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I'm Done With Heels
Part rant, part resignation and a whole bunch of links I've been wanting to share for weeks!
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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…
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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…
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Emily Henderson
8
Diagraming Our Family
"If this moment were a sentence, I would be the..."
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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…
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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…
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Emily Henderson
30
New Name, Same Ol' Me
Announcing The Bittersweet Weekly!
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4
When it's Just the Two of Us
hobbies + daydreams
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Emily Henderson
Play Your Heart Out
Thirteen girls, thirteen puddles of tears, and one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.
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Emily Henderson
I Take Fenugrec for anxiety
and other things I do just because
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Emily Henderson
2
Brain fog
dispatch from a brief, but specific moment in time
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Emily Henderson
Dishes
Thoughts on thinking about things I do without thinking... Yeah, I don't follow it either, but I've been up since 3:30am so let's just roll with it.
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Emily Henderson
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