Emilie Smith

Emilie Smith
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Emilie is a born-and-raised Vermonter and full-time working mom. She grew up within the ranks of a Vermont ski resort following in the footsteps of her parents and raised her daughters in the foothills of the mountains until 2018. In 2018, her family made the move to her husband’s hometown on the shores of Lake Champlain. The mother of three daughters (born in 2004, 2007 and 2014), Emilie enjoys skiing, snowshoeing, yoga, mountain biking, painting, sushi, a really great book, inspiring podcasts, a good cup of coffee, and being on the water, when she’s not busy juggling the extremes of teenage angst and the stages of just-out-of-toddlerhood. Emilie is passionate about connecting with other women, especially moms, and working through who she is outside of her typical roles. You can follow along with Emilie’s journey defining herself as a woman – and discovering her passion for writing – on her personal blog at www.findingmeinmom.com.

Shifting My Gifting Practices: Focusing on Experience-Based Gifts

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Some of my favorite gifts to both give and receive are experience-based gifts, but I have to admit that this is a relatively new mindset around gift-giving for me. I used to be the mom...

Forget Balance; We Should Focus on Harmony in Motherhood

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Harmony in motherhood focuses on our ability to work together with those who we co-exist with, and allows us to weave in and out of our family's big moments, while still holding space and...

Lice: Unfortunate Encounters with Domesticated Wildlife

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Lice; just the word makes me squirm with discomfort. The first time our family encountered lice, I was driving my eldest daughter home from a week-long softball camp. We were stopped by road construction along...

Raising Daughters: A Complex and Diverse Challenge

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Raising three daughters has taught me that each experience in parenting multiple children is extremely diverse, at every level. Raising one daughter does not necessarily prepare you for the trials and tribulations of the...

Soups and Crock-Pot Meals: Family Meal Ideas that Are Hearty, Homemade, and Easy

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Crock-pot meals and the crock-pot itself did not grace our kitchen while I was growing up. My mother hated cooking; in fact, other than breakfast items like pancakes, French toast, and waffles, she does...

Prioritizing Mom: Creating Space, Time and Energy for Refilling Your Cup

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We have all heard that one cannot pour from an empty cup, however getting to the place where you know what refuels you and then taking the steps to carve out the time and...

Outsourcing Chores: How I Use Domestic Services to Add Hours to My Day

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I have a dirty little secret. I use a housecleaning service. Outsourcing chores and using domestic services has saved my sanity. A few years ago, a friend told me that she had hired a woman to...

New Mom on the Block: How I’m (Barely) Managing Moving to a New School

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A new school year is upon us. It actually descended sometime in late July, heralded by fliers and advertisements shouting at every turn, from running to the drug store for toothpaste to shopping online for...

Motherhood Support: Laying the Groundwork and Showing Up for Others

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Motherhood support is not something that I was graced with in the early stages of parenting. I entered motherhood as a terrified twenty-year-old, and my support network was limited to my mother. In many ways,...

Everyday Gratitude: The Rose-Colored Lens You Need to Improve Your Life

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About eight months ago, I started an everyday gratitude practice and I am here to insist that you do a taste-test (as they call it when the kids try a new food at my...

Just Another Cautionary Social Media Tale

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The following story is difficult for me to share. My daughter made some poor decisions on social media, and I hope that by sharing this with you, I can help even one person learn...

Why I Believe in What is Now Referred to as Free-Range Parenting

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Wikipedia defines free-range parenting as, “The concept of raising children in the spirit of encouraging them to function independently and with little parental supervision, in accordance of their age of development and with a...

Moms: Why You Need to Consider Taking a Vacation Without Your Kids

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Or, why vacation, and escaping reality and your kids, is vital to your marriage and your sanity. My husband and I recently went on a week-long vacation with eight close friends, sans kids. It was...
Replacing strength with vulnerability

When I Replaced Strength with Vulnerability, I Grew Closer to my Daughters

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Mothers are known for being the cornerstones of any family; the foundations that support the beams of our children’s lives. Although mothers experience vulnerability at nearly every turn, it is not something that is...