| Mommy Diary ®

While I navigate my own transformation, my daughter walked hers—graduating from an arts high school and stepping into the college of her dreams… a dream I once held too.⁣
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I never wanted to be the parent who lives vicariously through her child. But as a woman who carries regrets from her own adolescence, it would be untrue to say there wasn’t a part of me longing to break cycles and rewrite the story—for her, and maybe for the girl I once was.⁣
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Through each application, exam, and long drive to and from school, she built her own legacy—step by step. She knew her life was hers to live, not mine to shape or define.⁣
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I tried to be her lighthouse, her quiet guardian angel. And while I stumbled many times, we emerged more connected—more loving, more resilient. And finally, she achieved her adolescent dream.⁣
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Congratulations, my dear daughter. This is only the beginning. As you fly higher, remember: your home will always be where I am ❤️

this glow up is personal—an apology to myself
she is living proof of the metamorphosis that happened in solitude, unseen by the world, yet rewriting everything 🤍
📸 @mirandanorthphoto
H&M @tingmakeup
Dress @forloveandlemons

I’m healing my inner child with Labubus, building her childhood memories with an Asian @barbie collection.
I’m a day late but everyday is AAPI day! Thank you @barbie for celebrating everyday with us.

healing my inner child with labubus 👧🏻❤️‍🩹
shout out to all the Sanrio, morning glory, art box girls who turned to labubu women - this is a full circle moment
Labubu big into energy unboxing

My mama heart is stretched in all directions this May. Tess was confirmed in the church before heading off to college, and D received his First Holy Communion.
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Today, I kept seeing her baby face in hers - the tears wouldn’t stop. Just like that, I’ve completed a sacred cycle: from birth to adulthood. And through it all, I’ve become a new woman too.⁣
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congratulations T- no matter how far you are, I’ll always be here and there 🙏🕊️

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