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Aaronica Cole is the mom behind The Crunchy Mommy which is the practically green guide for millennial moms on-the-go. The goal of the site is to give moms a space that they can feel like they're the amazing people they are while saving the world with on green tip at a time.

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I’ve been dealing with #HidradenitisSuppurativa

I’ve been dealing with #HidradenitisSuppurativa since I was 15. There was a long time that I was embarrassed by it. I was a swimmer and lifeguard so I lived in a swimsuit. Nursing my skin flare ups was hard at this coming of age because frankly, shit gets real ugly.
When I was 25, I had the surgery that removed the networks under my arms and in my groin area and it took me from stage 3 back down to stage 1 for more than 10 years.
Dealing with Hidradenitis Suppurativa made me feel alone—even with my doctors. It wasn’t until I started sharing about it in my stories that I learned that more people have this auto-inflammatory disease that doctors still don’t know much about.
I promise I’ll share more about my journey as an #HSWarrior to open more doors for conversations and healing.

I was speaking to a group of moms the other day ab

I was speaking to a group of moms the other day about advocating for your health while pregnant and after baby. When I opened the forum for questions, one of the first questions was about she would be able to workout after baby was born so she could snapback to her pre-baby body.
I immediately felt sad because this is many women’s point of view towards the end of pregnancy and post-birth. Snapping back. This was my first thought after my first two children too. In fact, I took pride in being able to fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans within a week of each of the births.
But why?
Does it make you a better woman/mom/person to slide back into your clothes after your body has created an entire person? If you can’t do this, are you now bad, unworthy, unhealthy, or not as good?
I’m all for doing what’s healthy for your body. But as women, as people who grow and birth nations, we have to stop putting the pressure on ourselves to snapback immediately. It’s takes our bodies TWO YEARS to fully heal after birth and even then, many of us still haven’t healed fully.
After birth, focus on the person you’ve created, the person that this process has made you. Yes, move your body in ways that support healing. Eat nutrient dense foods along with Oreos. Be kind to yourself. Give your body, heart and spirit some grace as you adapt to this new role in life. Let your body heal and don’t put extra pressure on yourself. You’re worth more than the time it takes you to snapback—especially if that snapback never happens.
Be kind to your body.
xoxo

Whew! After 836837 days of being with our kids, Mr

Whew! After 836837 days of being with our kids, Mr. Cole and I finally treated ourselves to a break.
While it was weird to not be around our computers, my sewing machines, #LoganTheLab, and the minions, we thoroughly enjoyed our relaxing weekend away.
We did all the things that we normally couldn’t do without interruption like talk, binge watch The Boys, Lovecraft and Schitt’s Creek. Not having to be “on” gave our bodies the opportunity to truly decompress.
Our first night there, I swear I’d never been so tired. It was like before then, I’d never rested and it finally caught up to me. I’m grateful for my village who made it so we didn’t have to worry about our babies—fur and human—as they were both enjoying their time away too.
If you have the opportunity to get away for a weekend or night, I highly recommend it. The parents leaving @evenhotelsalpharetta are different then the ones who arrived and for that, I’m grateful.

Go big or go home, right? This year for Halloween

Go big or go home, right?
This year for Halloween we’re going big and I’m loving how the items from @dollargeneral have really gotten our family in the holiday spirit. [ad] I was going for a spooky look this Halloween with our decor and I think I nailed it—what do you think?  
I got all this and more from Dollar General! They have cute decor items starting at $1. Be sure to check out your local DG to see what Halloween goodies they have in stock waiting to come home with you! And don’t forget to download the DG App to get some coupons and make your lists so you stay on task.
What’s on your Halloween decorating list this year?
#DollarGeneral #DollarGeneralFinds

AD: We're a huge superhero family around here. Now

AD: We're a huge superhero family around here. Now that BC is getting into them, he runs around talking about having superpowers which made me think about what mine is. ⁠⠀
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Love.⁠⠀
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Love is my superpower just like fellow powerhouse WonderWoman. Love is what gave her the strength to leave her home and fight for the lives of others and love is what pushes me forward on the days that I feel like I can't go on. Pandemic times have not been easy. Wearing a mask is not fun or easy either but I do because of my superpower of love--loving myself, my kids, and others.⁠⠀
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Just because it's not my favorite doesn't mean that it doesn't mean that the masks my family and I wear don't deserve a little razzle dazzle though! Using my @officialcricut , I've been able to add my very own WonderWoman reminder onto my mask and I'm partnering with Cricut to giveaway 25 masks!⁠⠀
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In addition to this giveaway, Cricut will partner with DC to provide an additional 1,000 masks to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salt Lake--how awesome is that??? Ok, so how do you enter, right? ⁠⠀
• Make sure you're following me @aaronicabcole. ⁠⠀
• Follow @officialcricut @wonderwoman, and @dccomics. ⁠⠀
• Tag a fellow parent who you think could benefit from winning. ⁠⠀
• Drop a comment sharing about who your biggest inspiration is and why. ⁠⠀
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And that's it! ⁠⠀
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I'll start us off: My biggest inspiration is my mom @bellgerri. She's overcome so much and really set the standard for what love looks like. She's helped me in my darkest moments and celebrated my happiest with me. She's the most incredible Nana and mom in the world and has influenced how I parent my own children. ⁠⠀
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Ok friends--your turn! ⁠⠀
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#cricutcreated #cricutmade ⁠⠀
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**This giveaway is in no way associated with Instagram and is open to US residents.

Heating things up while waiting for our tea to coo

Heating things up while waiting for our tea to cool...
Quarantine has been good for us. When we got married, my husband jumped into father to our oldest seamlessly. But that also means that I had to split my time with him immediately because he’s a hands-on dad. He’s been to all the kids parent-teacher conferences, every ballet recital, every track meet.
With him being home for the past xx months, we’ve been able to deepen our connection. We’ve had hard conversations about parenting, marriage and how to make sure boxes are empty before throwing them away (if you’re in my FB group, you get this reference). But through it all, it’s only made our marriage stronger and solidified our role as life partners.
How have you all been in your marriages or relationships since quarantine hit? Any lessons? Anything you’d do different? And advice?

This morning I was in the shower and I was thinkin

This morning I was in the shower and I was thinking about body positivity—namely how there seems to be this battle between people who want to lose weight and people are happy with their bodies.
As someone who would like to lose weight, I find myself straddling this line and I was thinking about why I’m not the most comfortable with wanting to lose weight. And then it hit me when I remembered seeing a post from someone I follow here as they lost weight.
They wanted to know why no one told them they were fat before.
Here’s the thing: whether your fat, skinny, unhealthy, healthy, weigh more or less, are vegan or eat all the meat your worth or value are not affecting by these things.
If I’m fat, does it matter? If I’m thin, do I deserve more love? Does my size mean that I love myself more or less?
No. It doesn’t. At the end of the day if I’m 400lbs or 150lbs, a size 30 or an 8, I’m still dope as hell and deserve love and respect.
**Spoiler alert: no one is going to tell you you’re fat because your worth and value don’t depend on that!**
Anyway... I just thought I would share my thoughts on this. If you want to lose weight, do it. If you don’t, don’t. But make sure that in all that you do, you see your worth and value where you are now versus letting your body determine this for you.

Happy Sunday! That’s it. That’s the caption.

Happy Sunday!
That’s it. That’s the caption. I have no inspirational message.
Xoxo

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