Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us. Even the two year old that won’t do pictures anymore. 💕🍾🍫
Today is my Grandmother’s birthday. She would have been 98 years old. My first encounters with racism were the comments white folks said around me not knowing we were Latinos. That we (they) were unclean, had too many children, were poor, were loud, were criminals, etc. I remember feeling such rage and confusion. My kid brain lashing out at times to tell people they were wrong and crying to my mother. I didn’t have the word ‘racism’ in my vocabulary, but that’s exactly what it was. I wish that trend had not continued, but it is still ever present and if anything, more audacious than it has been in recent history. Think about what you assume about people, how you treat them. Give people of color opportunities and platforms. You may not have witnessed it directly, but it has been taken away from them time and time again. For her and for everyone else I will speak up and vote against injustice. I am so very proud to have known this woman and to be her descendant. Happy Elva Day. ❤️
Snow bunnies with bad hair. Not pictured is @kobilibii who stopped me from slipping on the ice and @emhanly who snapped this.
2020. Am I right or am I really right? Complete with @c_a_mc working away behind me.
I guess this is just my Instagram now.
Happy Father’s Day to him and Happy Birthday to me (also awkward because whose day ‘off’ is it really??)
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Need some levity? Scroll to find a pair of sisters who find each other hilarious wearing bright colors.
Need some levity? Scroll to find a pair of sisters who find each other hilarious wearing bright colors.
Need some levity? Scroll to find a pair of sisters who find each other hilarious wearing bright colors.
Need some levity? Scroll to find a pair of sisters who find each other hilarious wearing bright colors.
I am not perfect, but they are. Through the horrors of 2020, I still pinch myself knowing that I have two healthy, unique, kind, strong and beautiful daughters. I can’t wait to get to know each of you and love everything about you. Happy National Daughter Day. 💕 P.S. This is an outtake from the world’s worst photo shoot aka me taking Brighton’s birth announcements. Gorgeous flower crowns by @kelseyharperdesign
Desert sunset☀️
I am speechless. 💔
I’ll keep this short because I know today is already too much for many of us. 11 years ago today, I spoke to my mother for the last time. There isn’t a day that goes by that she doesn’t cross my mind. That I don’t think to call her and tell her a funny sorry or think everything would be 1000% better if I just had one of her hugs. There are flash floods of hurt, anger and despair knowing she will never meet her grandchildren, etc. but then there are rainbows. Moments where they laugh or look just like her and I know that she lives on. Through them and through me. Wherever you are in your grief, know that there is beauty ahead. Somewhere, even in strange ways, it’s there if you look for it. 💔 *Brighton is wearing a dress my mom bought for my cousin’s daughter. The only item of clothing from her that my girls have. She (cousin’s ex-wife) graciously gave it to my sister and I after her daughter outgrew it…it was 2008, remember when brown and pink were all the rage? 😂
Happy Thanksgiving from the desert. 🦃🌵
My partner in crime and dear friend that is also somehow my stage mom? Love you, @calibeets thanks to you and @logansmith007 for letting us come with you to the fancy people party.
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@amberonistevenswest finally took a picture together without our 4 daughters. 😂 Thank you @calibeets for an adults only night to celebrate the holiday! 🎄
Twinkle tunnel ✨I guess this is my Instagram now, part 2
this one is good enough for the grid. Thanks for succccchhhh a fun night. @helloashlea ❤️
So much to be thankful for 🙏🏻but our matching outfits high on the list. 🦃
