A Perfect Mess

Ashley. 24. Michigan. CMU alum. I'm a secret romantic; an outward, sarcastic, cynic; an angry feminist; and sucker for a good voice or goofy personality; pescatarian; diagnosis: wanderlust; cat mom; Foster Care Case Worker. Studied: Family Studies & Women's Studies. "I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it." -Audrey Hepburn My blog is best viewed through the eyes of an open mind & browsed through google chrome.

[cat-lover-1001]

couple goals 😀😉

[hiphop-reclaimed]

[manthadoodle]

[seashellronan]

you know when the wind does the blowy thing and the leaves on the ground blow in a circle and you feel halloween in your heart

[summernightsdream]

Ig: Jule.popule

[wolvehipsss]

[allthingsshabbyandbeautiful-dea]

[cinnamoncoatedpumpkinpatch]

🍁🍂🍁🍂

[the-perfect-aesthetic]

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

I always have such need to merely talk to you. Even when I have nothing to talk about – with you I just seem to go right ahead and sort of invent it. I invent it for you. Because I never seem to run out of tenderness for you and because I need to feel you near. Excuse the bad writing and excuse the emotional overflow. What I mean to say, perhaps, is that, in a way, I am never empty of you; not for a moment, an instant, a single second.

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West (via blancheparish)

[gif87a-com]

[richardalexanderrr]

lmfao

[biglawbear]

WAIT ISN’T THIS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE MAMA TIGERS PRETEND TO GET SCARED BY THEIR BABIES TO TEACH THEIR BABIES HOW TO HUNT AND GIVE THEM CONFIDENCE

Like you can see Mama Tiger has her ears pointed back to where Baby is so clearly she knows her baby’s back there and is listening in that direction

GOD THIS IS SO CUTE

[loveisrespect]

Identifying abuse/types of abuse :

Is this abuse? Physical Abuse Emotional/Verbal Abuse Sexual Abuse Financial Abuse Digital Abuse Stalking What is Gaslighting?

Currently in unhealthy/abusive relationship:

Building support systems while in an unhealthy relationship Tips for safely reaching out for support  How to tell someone about an abusive relationship  I live with my abuser Safe Pregnancy while in an abusive relationship  I have Children with my abuser Documenting abuse Help, my partner is blackmailing me When your partner threatens suicide  Should we Break up?

Safety Planning:

Interactive Guide Safety Planning  Emotional Safety Planning  Safety planning around Sexual Abuse  Social Networking Safety Safety Planning for the Holidays After Breakup: Tech Safety Checklist    Breaking up Safely

Getting help:

Help a friend Help a parent Help a co-worker Help a stranger Help my child Someone I know is being abused: should I call the police? Calling the police Restraining order LGBT and the law Help for undocumented immigrants Referrals

Self Care:

What is self care? Coping tips (via Yourlifeyourvoice) Self care tips (via Scarlateen) Self care for abuse and trauma survivors

Questions about abuse:

Why do people abuse? Why do people stay? Drugs/Alcohol and Abuse Abusive LGBT Relationships Does mental illness cause abuse? Why am I struggling to move on after abuse? Am I abusive too? The myth of mutual abuse

[rocketrictic]

Mindy Kaling

[electricheart]

people who play the sims for 7+ hours with no breaks are valid

[hannahlilycampbell]

Vulva not vulgar

[ithelpstodream]

[fimbry]

Okay basically Tobi is everything to me and he’s perfect.

[itnerlude]

to all my bi pals: you are still bisexual if you are in a relationship with someone of another gender. being in a “het” relationship does not erase who you are. you are bisexual! time to let bisexuals be bisexual