Pretty When You Smile

Short essays and poems about noticing the small stuff, holding the big stuff, and stretching into it all for a life fully lived. Illness and healing, grief and love, motherhood, making art, belonging, growing up, growing old. Words to keep you company.

By Christa Gardner
· Launched a year ago
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