I don’t want to see another hospital or needle or IV drip for the next 40 to 50 business years thank you very much Finally well enough for a belated birthday (just in time to go to the high country) 🥺💛
I don’t want to see another hospital or needle or IV drip for the next 40 to 50 business years thank you very much Finally well enough for a belated birthday (just in time to go to the high country) 🥺💛
(Belated) Happy birthd(influenza (A))y Birthdays are my favourite favourite occasions to celebrate, and being sick is my least least favourite thing; so coming down with Influenza A the day before meant a lot of disappointment and a lot of change; the only two things I hate more than being sick. Still, having family who know my every love language and love me in every way that I need and know has shifted the sadness; I woke up to an extravagant party worth of Bluey decorations from my husband who was up all night decorating the house, who made me donuts (a birthday brekkie tradition), AND bought me Titanic Lego (Iykyk 😭🥺), a family who still safely visited and brought me even more balloons and get well packs, and a promise of the not-change-birthday-celebrations as soon as I’m well again. Change is my absolute enemy, but also my greatest teacher and reminder that despite change (as hospital’y and scary as it can be) there will always be sames, always be sparkles. As a little follow up; I’m posting this four days after my birthday as I was absolutely ✨KO’ed✨ until now. And in reflection; I so often find myself growing embarrassed about my feelings and emotions and sadness. ‘How dare you be sad about birthdays when the world has so much more to be sad about’, ‘you should be ashamed for feeling so deeply’. I often have to remind myself what a gift it is to be sensitive, to feel wholly and deeply and completely. It does not invalidate the other sadness, and your own feelings are worthy of being felt. If this is you, too, be gentle with yourself, you are allowed to feel, your emotions are allowed to take up space 💛 Thank you for the birthday wishes 💛
(Belated) Happy birthd(influenza (A))y Birthdays are my favourite favourite occasions to celebrate, and being sick is my least least favourite thing; so coming down with Influenza A the day before meant a lot of disappointment and a lot of change; the only two things I hate more than being sick. Still, having family who know my every love language and love me in every way that I need and know has shifted the sadness; I woke up to an extravagant party worth of Bluey decorations from my husband who was up all night decorating the house, who made me donuts (a birthday brekkie tradition), AND bought me Titanic Lego (Iykyk 😭🥺), a family who still safely visited and brought me even more balloons and get well packs, and a promise of the not-change-birthday-celebrations as soon as I’m well again. Change is my absolute enemy, but also my greatest teacher and reminder that despite change (as hospital’y and scary as it can be) there will always be sames, always be sparkles. As a little follow up; I’m posting this four days after my birthday as I was absolutely ✨KO’ed✨ until now. And in reflection; I so often find myself growing embarrassed about my feelings and emotions and sadness. ‘How dare you be sad about birthdays when the world has so much more to be sad about’, ‘you should be ashamed for feeling so deeply’. I often have to remind myself what a gift it is to be sensitive, to feel wholly and deeply and completely. It does not invalidate the other sadness, and your own feelings are worthy of being felt. If this is you, too, be gentle with yourself, you are allowed to feel, your emotions are allowed to take up space 💛 Thank you for the birthday wishes 💛
(Belated) Happy birthd(influenza (A))y Birthdays are my favourite favourite occasions to celebrate, and being sick is my least least favourite thing; so coming down with Influenza A the day before meant a lot of disappointment and a lot of change; the only two things I hate more than being sick. Still, having family who know my every love language and love me in every way that I need and know has shifted the sadness; I woke up to an extravagant party worth of Bluey decorations from my husband who was up all night decorating the house, who made me donuts (a birthday brekkie tradition), AND bought me Titanic Lego (Iykyk 😭🥺), a family who still safely visited and brought me even more balloons and get well packs, and a promise of the not-change-birthday-celebrations as soon as I’m well again. Change is my absolute enemy, but also my greatest teacher and reminder that despite change (as hospital’y and scary as it can be) there will always be sames, always be sparkles. As a little follow up; I’m posting this four days after my birthday as I was absolutely ✨KO’ed✨ until now. And in reflection; I so often find myself growing embarrassed about my feelings and emotions and sadness. ‘How dare you be sad about birthdays when the world has so much more to be sad about’, ‘you should be ashamed for feeling so deeply’. I often have to remind myself what a gift it is to be sensitive, to feel wholly and deeply and completely. It does not invalidate the other sadness, and your own feelings are worthy of being felt. If this is you, too, be gentle with yourself, you are allowed to feel, your emotions are allowed to take up space 💛 Thank you for the birthday wishes 💛
