✨ February Memories
and 🍞 Felipe’s French Toast
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Hello, Darling! ✨
I’ve been doing this “Monthly Memories” Series now for almost 2 years. It’s crazy to think just how much Charlie has grown up since I started it. Today I’m sharing an unexpected way that AI helped me help Charlie get over separation anxiety at school, and a whole lot more goodness from the month of February.
If you’ve been looking for a good reason to force yourself to use AI tools for reasons other than “help me edit this email” I hope today’s newsletter is exactly what you’re looking for!
xx
Stef
✨ February
February was a fever dream in the best way: backyard ski fails, water park chaos in Lake Geneva, a date night where I finally beat Ronnie at every arcade game (still riding that high), and my cookbook officially moving into prototype form after three years of work. Oh—and I accidentally wrote and printed two custom children’s books in under two hours using AI to help solve Charlie’s separation anxiety.
Motherhood, memory-keeping, ambition, and technology are colliding in real time over here. If you’ve got a dream on your heart, or a problem you can’t quite solve, this month’s summary is for you.
🍞 Felipe’s French Toast
My dad is know as “Felipe the Cabana Boy” in certain circles, so it only felt right to call his French Toast recipe Felipe’s French Toast. I have so many memories of my dad making this for me as a little girl, and then cutting my slice of bread into 9 perfectly square pieces. I would then reserve the middle-most piece as my last bite, as it would certainly be the most buttery, sugary and delicious. As an adult, when I am craving the nostalgia, warmth, and joy of childhood, I bust out this recipe, even if it’s just for me.
🎬 Adds Children’s Book Author to her resume?
Seeing my Charlie girl get through her separation anxiety and sleep anxiety with my handwritten and illustrated children’s books for her is such a dream come true, I can’t believe I live at a time where I can go from idea to printed custom children’s book for my daughter in <2 hrs. What a time to be alive. Read more about my process in the February article linked above. ♥
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