This is a piece that someone in my life I’ll call G commissioned to honor the deep and once-in-a-lifetime love that she and her husband shared.
Author Archives: Emily P.G. Erickson
Let Your Self Soften
Let your self soften body mind heart unclench unwind now how does that feel?
A Toast For My Brother On His Wedding Day
Cheers to the cat-loving newlyweds!
We Shouldn’t Praise Each Other For Doing Things That Look Hard
We should praise each other for doing things that ARE hard.
Happy Birthday Little Flower
O made an important discovery in our yard yesterday. “Mama, this little flower is born!” Sure enough, the periwinkle bud that had been closed tight for the past week had unfurled while we slept. “It’s the flower’s birth day!” O said. So we made a dirt cake (“Flowers like dirt,” O explained); we topped itContinue reading “Happy Birthday Little Flower”
Happy Birthday To Me!
My answers to three interview questions from Tribe of Mentors.
It Is So Much Easier For Me To Accept The Rain
Knowing that sunshine is coming soon helps put bad weather days into perspective.
The Place Is In The Details
When it comes to how something feels, the details can make all the difference.
You Are Home
What feels like home to you?
What You Do Matters
We can use our human legacy as storytellers to help ourselves find meaning and purpose.