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🍽️ “Was That Bite Worth the Price?” 💸
By Michellle Allen We’ve all had meals that left a lasting impression—sometimes for the flavor, sometimes for the price tag. 😅 So here’s a question I’ve been reflecting on lately: What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal… and was it worth it? For me, it wasn’t just about the fancy dish or Continue reading
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🦢Counting Swans, Keeping Promises: The Beauty of Showing Up Quietly
The Swan Census and the Art of Showing Up By Michelle Allen Every July, a small crew in England sets out to count swans. Not for science. Not for sport. But because tradition says the monarch owns them—and someone has to keep track. It’s called Swan Upping. It’s slow. It’s ceremonial. It’s deeply uninteresting. And Continue reading
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🌿 30 Things That Make Me Happy
🌿 Finding Joy in the Small Things By Michelle Allen 🌿 Finding Joy in the Small Things Sometimes happiness doesn’t announce itself with fireworks. It comes gently—wrapped in the laughter of grandchildren echoing through the yard, in the long-awaited hug that melts away weeks of distance, in the flicker of twilight candles and the whisper Continue reading
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🌿 The Joyful Habit: Lighting the Candle
By Michelle Allen There’s a small moment in my day that carries far more weight than its simplicity suggests. Before the coffee brews, before the texts roll in, before the calendar reminds me of everything I’ve promised—I light a candle. Before I write—before the day claims its urgency—I light a candle and pour a cup Continue reading
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What Are You Curious About?
By Michelle Allen I used to think curiosity was for children—wide-eyed wonderers asking why the sky turns orange or how ants know where to march. But the older I get, the more I see that curiosity is a sacred tool. A kind of grace we offer ourselves when we stop reaching for certainty and start Continue reading
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🌿Where Grace Lives, Even Without a Porch – A Home, A Healing, A Hope
By Michelle Allen There were no freshly painted walls. No matching furniture. No welcome basket folded with ribbon and promise. Just me, opening the door. Over the years, I’ve offered my home as a refuge—humble, imperfect, deeply intentional. A warm meal. A soft bed. A place to remember who you are when the world has Continue reading
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🌙 Seeing Me, Truly — Part I: Sequins and Sorrow
How Would I Describe Myself to Someone Who Can’t See Me? I’d begin with the moment captured in this photo—our last date night together. Darwin to my left, steady and soft-eyed. Joe to my right, wide-hearted and always growing. And me in the middle, wearing sequins and holding space for the past, the present, and Continue reading
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What Traditions Have You Not Kept?
Bread, Butter, and the Echoes of Home By Michelle Allen www.echoesofthewillow.com Sometimes I find myself reaching for something I can’t quite name—a gesture, a rhythm, a sound that lived in my parents’ home but doesn’t quite echo in mine. They kept traditions like clockwork: Sunday pot roasts and handwritten birthday cards. Garden rows measured with Continue reading
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🌿In the Rhythm of the Work, the Echo of the Ancestors
By Michelle Allen This morning felt ordinary. Brewed coffee, sunlight warming the boards of the deck, the faint hum of bugs waking up with the land. I measured, wrote, adjusted plans, and scribbled reminders. I sent another grant email, swept dust from the doorframe. And for a moment, I wondered: was today typical? Lately, my Continue reading
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🪵 How Would I Describe Myself to Someone?
By Michelle Allen echoesofthewillow.com If you asked me to describe myself, I wouldn’t start with titles or job descriptions. I’d start with something softer—something rooted. I’m someone who believes in second chances, in stories that curve and stretch, and in the power of gathering people around a table or a trail. I wear many hats—entrepreneur, Continue reading