(Belated) Happy birthd(influenza (A))y Birthdays are my favourite favourite occasions to celebrate, and being sick is my least least favourite thing; so coming down with Influenza A the day before meant a lot of disappointment and a lot of change; the only two things I hate more than being sick. Still, having family who know my every love language and love me in every way that I need and know has shifted the sadness; I woke up to an extravagant party worth of Bluey decorations from my husband who was up all night decorating the house, who made me donuts (a birthday brekkie tradition), AND bought me Titanic Lego (Iykyk 😭🥺), a family who still safely visited and brought me even more balloons and get well packs, and a promise of the not-change-birthday-celebrations as soon as I’m well again. Change is my absolute enemy, but also my greatest teacher and reminder that despite change (as hospital’y and scary as it can be) there will always be sames, always be sparkles. As a little follow up; I’m posting this four days after my birthday as I was absolutely ✨KO’ed✨ until now. And in reflection; I so often find myself growing embarrassed about my feelings and emotions and sadness. ‘How dare you be sad about birthdays when the world has so much more to be sad about’, ‘you should be ashamed for feeling so deeply’. I often have to remind myself what a gift it is to be sensitive, to feel wholly and deeply and completely. It does not invalidate the other sadness, and your own feelings are worthy of being felt. If this is you, too, be gentle with yourself, you are allowed to feel, your emotions are allowed to take up space 💛 Thank you for the birthday wishes 💛
(Belated) Happy birthd(influenza (A))y Birthdays are my favourite favourite occasions to celebrate, and being sick is my least least favourite thing; so coming down with Influenza A the day before meant a lot of disappointment and a lot of change; the only two things I hate more than being sick. Still, having family who know my every love language and love me in every way that I need and know has shifted the sadness; I woke up to an extravagant party worth of Bluey decorations from my husband who was up all night decorating the house, who made me donuts (a birthday brekkie tradition), AND bought me Titanic Lego (Iykyk 😭🥺), a family who still safely visited and brought me even more balloons and get well packs, and a promise of the not-change-birthday-celebrations as soon as I’m well again. Change is my absolute enemy, but also my greatest teacher and reminder that despite change (as hospital’y and scary as it can be) there will always be sames, always be sparkles. As a little follow up; I’m posting this four days after my birthday as I was absolutely ✨KO’ed✨ until now. And in reflection; I so often find myself growing embarrassed about my feelings and emotions and sadness. ‘How dare you be sad about birthdays when the world has so much more to be sad about’, ‘you should be ashamed for feeling so deeply’. I often have to remind myself what a gift it is to be sensitive, to feel wholly and deeply and completely. It does not invalidate the other sadness, and your own feelings are worthy of being felt. If this is you, too, be gentle with yourself, you are allowed to feel, your emotions are allowed to take up space 💛 Thank you for the birthday wishes 💛
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
The public news of Olympian Katie Ledecky having POTS has inspired me to share a lil bit more about what it is, and my journey with it 💛 A little reminder that I am not a doctor or a medical expert, and that my body and your body are vastly, vastly different. How I experience chronic illness is not how any other person in the world experiences it; and my achievements despite or in spite of my condition are not personal to your body and your condition. We are all on different paths and different journeys, and we can acknowledge overcoming and pushing through chronic illness, while also acknowledging the severe barriers and lack of awareness and support we have of them. Sometimes your strength is winning Olympic gold medals, sometimes it’s simple surviving. Both are of equal importance.
Baby’s first feature film ❤️
Baby’s first feature film ❤️
An nine year trip in the making to Snowy River 🐴
An nine year trip in the making to Snowy River 🐴
An nine year trip in the making to Snowy River 🐴
An nine year trip in the making to Snowy River 🐴
📍Nusa Ceningan, Indonesia Taking my family snorkelling with @islandtime_bali was one of those absolute core memory moments; the ocean has long been my special interest, and I quite literally haven’t stopped talking about snorkelling to them since getting into it at the start of the year. Being able to not just explore the reefs and manta ray cleaning stations, but do so while watching the most loved and cherished people in my life experiencing the same joy is truly one of my favourite life experiences to date. It’s a messy lil world, getting glimmers like this is so overwhelmingly wonderful.
