Before I launched my business, I still thought of myself as a “hot mom”—a phrase I used less as a statement of appearance than as a reminder that I was still a person with taste, humor, desire, and a life outside my children. I became a mom in 2016, and now I have two sons, Rye and Lennon, but even in those early years, I held tightly to the parts of myself that existed beyond them. I loved getting dressed for the small, daily rhythms of my life—walking my kids to school, meeting a friend for a drink, heading out for date night. My style was simple but playful, mixing colors and patterns with a tomboy edge. In those clothes, I felt confident, strong, and fully like myself. In 2023, I launched Welcome Home , a meal delivery service for new parents rooted in the idea that food is medicine—that the postpartum period is one of the most physically and emotionally demanding transitions in a person’s life, and that nourishment should be treated as essential care.…