Archive - The Letdown

What if More People Like My Dad Were on the Other End of the Line?

This is a letter I wrote during Jami Attenberg’s with CRAFT TALK’s #1000wordsofsummer two years ago for my dad on Father’s Day.

Jun 15 •

Emily L. Kendall

January 2025

What’s Up with The Letdown?

Where have I been and what have I been doing?

Jan 28 •

Emily L. Kendall

November 2024

Little Resiliencies

Acorns survive and avoid becoming squirrel-crack to grow into magnificent oak trees. I think human beings do that too. Become like oak trees (while…

Nov 14, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

October 2024

Therapy for all the Therapies

Navigating all the "things" for kiddos with disabilities

Oct 7, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

September 2024

My Substack Summer

What I read in Summer 2024

Sep 19, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

August 2024

Good Grief: Losing My Mom After Her Eight Year Battle with Parkinson’s Disease

Something I can add to my list of things, grieving daughter...

Aug 28, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

July 2024

What I Learned From Giving Birth 11 Weeks Early

About myself, about life, and about postpartum panties

Jul 10, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

The FINALE! Eight Years Ago I Gave Birth 11 Weeks Early - Part 3

What actually happened? I did give birth as the title suggests...

Jul 3, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

June 2024

Eight Years Ago I Gave Birth 11 Weeks Early - Part 2

Part 2 coming atcha a week later than I intended, if only this baby would have stayed in like that!

Jun 13, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

May 2024

Eight Years Ago I Gave Birth 11 Weeks Early - Part 1

This is Part 1 of a Series about My Experience with "Spontaneous Preterm Labor" as it's known in the biz

May 30, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

Oh The Places I've Pumped (or Nursed)

All the juicy, interesting, places I've pumped or nursed a baby in the wild. Can't wait to hear yours.

May 10, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

April 2024

A Letter to Myself as a First-Time Breastfeeding Mom

Almost said breastfeeder but that doesn't sound right because I am not feeding myself...

Apr 25, 2024 •

Emily L. Kendall

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