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Leanne Shawler's avatar

Your writing is magic. I feel like I felt the pull of Seraphina’s memory as strongly as you did in that moment. Oh my heart.

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Thank you my friend. Some days it is very hard to talk about her still, but in remembering her magic I always find joy.

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Sarah Robertson's avatar

Your writing is magic. Simply stunning. Thank you ✨

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Thank you for your kindness Sarah xo

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Oh Natalie. I have chills. I am in awe. I loved this so much and I am just so inspired by how you have taken that little phase and turned it into this work of art 🤍

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

I so appreciate you Emily! Thank you for sharing so much of your own magic ❤️

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Jo Hanlon-Moores's avatar

Today? Here on this page.

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Ah Jo, I would give you a big hug if I could. Thank you xo

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Lisa Post's avatar

Stunning writing as always Natalie. I missed this one but will try’s be watch the replay and see what comes up for me. Haha I really did relate to your first thoughts on this. Always love reading your beautiful words. The memory of Searsphina was so moving 💫

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Thank you dear Lisa. I can't wait to see what comes up for you xo

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Carri's avatar

Such beautiful words, Natalie. Thank you. This morning I found magic in watering my garden. At one point I looked up and through the branches of our apricot tree. The sun was just starting to filter through the leaves. For a moment I felt like I'd stepped through a portal and into another world.

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Ahh, I loved reading this Carri! There are so many secret gardens within secret gardens, and catching those **only completely now in this moment** happenings is such a treasure. Thank you for sharing xo

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Piritta Paija's avatar

Lovely post, loved to read it! For me as an outdoor bush person, the magic is everywhere in the nature especially. Everywhere I look, everything I feel and hear. Nature is the sum of magic. ✨

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

I couldn't agree more Piritta! To remember that we are part of that wildness too is an ongoing challenge, but revelling in the wild outside is the grounding and inspiration we crave I think. Thank you for sharing!

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Lynda Adlington's avatar

Standing in the dark looking at the night sky

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

An utterly enchanting, completely encompassing form of magic, to be sure.

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Geneviève Hopkins's avatar

Oh you write so beautifully! I had the same feeling of overwhelm when I thought about the question then your description about all those enchanting moments in the mundane, so filled with magic, just like your words. Your words are magic because they transported me back into the world, your feelings so visceral that they were mine. You are magic Nat!

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Oh Geneviève, thank you for your kind words. It is so easy to live in our heads isn't it, where overwhelm feels almost like a default setting most days! But finding presence and seeing the utter awesomeness all around is such a gift, and reminds us we are a tiny bit magic too. Thank you for being here you magical being!

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

Magic is everywhere... I see it in my yard everyday when birds appear, I hear it in the wind blowing and I feel it when a soft breeze touches my skin. This post is magic!

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

So much magic! Remembering to catch it in our minds and hearts when we see and feel it is life's work isn't it ❤️

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Pamela Leavey's avatar

It is life's work, Natalie. I we forget to catch it, thankfully at some point we are reminded!

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Tamara Mulkey's avatar

For me magic can always be found in my daughter's laughter, and the light that shines in her eyes during times of happiness. It doesn't even matter that she is almost 27.

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

That is so beautiful Tamara, thank you for sharing the love and magic of that precious relationship xo

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Rebecca Bradley's avatar

I love this. I think it's important that we see the magic in everyday life, even in the little things. Your writing is wonderful. Also, it was lovely to see your little face on the call! It was a brilliant session, I'm just about to post my closest thing to magic too!

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Oh excellent Rebecca, I will head over to your publication and check it out now! And thank you for your kind words ❤️

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Michela Griffith's avatar

“But, for me, magic is mostly in the intimate. It is in the tiny things, the details we overlook...” Oh yes! I’m trying not to overlook. This week I’ve found magic in: the sunshine after all the rain; leaves that fall like snow; glistening drops of water; families of long-tailed tits; a red squirrel with its nutty treasure; sparkling frost on Heather; the metallic light of late afternoon. Every time I go out into nature there is magic to be found

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Lauren Sauder's avatar

This was a really special post to read. I often view seeing magic everyday as a practice of seeing the creative realm.

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Natalie Eslick's avatar

Oh Cathy, this is divine. Thank you for sharing such beauty and yes, magic indeed!

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