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Leanne Elliott

What If I Were Happy, the Year I Decided to Try

I didn’t even know what the word Happiness meant to me, or what it looked like out in the real world.

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Leanne Elliott

On Mothers and Daughters

The process of letting go is more imperfect than I ever imagined. It makes me think of my mother and how we’ve navigated the same process.

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Leanne Elliott

A Letter to My Younger Self

But this time, for a fleeting exhale, I allowed myself to look past all of that and see you in a way that normally doesn’t have a chance.

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Leanne Elliott

On Writer's Block: Why Shame and Perfection Make Ridiculous Bedfellows

The real crime is that I listen. I put down the pen and agree that it’s awful.

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Leanne Elliott

What COVID Gave Us

How COVID might change us for the better.

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Leanne Elliott

Confession of a Mom Who Yells

I have to admit, I thought this space would be filled with cute little stories of goat parkour, and tales of life with the kids. Like the...

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Leanne Elliott

Dear Kids, Merry Christmas.

Dear Kids, Merry Christmas. This is really a letter to me and your dad. We’re the ones that need a talking to. Okay, actually this is...

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Leanne Elliott

Happy Anniversary, the Oven is Dead.

We celebrated our 15th anniversary in October. Our plan was to walk downtown to the Italian place that we’ve been going to since we...

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Leanne Elliott

Death Touched Down

Death touched down. It’s always around us, but sometimes it comes so very close, alights on a nearby perch, and with its beady eye...

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Leanne Elliott

We Buried The Placentas: A Mother's Day Tale

Our extra special Japanese Maple

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