imperfect innocence

"Fairytales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell tell us dragons can be defeated" G.K. Chesterton

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THEY DO THE THING

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Muted. #amplifymelanatedvoices #blacklivesmatter . . . . more information on the movement can be found on these profiles: @jessicawilson.msrd and @blackandembodied https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7B2EaBEI0Bwi4j99nhbcKYgmbO8KCa5Y8zYw0/?igshid=16mxy6wyc72t7

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Weekly date nights feat. our patio 🍷♥️ this week we tried Elephante - their veggies, prime rib and pineapple/chili margaritas were awesome #newnormal (at Élephante) https://www.instagram.com/p/CATVTGaBxyRox7d3GedkNmVSLE1HZ23KsH7Nyg0/?igshid=aduyfnxshrf9

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Brynn Frances Henderson graduates with her B.A. in Global Studies from the University of Southern California today 💃🏻🔥♥️ and I couldn’t be more proud to@be her big sister. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for you and for what our relationship has become. I absolutely adore you and definitely look up to you. Enjoy your day! Wish I was there with ya #uscgrad #classof2020🎓 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAN0QINhwwIw1i_PaOei921osbdMye8KmGAfD00/?igshid=1bbzaxlnr70bw

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To the woman who saved me, in more ways than I can count, more times than I can remember. Thank you for being my momma. Thank you for valuing each of your children’s differences. Thank you for crying with me, for taking funny photos with me, for traveling with me, talking to me and always loving me. You are my mom and my dad and my best friend all in one. I love you and Happy Mother’s Day to the most beautiful person I know💕 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAA6ucVhNHKFWaDV575IsAx_5KvkQcJ5FOAoaI0/?igshid=yq1nl56orf62

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@tylerjvick and I have talked a lot lately about control and what that means in this new COVD-19 world. With us both working three feet away from each other in our pjs and spending most of every day for the past three weeks inside and in each other’s constant company, we can’t help be feel the loss of our own lives and of the way we cope with our worlds. For me, coming from a background of trauma has made this experience all the more scary. Gone is my control over my emotions, my weight, my free time and my body hair. Instead, I have to fight to take a shower or brush my hair. I have been reduced to the smallest of survival tasks and even still feel too exhausted to make dinner most nights. While I am basking in the Tyler/Milo love and snug overdose, I am also trying to find a new normal and I am struggling. @erinwins17 did a good job of reminding me this is not permanent and that’s what I’m holding onto for now. (at El Matador Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-qY328BgzrAj2if3dx4ZrosTO9sDTh0WsxOQo0/?igshid=1awrt7icz57c0

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365 since the first time I met you. Several pounds and millions of memories later, I have no words for the love I’ve found in you. Thanks for being mine for this past year and for all my future ones♥️ #oveandstoven #smush https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cnFIyBh55wCOIDNdFYN4T9B0CuBtWBIrl_3g0/?igshid=23vu0vn3fbqn

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Today is international women’s day. While I’m grateful and proud to be a woman, I think it’s also important for me to acknowledge the more frustrating parts. Lately I’ve been struggling with complications from my chosen birth control method. I realized the only reason I have been experiencing these extremely painful and life altering symptoms is because I am a woman. Because I am a woman, I have to be in charge of both mine and my partner’s futures. Because I am a woman, I have to suffer through tears and body changes to live the life I want to live without fear and without responsibilities I am not ready for. Because I am a woman, I have to decide between hormones in my body, or suffering from copper toxicity or just completely abstaining from intimacy with my partner. Because I am a woman, my pain is has become expected. Because I am a woman, I have to fight to be believed and acknowledged for my pain, fight to be heard by my bosses and fight to be proud of who I am and how I express myself. Because I am a woman, I have to be louder. So today, I am grateful for all those men, women, and other identifying people who are standing up for those who have to be more to get the same or less. Gender or otherwise, I see you and I am fighting for you. (at Malibu, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9foZ_ihmgLSyp6VgvKUlTc8E1ruHlG3-UjgYk0/?igshid=1qxvkonf0ib0t

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some cute pics from after our weirdly intense Valentines dinner where we were served too many kinds of fat...also swipe to see our quick descent into our crazy selves ft. Tyler’s perfect lips...🔥💋 https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ITaa2BzPft9ct8heQuhZMGCMKEQ8qJZyqqIo0/?igshid=1gyhgtzctthi3

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Happy Birthday to the girl that made me a big sister♥️ #25yearslater https://www.instagram.com/p/B84RSyVhTW-G7Uqt6WZkandkrsqwTOdMOMUjFI0/?igshid=1agv5o3mlavy0

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happy birthday to my (almost) permanent roommate!! you age like fine wine or stinky cheese baby, just getting better with age😜 #27 https://www.instagram.com/p/B76VixWh0HmhVvebXASmPcCvs12hGoRRgfCcjk0/?igshid=4w80df5imbx1

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#tbt to Saturday nights full of snugs, crazy dance moves, tater tots and so many laughs with my favorite♥️ (at Busby's West) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7RXzXNB8Nlt22fFu_IHM2EP8c1CJR287S2K140/?igshid=qc1b00291g61

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As I look back on 2019 and forward into 2020, I am amazed by how much my life has changed. I pulled myself out of self hatred and fear, opened myself up to real love and trusted that every step I take forward is the one I’m meant to be taking. My old ideas of what life should be have transformed into the beautiful truth my life actually is. It’s unpredictable and scary and often requires some faith to move forward. I have learned to trust in myself, trust what feels right and safe and trust that no matter what, I’m strong enough to pull myself out. Special thanks to @hzeigs for being the best accidental best friend/roommate I could have ever asked for, @erinwins17 for always listening and loving in my times of pain and joy, @sarah3rose for being my family and my constant, @lcrocitto for how much growth our relationship has gone through in the past 10 years and @tylerjvick for being the most unexpected, life changing love I could have ever asked for. You and so many more have been such a light in my sometimes dark decade and I am forever grateful. Here’s to 2020 💕 (at Kraków, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B60oW86hOK0oasXT0i3lQsfiPd9eN87k-cjJUk0/?igshid=zk05vvipm70c

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some pictures from a holiday week filled with puppies, boyfriend, some snow and 1 million selfies (at Rochester, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vqWzxBldrmKZCwaTlgT6jxLp6nQgTrYJO2YM0/?igshid=17jht41ukl9kr

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