by Emily Henderson | Mar 26, 2021 | Creativity + Memoir
The Remembering Heart. A gift from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles The hospital called it the Remembering Heart. They gave it to me as part of a bedside ritual the day Aiden died. It’s a necklace with two white ceramic heart charms tied with gold strings....
by Emily Henderson | Feb 21, 2021 | Family + Kids
It’s hard to fix a wrinkled heart At the beginning of the school year, we decided to partner with one other family with two children the same age as ours and do school together for the year. It has proven to be the best decision we have ever made. To break up...
by Emily Henderson | Feb 16, 2021 | Creativity + Memoir
Nick and I took advantage of the long weekend and traveled to Lake Nacimiento for a short vacation. On our second morning, I got up early to watch the sunrise over the lake. I sat curled up on the couch hot tea and book in hand as the sky woke up. Sunrise at Lake...
by Emily Henderson | Jan 20, 2021 | Creativity + Memoir, Family + Kids
Reading Life A Reading Life Have you ever thought about your reading life? I don’t mean do you like fiction or non-fiction – mystery or romance? I’m talking about your relationship to reading, both the content and the act. A reading life asks...
by Emily Henderson | Dec 28, 2020 | Thoughts + Musings
I’m with the whole world when I say 2020 sucked, but I stop short of calling it the worst year ever. That honor goes to 2019. 2019 was the year Aiden got cancer. It was the year he died. 2020 was supposed to be the year we grieved him. But just as we were...
by Emily Henderson | Dec 8, 2020 | Self-Care + Movement
I’ve wanted to run every street in Santa Barbara for while. When the pandemic hit I was out of excuses. Here is an update on the first six months of this project. I hope it inspires you to get outside and see your community! A little over a year ago,...
by Emily Henderson | Nov 26, 2020 | Thoughts + Musings
Aiden Thomas Henderson November 12th marked the one-year anniversary of Aiden’s death. Coincidentally it was also the day his obituary was published. Writing it had been one of those things on my to-do list that just seemed so unfair, but I also couldn’t...
by Emily Henderson | Oct 20, 2020 | Family + Kids
I took my crew out of town for a much-needed change of scenery. We left the house an hour later than planned, and still forgot things, but were too giddy with excitement to care. We all piled in the car and headed North on the 101 to Cambria. This part of the Central...
by Emily Henderson | Sep 21, 2020 | Creativity + Memoir
Big sigh… This feels like eating canned green beans. I hate canned green beans. As a kid, I would eat everything else on my plate so slowly knowing each bite brought me closer to the inevitable ending. If I wanted to get up from the table I had to finish the...
by Emily Henderson | Jun 4, 2019 | Self-Care + Movement
A few weeks ago I was talking with my therapist about focus. I often find myself wandering around the house “busy” but not really doing anything. Durning our conversation meditation came up. I gushed about how much I love meditation. I have a candle, and a...
