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Take New York City cabs, North Carolina Country, and the suburban curves of the West Coast. Sprinkle in four adorable kids who add just enough crazy to keep Danielle sane, and you have the succulent recipe for City Girl Gone Mom.

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Jan 16

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🗽Anyone else’s in the boat of intense sports and having to separate? Would love to hear how you handle not being there for each game. I missed my boys lacrosse tournaments in Palm Springs … so hard on me, but Brody had his first dance competition so mom was on the dance circuit. We are reuniting tonight, but man do I miss them. I wish i could be there for each of them during their games and dances. So hard when you a lot of children going in different directions. I swear there is a constant conflict where we all have to miss something. I mean there truly ain’t no good like motherhood! Ain’t that the truth! #likeamother #dancemom #laxmom #sportsmom #momlife #mommyhood #mamahood

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Jan 13

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🫶🏼Ten years ago today, we took a leap of faith, sold our home and dental practice, and moved from North Carolina to Southern California. I remember like it was yesterday when mama Dona (my friends mom who treated me like her own) dropped us off at the airport and took this picture. Though we were going to miss our dear friends and family, this was something my husband and I were ready for. I was wanting to go closer to NY, but my Bobby was California dreaming’! 🗽☀️ I mean how could I fight him on America’s Finest City, San Diego. 🥳🏄🏻‍♀️🌊
What truly pulled the trigger for us was the passing of our dear friend Christian. Christian was in the military with Bobby and tragically passed away in a car wreck. We spoke to him the night before the accident and we talked about us both moving back to California where we were once stationed and both raising our kids together. After Bobby read the eulogy and flew back home from Michigan he said start packing, we are going to live our lives and live out our dreams. 
We were scared of the unknown. But it worked out, Bobby bought a dental practice in Del Mar from another gentlemen who too served his country and mom started a blog called, City Girl Gone Mom. I started writing three articles a week documenting all of our days, from our wins to our failures and jumped on instagram. I never knew I would build a brand on many social media platforms, but here we are. From TikTok, to YouTube, to Facebook, we now have a combined reach of 7 million, and it still blows my mind.🗽
Moral of the story, take a chance, live your life. Ten years ago, we did it without knowing what the future would hold. I never knew getting into social media a decade ago would be a really smart choice. Sure, it took us 5 yrs to save to buy our first home here, but now we own 2  Heck, I even had a 4th baby, SURPRISE.👶 And that baby we all know is mind blowing talented. Take a chance, I can’t scream that loud enough. One thing I truly remember before we left is my stepfather saying to me, Danielle, what do you really have to lose? You can always come back! 🙏🏼🗽🤗 Are you ready to take some risks? #letsgo #adventureofalifetime #citygirlgonemom

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Jan 11

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🗽It’s amazing how one CAN overcome any obstacle that comes your way. You just need to embrace your inner grit and tenacity and supercharge your ambitious cape. There is always a way. Never feel defeated and always have the courage to ask. 9 out of 10 times people will say yes. I lived my life this way, without being afraid of being told “no”! 
🫶🏼Actually, every experience and opportunity didn’t come knocking at my door, instead I had to go get it. So, I am here to say go supercharge that cape and LETS GO! 
🗽🚕True story: When I was in college I needed an internship so I called E! Entertainment TV and landed as an intern for The Howard Stern Show! I ended up staying a lot longer than a semester, if i am not mistaken it was more like 4. If i didn’t ask, this wouldn’t have happened because they did not have an internship program. What would you like to muster the courage up to ask for? Let’s go! #citygirlgonemom #grit #tenacity #ambition #newyorker

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🏡It always blows my mind how paint can change a space! We haven’t even started Blondies cabin renovations, and she already looks so good! My architect @buffettdesign is putting the furniture for @arhaus in the space and i can’t wait to share those realistic walkthroughs with you! 🫶🏼❤️ Linking everything on my blog today. (Link in bio) would love to hear if you like where we are going with a little paint. Comment below.  Oh yeah and how long can i keep my Christmas tree up? I love it! #blondiescabin #aframecabin #mountainmama

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🗽🏈🥍🩰 Got to get amped up for the amount of diving and conquering we are doing this weekend. Four kids in four directions and only two of us! You better believe we thanks our sports friends families who step in. Wearing a plethora of hats today! 🎩⛑️🤠🥳🧢 Anyone relate?  #momlife #parenthood #sportsmom #dancemom #lacrossemom #laxmom #sundaysports #relateable

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Jan 6

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That Friday feeling🫶🏼❤️ anyone else still so exhausted from the holidays? Wow…

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🗽I will always pride myself in being a cheerleader to the human race! People parent and do things differently and that’s ok. However, one thing we can all do is encourage kindness always. Imagine how beautiful the world would be if everyone just had something positive to say. What about spending the day only saying positive things? I ask my kids all the time tell me three awesome things they loved about their day. Sure, I am a glass half full kind of mama, but I still believe in the good of humans and I still want to always see the best in people….. so how I tackle that is by doing the most important job and that’s encourage, support and raise kind kids. It starts at home and since our kids are also on social media I remind them to always leave encouraging words. Only positive comments. I would love today for all of you to remind your kids as they learn new terms like “suss” “only in Ohio” that their digital footprint will follow them so now more than ever we need to encourage kindness. If you don’t agree with something, keep scrolling just like when we were told if you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say it. Here’s to all the parents encouraging kindness, love and appreciation. Our kids truly need it! Xoxo (link in bio) - new article up on the blog! 
#citygirlgonemom #bossbabybrody #tinydancer #bekind #beyou #kindnessmatters #encourageothers #encouragement #positivity #raisingteens #raisingkids #raisinggoodhumans

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🫶🏼🌈🦄 Love will always win! They go low, we keep going high! We will pray for those who don’t support their children and clip their beautiful wings. Every child should be able to like what they like, and not be told it’s wrong because of some rigid box society says they should be in. Please… 🙄 We are proud of all of our kids and if my rainbow loving son wakes up tomorrow and wants to pursue something else, you better believe my cape is magical and will transform to be the bridge to help him to where he wants to go instead of the roadmap dictating where he should be! 🫶🏼 As a seasoned mother of four, the best i could do is love, support and encourage… and of course be flexible too. Thoughts? Comment below! 
#reallife #encouragekids #beyou #bedifferent #youareperfect #kindnesswins
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