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It’s a journey of a lifetime, sweet soul. And a damn good love story. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace—————————————————————————————

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I get a lot of messages— and questions— from beautiful souls all over the world that have found their way to this account. Most of them make me smile— like, really make my day— because someone halfway across the world took the time to tell me how my words have changed them. And then— there are the questions. Most of them center around how I got “so wise” or how “I stay positive” all the time. Those make me smile even more. Because honestly? That’s simply not true. And so I guess, today, I just want to put that out there. That I do *not* know all the answers. That I make mistakes. That I have loved the wrong hearts. That I say things I don’t mean and sometimes— mean things I don’t say. And yes, I worry— even though I tell myself worrying doesn’t do much, it still creeps in sometimes. I’ve had those times in my life when everything was wrong and I didn’t know where my next footstep would take me. And sweet souls? I’m probably more like you than you think. I guess what has changed my life— and has allowed you to find a home in my words— is that I’ve found a way to use all those things. I have taken the hurt and the heartbreak— the questions and the chaos— and I have chosen to use it for good. So often, you’ll hear me writing what you say *you* need to hear. You tell me (which makes me soooo happy) that it’s like I’m writing “your life.” Well, sweet souls, here’s the secret. Often, I’m writing my life. Not always the way it is— but the way I want it to be. If I feel weak, I write about strength. If I feel lost, I write about hope. And when I feel hurt, I write about lessons. This life is always going to give us more than we ask for— more than we expect. And just remember, we are all out here trying to do the best we can with the best we’ve got. And you know the most beautiful thing about it? In that, we are all together. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace—————————————————————————————

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Everyone has their own little recipe for success looking back. Most people say they want to be happy. And sure, most of us also say we want to leave something behind us— some sort of mark we carve into this earth to make it remember us. Our impact. Our legacy. And I have to admit, I want all that. I’m not sure exactly what my ripples will look like when I’m gone— and I’m not sure exactly what people are going to remember. But I’ll tell you what I do know. I do know that I want to look back and know I lived. That I took chances and made memories and built a life. I want to know that my impact wasn’t just that I “went to work” and “earned my bank account.” I want to know that the sum of who I am— and what I do— isn’t the errands and the have-tos and all the time I get caught up worrying about how to get from here to there. That’s what I hope. I want to stand back, in those final hours or days (if I am so lucky as to know the end is coming) and I want to smile. I want to smile because I loved— and I was loved. I want to know that in some corner of this earth I was the spark that started a wildfire— the ripples that started a tidal wave. And I want to laugh. I want to laugh at all the crazy things I did and all the things that seemed so serious at the time but are now just incredible parts of my story. I want to grab someone I love by the hand and tell them not to worry so much about the things you don’t know. And not to think so much about the way things go. I want to wink at them and tell them to use this life. To drink it in. Jump from the plane. Take the trip. Say the words. Make the call. But mostly— mostly— just to live a life that writes a whole bunch of good stories. And you know, some good stories are made from the things that don’t work out like you’d planned right now. Let life lead you. Darling, just let it lead you. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace—————————————————————————————

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One day, you’re going to walk into a place you didn’t expect and weren’t ready for. And you know what you’re going to call it? Yours. You’re going to call it yours and finally and yes. You’re going to call it fate and destiny and success. It’s going to be the life you never thought you’d make it to— but always hoped you would. So darling— no matter what you do, keep walking towards that life. Because you never know when that next footstep will take you out of the life you’re walking in. And into that life you’re walking... towards. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace—————————————————————————————

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The story doesn’t always start at the beginning. I think that’s where most of us get it wrong. We think things just have to— happen— when we’re ready for them to happen. And I guess we don’t give much thought to how much actually has to happen to get us there. I mean, think about how a story— a book, a movie— goes. There is some serious character development— we have to get to know people and how they think and what they want. And then, of course, we need to have a catalyst— something that changes everything we think we knew. And that’s where the story really begins. Because that’s the place things get hard— and hearts change— and people grow. The story starts in the middle. After all those things that have made us who we are, and all those things that have happened that we weren’t ready for at the time. And you know, it’s truly beautiful, really, how so many times we think our catalyst is our ending and we find out it’s actually our beginning. I can feel it. The story is starting. The storm is over. And its time to walk into a world we’re ready for. And is ready for us. It took a lot of chapters to get here. A lot of waits and nos and maybe-down-the-roads. It took a lot of heartbreaking truths and fundamental questions. And it took falling in love with our own hearts first. Its the journey of a lifetime— it always will be. The beautiful story of how we learn to love ourselves. So this world can love the life we live within it. So, sweet souls, on this beautiful Monday— on the verge of a 2018 that is going to go down in history as the greatest, most life-changing year of our lives— all I can say is this. Get ready for your story to start. Get ready for it to surprise you and fill you with a sense of peace you’ve never imagined. Wait, sweet soul— the answers are coming. And the story? It’s beginning. Can you feel it? ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace——————————————————————————

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Some days the words don’t come easily. Some days they do. But I still try to write everyday— and I always find it interesting what comes out. Where my mind goes. And today, it’s one of those days where I’m not sure where the words are going to end up. Right now, I’m a passenger in a car that is driving through a windy mountain road. It’s been raining for two days— and right now, the sky is clearing. The clouds are low and are hugging the mountain in a surreal, cottony way. And I guess all I’m thinking about is how beautiful this life is. With its mountains and its clouds and it’s rain and it’s— possibility. How the storms come— how the clouds come— but how the sun always follows. Always. And I think what I love the most about this life is how little I know what it has in store for me. And how wonderful that truly is. So the message of today— brought to you from the top of a mountaintop— is this. Darling, if this life doesn’t scare you to death— if you aren’t full of questions and wonder and dreams and hope— then one thing needs to happen, sweet soul. You need to dream bigger. Much, much bigger. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace——————————————————————————

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This story is different. In this story, she’s not a princess. She doesn’t have the perfect life. She’s not waiting for a man— or a woman— or hell, anyone, to save her. In this story, she survives. She perseveres. She chases all the things that she wants in this life— and she catches them. In this story, she doesn’t need anyone to tell her how. Or when. Or why or where or if. She doesn’t need promises that things will work out or guarantees that risks will be worth it. And I’ll tell you why. Because she is in charge of her own damn life and she controls her destiny within it. She takes the winds and she uses them. She uses the storms to strengthen her. She accepts the nos and the you’re-not-the-ones and she lets what is destined to be part of her life stay. And she just gracefully lets the rest fade away. Into lessons. And a past. And a story that is damn worth it. Because she is. So she doesn’t need you to save her. In this story, she becomes her own damn hero. And she saves herself. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit #liveinthedetails #couragetorise—————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace——————————————————————————

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One day it’s going to happen. Darling, you’re going to finally meet the heart that changes absolutely everything. You’re going to fall so deeply and so totally in love with this other heart that you’re not even going to remember what it felt like before. You’re going to be whole, sweet soul. Whole in a way you never even knew you needed to be whole. And all I can say is that when you meet this heart, you’re going to be pretty damn proud of it. Of the love story you create. Of the life you build. And you should be— because darling, the greatest love story you will ever know lies in that beautiful heart you call— well, yours. So tell that story. The one that begins with you. And ends with happily ever after. The one where you are your own damn hero. And you save yourself. This crazy old world needs some strong hearts that know who they are. ♥ // February 2018: Things don’t get better, darling. You do. #thisistheyearwemakeit —————————————————————————————- Pre-orders for my first book, Courage to Rise, begin in March 2018. Limited edition autographed copies available May 2018. World-wide release 12.18.18. ♥ Emma Grace——————————————————————————