The Bittersweet Weekly

Home
The Bittersweet
Linkspo
Home + Design
About

The Bittersweet

Habits and Stories
Play with Joy!
 • 
Emily Henderson
2
A Slow Walk Into the New Year
Morning Pages, The Artist's Date, and the week-two itch.
 • 
Emily Henderson
6
December, with Gratitude
an unexpectedly quiet month
 • 
Emily Henderson
1
Is anybody out there?
A specific kind of loneliness
 • 
Emily Henderson
5
I Keep Going...
What's your superpower?
 • 
Emily Henderson
16
Coming Soon...
The Bittersweet Weekly is Baaack!
 • 
Emily Henderson
3
I'm Done With Heels
Part rant, part resignation and a whole bunch of links I've been wanting to share for weeks!
 • 
Emily Henderson
15
Run Club
At 5:30 on a Tuesday morning, cold and dark, and I was in a high school parking lot, nervously stepping from foot to foot. A few weeks before, I reached…
 • 
Emily Henderson
11
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
I wasn’t even going to put up a tree until Nick pointed out I was being a bit of a Grinch. The space feels a little more festive, but this is still a…
 • 
Emily Henderson
8
Diagraming Our Family
"If this moment were a sentence, I would be the..."
 • 
Emily Henderson
10
(Not) How I Remember It
Think of a photo you haven’t seen in a long time. Describe it in as much detail as possible. Then look at the photo. What did you get right? What did…
 • 
Emily Henderson
1
A New Friend I Never Met
or, how I wish I were a different kind of "cancer mom." I wanted to arm you with all the information to go into the world and force change. I wanted to…
 • 
Emily Henderson
30
© 2025 Emily Henderson
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture