Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
Get Down with The Letdown: An Overview
Welcome to The Letdown! It's been waiting for you...
Feb 29, 2024
•
Emily L. Kendall
9
1
2
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, 2025
•
Emily L. Kendall
1
What’s Up with The Letdown?
Where have I been and what have I been doing?
Jan 28, 2025
•
Emily L. Kendall
7
1
2
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
5
1
2
Therapy for all the Therapies
Navigating all the "things" for kiddos with disabilities
Oct 7, 2024
•
Emily L. Kendall
5
5
2
Latest
Top
Discussions
My Substack Summer
What I read in Summer 2024
Sep 19, 2024
•
Emily L. Kendall
2
1
1
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
8
7
1
What I Learned From Giving Birth 11 Weeks Early
About myself, about life, and about postpartum panties
Jul 10, 2024
•
Emily L. Kendall
4
5
3
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
6
2
2
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
4
4
2
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
4
1
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
11
22
2
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
11
8
3
My Expectations Were Low. It Turned Out Better Than Expected.
Adding low expectations to my to-do list.
Mar 28, 2024
•
Emily L. Kendall
9
15
2
See all
The Letdown
Creating connections through stories on breastfeeding, high-risk pregnancies, raising a kiddo with a disability, navigating hospital stays, finding your way, and running. If you've experienced all or one of these - you don't walk (or run) alone.
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 13
Just Enjoy It While You Can
Erin Ryan
Medical Motherhood
Shasta Kearns Moore
In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
Sara Petersen
CRAFT TALK
Jami Attenberg
Motherhood In the Margins
Cathy Shields
The Letdown
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts