Insta Archives: December 31st’s Tomorrow

We’ve been living in this scary reality of the pandemic for most of 2020 and I know the vaccines have started but these traumas are going to bleed into 2021 and this health crisis is far from over. A year that is so strongly characterized by the new normal we’ve been living but what will...

We Eloped, We’re Married!!

Wedding Ceremony Nicola Sebastian & Ashlinn Sarah Jane Introduction Welcome, everyone. We are gathered here today to celebrate the wedding of Ashlinn Sarah Jane and Nichola Sebastian. We are here to recognise their commitment and love for one another. Love is an eternal force of life. Love is the force that allows us to face...

Insta Archives: Getting Engaged

WE’RE GETTING MARRIED! 💍.Tonight at home I negotiated Nick into doing gifts a few minutes before our “official” anniversary and I couldn’t be happier to be engaged, at home, with our cats and be able to fall asleep in my FIANCÉ’s arms.

Insta Archives: One Year

In a few hours it’s this guy and my’s one year anniversary. My dearest Teddy Bear, tomorrow and every day for the rest of my life I will let you know how happy you make me, and how in love with you I am. I’ll say the rest when it’s just the two of us...

Songs For Celebration And For Sorrow

It started with one song. This one song that followed me everywhere but only in my mind. I don’t know where I originally heard the song, but never after did I hear it again on radio, TV, nowhere. “If I Die young, bury me in.. roses?” Is that how it goes? I couldn’t get a...

Insta Archives: September 5, 2020

I DONT’T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO HEAR THIS TODAY BUT:Even if you’re not getting PAID for it, if you’re putting in the time, and resources, and skill—IT IS WORK. If you’re putting in the creative energy to better express yourself—IT IS THERAPY. It’s physical health. It’s mental health. You are investing in YOU! If you’re...

Instagram Archives: April 16, 2020

I’m having a really hard time the last few days. I’ve read, I’ve watched, I’ve made art and I’ve reached out. I’m running out of ideas. Taking a moment to step back and sit in gratitude is a sure way to recentre yourself. After a long bath by candlelight and one too many meals I...

Ted x SelfCare

👏🏻WHEN👏🏻YOUR👏🏻MAN👏🏻BUYS👏🏻YOU👏🏻CANDY👏🏻(and you eat them in bed at 4PM on a Thursday after a long week that isn’t over yet)👏🏻THAT👏🏻IS👏🏻ALSO👏🏻SELF👏🏻CARE👏🏻 Thank you for coming to my TedTalk 😤

Crying in the Q/20:20 & Perfect Vision

Hey boos baes babes and beaus, This is a heavy post and more of a marking point for me to look back on as things evolve. Despite the ample free time I've been granted thanks to my extended medical leave from work as I continue to heal from my cancer treatments and the aftermath of...

Shaking Sadness’ Hand

Today I'm feeling melancholy. I'm feeling so overwhelmed whenever I think about the future and my state of health--not to alarm anyone. I am actually doing well, all things considered. I used to joke with my family in my hospital room during my second treatment for leukemia last year that this would be the title...