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Gracie and Lily are at a sleepover as I write this, I’m in the kitchen with just Edie and she is happily eating a meal for one. To focus...

Emmy Pickering
Jul 15, 20203 min read
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Bright Spots
I have a book for each of my girls and I write to them on big holidays and their birthdays, I’ve been doing it since they were each in...

Emmy Pickering
Jul 1, 20204 min read
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Welcome Gracie Juniper
Eight years ago today my waters had already broke. Actually they broke over 36 hours ago and there I was, waiting for you to be born. I...

Emmy Pickering
Jun 24, 20204 min read
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PLEASURE | JOY | FUN
Throwback to February when I originally wrote this…I wonder, given current events and circumstances, if anyone has been able to embrace...

Emmy Pickering
Jun 10, 20204 min read
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Heart Magic
If you look up the antonym to logic you’ll come across a list of words that likely no one would choose to be defined by. Absurdity,...

Emmy Pickering
Jun 3, 20208 min read
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Only Way Out
Edie Plum will be ten months old this week, she’s now at that super physical stage where she wants to be everywhere and do everything....

Emmy Pickering
May 6, 20205 min read
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A Life that is Good
Imagine… You wake up feeling well rested. You see the sun shining around the cracks of your curtain in the bedroom and know in your bones...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 29, 20206 min read
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Don’t censor JOY.
I woke up to Edie’s coos and the distinct sound of a 7 year old creating a breakfast masterpiece in the kitchen. You know that sound of...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 17, 20206 min read
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Microfocusing on the Moment
This Weird Time, that’s all I can refer to it as. I don’t like saying “new normal” because that seems to add a sense of laissez-faire...

Emmy Pickering
Apr 2, 20206 min read
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South Facing Adventure
Hi, welcome to my life. This is how me and my husband of 100 years (actually just about 15, but we’ve been together since we were stars...

Emmy Pickering
Feb 17, 20204 min read
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The Season of Winter
I constantly promote the idea that in life we are faced with two options — you’ve heard me write about this before but indulge me again;...

Emmy Pickering
Feb 8, 20204 min read
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