lifted on the breeze
How it’s mid-August already is beyond me. How has your summer been? If you haven’t yet I hope you take these last precious weeks and dip...
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here are my stories
Words are my super power. I believe the stories we tell shape our reality. When we actively participate in being the author of our story we choose the lens we see life through. This empowered perspective allows us to seek joy in the mundane, pleasure in the ordinary, excitement in the routine.
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Emmy Pickering
- May 23
- 7 min
something of my own
It’s May and this is the month we were meant to be moving. I’m picturing myself in late August 2023, staggering under the weight of...
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Emmy Pickering
- Apr 20
- 3 min
The greening
Return of spring A kiss of softness in the breeze Buds that swell then burst The foliage a frothing verdant splendour A blanket that’s...
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Emmy Pickering
- Mar 13
- 8 min
The Great Plan, part 3
How It All Ends It’s January first, the dawning of a new year. As has become our tradition we celebrated New Year’s Eve with a quiet...
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Emmy Pickering
- Mar 7
- 5 min
The Great Plan pt 1
A Good Start I haven’t known where to start with this. I think I just kept waiting for the resolution, the grand finale. I’ve been...
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Emmy Pickering
- Jul 8, 2023
- 5 min
Slow & Curious
It's been one week since we left our Barriefield house. Even though I had been anticipating for quite some time how it would feel to make...
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Emmy Pickering
- Jan 24, 2023
- 5 min
For certain
Once upon a time there was a woman who loved many different things. She was a momma and loved being home with her littles, cherishing the...
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Emmy Pickering
- Oct 16, 2022
- 8 min
The Goods
I’ve never felt particularly attached to things. Sure, if you’ve ever been in my space, you know that I like to have beautiful little...
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Emmy Pickering
- Sep 13, 2021
- 6 min
Tug of War
Imagine yourself at a game of tug of war. See yourself, which side you’re on. Feel the rope twisting around your hands, the weight of it,...
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Emmy Pickering
- May 26, 2021
- 6 min
Too Good To Be True
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE; The saying itself denotes that something that is good cannot equal truth, doesn’t it? Or that we don’t believe that...
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Emmy Pickering
- Apr 28, 2021
- 6 min
It Hurts
I remember once when I got my two dollar allowance (remember two dollar bills?!) and I promptly gave it to a man begging on the street....
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Emmy Pickering
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
DEAR BODY
The alternative title for this was: “How’s your nervous system? Pretty fucking fucked I’ll bet!” I just wasn’t sure if that was coming on...
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Emmy Pickering
- Feb 24, 2021
- 6 min
On Purpose
We forget that we are the only ones who can truly know our experience, the manual can’t apply to you because it wasn’t written about you....
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Emmy Pickering
- Jan 27, 2021
- 9 min
Hold The Line
I recognize in myself that I tend to want to live in fairy tales, I want to read them and I want to write them. I sat down many times...
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Emmy Pickering
- Dec 9, 2020
- 6 min
Hold onto the Magic
It’s a hysterical start to our day, and not the good kind. Heavy emotions and a lot of questions that we’re not sure how to answer. Steve...
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Emmy Pickering
- Oct 22, 2020
- 7 min
The Life Experiment
After midnight, as December turned to January, as 2019 turned to 2020, Steve and I talked about what our intentions for the coming year...
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Emmy Pickering
- Sep 16, 2020
- 7 min
You Move I Move
Sometimes I think that I’m doing this manifestation thing all wrong. I’m too caught up in it, I’m hyper focused on an outcome, I can’t...
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Emmy Pickering
- Aug 12, 2020
- 5 min
I’m Still Learning
A couple weeks back I shared a post from my friend Sarah on Facebook, about the importance of encouraging our daughters (but all children...
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Emmy Pickering
- Jul 22, 2020
- 6 min
The Breakdown
It’s all breaking down. School. Work. Society. Medicine. Economy. Technology. All the pillars of the foundation of life that we’ve been...
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Emmy Pickering
- Jul 8, 2020
- 5 min
RE/TREAT
In a time of such uncertainty it feels like all there is to do is…pause. Since March I’ve had this huge ballooning feeling inside to get...
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