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Autumn Fox's avatar

Love you and your soft animal practice 🤍

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Tansie Bennetts's avatar

Oohh I went through Mary Oliver’s devotionals when I was pregnant with my first. Such potent simple beauty. Reading this made me smile. I could feel you getting lost in life in the best kind of way. I have been seeking more real life lately too. Spending whole days at the beach, in and out of games of shipwreck and pirates. Hunting for treasures and swords.

I have been questioning myself what I am creating for me and for my boys and trying to prioritise that above all else. It’s meant I haven’t posted in over a month but I have made a lot of Lego and read a lot of books with little ones snuggled in close.

Your summer ahead with your sister sounds magical. Motherhood is so much more fun when we’re doing it with others. X

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Kortney Garrison's avatar

"...leaning into the wonders of existing in 2024" YES!

As I contemplate living my 50th year and finishing homeschooling my daughter, I heard the phrase *celebrating can't wait* And so that is our guiding star this year.

All the cloth napkins, all the wayside flowers, all the candles. Celebrating can't wait.

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Jan Yanello's avatar

“Celebrating can’t wait”—I will carry that with me.

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Kortney Garrison's avatar

May it be a good companion ✨

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Jan Yanello's avatar

I was wondering about the pause—this is the best possible update. I was just remembering this morning that my first memories of music are my mother singing and playing the piano, which she did with great joy and NO monetization whatsoever (though she occasionally bartered for services by giving piano lessons). The uncommercialized art of a richly fertilized real life is becoming a rare treasure. May we all find ourselves lost in it. ♥️

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Liane Bourke's avatar

“Richly fertilized real life” I love how you phrased that.

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Genevieve Beech's avatar

was it a caregiving anthology submission rejectjon? i and a friend so received those! this post was divine and inspiring, thank you kat i adored it 💚

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Lauren Barber's avatar

Your words give me so much to contemplate and be inspired by. Thank you for ‘showing’ what’s possible… it really stirs something in me even though it feels almost impossible to reach. Very grateful you have shared. Xx

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Kim's avatar

These words inspire me to be more of myself. So grateful for you and the way you move in the world. And love your soft animal practice too.

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Richard Kooyman's avatar

Thank you for your honest and brave realizations. I certainly struggle with maintaining the poetic in a neoliberal world that thinks it's no longer needed. I'd like to read more about how you navigate this new move in your life.

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Asia Suler's avatar

I felt this deeply today. I'm grateful for your sharing Kat 🤍

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Christianna Joy Scott's avatar

Oh these things you’ve learned! What a list! Multitudes, indeed. Today, I am learning: saying no to buying more things feels like actually freedom.

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Anna Adami's avatar

Such a comfort to read!

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Jo Thomas 🌿's avatar

I love your honesty and openness Kat, thankyou for sharing this, sharing yourself. I so wish I could spend more time on these simple, real, actual life joys, and my intention right now is to have the space and opportunity to do them by building my business in a way that supports me. But there is a lot of screen time right now for me, a lot of hard work, a lot of my brain space taken up by it, which I find hard.

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Kerry Hinns's avatar

This level of beauty and simplicity is what I am living for right now. Thank you for this reminder 🤍

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Ashley Felice's avatar

I’m happy you’re taking time away from these internet spaces. We’ve talked about this before. I took a break myself. When you do return, though, your words are inspirational. They feel like fresh air. I’m hoping to find a more balanced presence here on Substack. We’ll see how it goes!

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