HeyJaredEmily Florence Writes
Musings on mid-life, motherhood, managing mental load & more
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Ancient. And Brave! (opens the original)
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How has your week been? Are you welcoming spring or autumn? Has September been good to you?It’s been unseasonably warm here in England with delicious sunny spells and (joy) blue sky all week. I have lapped up the sunshine - literally bathing in it like I’m trying to charge every fibre of my being before the long winter sets in and the sunshine weakens to a faded old friend. I am almost ready to say farewell to my summer clothes (I swap them out of my wardrobe in winter to make everything fit!) a
Yes, No, Maybe? (opens the original)
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It’s mid-September and the weather has turned for us in the northern hemisphere. There’s no denying it, so it’s time to embrace it. I have spoken before about my fairly recent love of autumn in the northern hemisphere (and the southern too!) but I'm beginning to wonder if it were false bravado. I’m actually a tiny bit melancholy about the shortening days and chill in the air. But it’s the grey mélange that really gets me. A blue sky chaser forever. However, onwards we go. I’m leaning into cosy s
That Blue Sky Feeling (opens the original)
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After a wonderfully long, hot summer, I’m ready. Channelling that unparalleled September Fresh Start energy, it’s time to gather my goals and tighten my ship. To harness that blue sky feeling and GO FOR IT.This year I turned 50 and I lost my mother - two pretty big milestones. It's made me do a lot of thinking, of course, and made me sharpen up my ambition. Life is for living, yes ma’am. But what I’m also trying to do, as I get comfortable with this new age and era I’m in, is partner thinking wi
Long Way Home (opens the original)
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