but got the same medal anyway

Because it’s personal. The only competition is yourself.

And I won today 💙

19/07/2025

Did it again l- 👏🏻 and a new PR -