May delights

sun tea, weekend afternoon naps, puzzles and overcast days

We’re closing out May in the best way with a trip to the mountains next week, ending our time away visiting dear friends at their new beach house in NC. We’ll get to spend time with family and be outside in the not so crazy heat. I have been anticipating this trip for months and as always, the time has flown by and its already time to get packing. It’s full on summer here. I’ve been watching too many videos of spring uk gardens.. there is something so special about the uk in spring. I miss it. These days I’ve been needing deep breaths and time to rest after ending a crazy few months working way too much. There has been so much sweetness in the busyness but I am SO READY for a break. Wherever you find yourself, whether it’s a busy season or one with more ease, I hope that there have been many glimmers to delight in this month.

Here are my May delights..

• sweet potato brownies

• days testing recipes for pospartum mums

• Just For The Summer by Abby Jiminez

• pizza date at the beach

• Harry Potter in Welsh (I can currently read like 5 words..)

• sun tea

• popsicles in the paddling pool on a sunny afternoon

• gifted books

• this book

• Sunday morning run to get pastries to take to the beach

• JK Rowling wrote another children’s book that I had no idea about (currently reading)

• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

• orange vanilla raw milk matcha

• catch up calls with my long distance best friend

• bridging faith and emotional health

• acupuncture naps

• overcast days

• “let’s wake up early and go to the beach for a swim”

• hot chocolate in the morning

• “I got you flowers”

• weekend afternoon naps

• a new tea lounge inside our favourite small restaurant

• friends that get it

• collecting fallen blooms on a short walk

• molasses cookies

• leaving church to see the most perfect pink sunset clouds

• finishing a puzzle

• library hold pickups

• making carbonara for the first time in years

• last days of a crazy schedule

• photos from my mum, in our favourite childhood vacation spot

• yoga Nidra

• having the afternoon off

• Days At The Morisaki Bookhop by Satoshi Yagisawa

• leftovers for dinner

• cutting back a plant and watching the new growth emerge

• chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

• finding new inspiration

• spotting dolphins on our walk downtown

• saying no

Sending love, as always. Thank you for being here 🧡

Em xx

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If you’re new here, I’m Emily - a doula and emotional health practitioner. I share weekly (ish!) around nurture and nourishment for the transitions of womanhood. If you are curious about working together in a 1:1 capacity, I have currently have space for new clients. Click below if you’d like to chat some more. I’m so glad you’re here. x