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Kylee Broughton

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Life · October 4, 2020

Why I took a break from Instagram.

What started as a simple 3-week fast morphed into just the breath of fresh air that I needed. Here’s why I took a break from Instagram.

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Can someone please explain to me why wearing a mas

Can someone please explain to me why wearing a mask in public is a hardship?

It’s the smallest act of kindness.

It’s like opening the door for the person behind you.

It’s keeping safe for the immunosuppressed folks who need some added protection.

This isn’t political.
If you wear a mask it doesn’t mean that you’re a Republican or a Democrat. Or a sheep.

It means that you want to protect the cashier who is encountering so many germs all day. It means our essential workers may be a little more protected when they go home at the end of the day.

Why is this a thing?
I am honestly asking.

It just feels like the kind thing to do.

And there are really some cute masks out there.

And no, no one LIKES to wear them. They hurt our ears and fog up our glasses. (And it’s a million degrees here in Cabo...) But, we wear them because it’s a simple act of kindness.

It’s like wearing a seatbelt. You hope you never need it to save your life, but you wear it because it could.

I promise not to judge, but if you aren’t wearing a mask, help me understand why not.

#mask #wearamask #notwearingamask #maskconspiracy #privilege

...and just like that. Another foster dog 🐾 lea

...and just like that. Another foster dog 🐾 leaves our home, but not our hearts. See you later, Marsha. You have by FAR and away, been our favorite. And we are so excited that we will get to see you again! I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying.

#bfamilyfosterdog #marshathefosterdog #lilapickle #vivicake #rescueDogs #dogPeople #fosterDogFamily #bajasafe #sunflare

THE BEACHES OPEN MONDAY! I repeat: THE CABO BEACHE

THE BEACHES OPEN MONDAY!
I repeat: THE CABO BEACHES OPEN MONDAY!

Here’s your reminder to TAKE CARE OF YOUR SKIN and slather on so much sunscreen that you turn into a⛄️ snowman! I sent Craig this picture of me and he rolled his eyes. But y’all, I’m a 40-year-old child of a Dad who died from melanoma living on the SUN in Mexico. Own it. Protect it.

Protecting your skin is so important. One more time for the young people in the back: protect your skin. Thank you, @t.pacholski for teaching this to me.

Check your moles.
Try to get a skin check every year.
Apply sunscreen and then reapply and reapply EVERYDAY.
Wear a hat.
And, check the expiration date on your sunscreen. If it’s past it’s date, it loses its effectiveness 🍅. Now, go swim!

Swipe to see my favorite daily apply and then re-apply bare-faced over makeup sunscreen. It’s @supergoop Unseen Sunscreen. (Love their tinted BB cream with SPF, too.) I also love @thinksport sunscreen in the tube and stick. (I use it and the girls do, too. We’ve been using it for years.) I like the @beautycounter tube and stick, too. NOT the spray.

Always a good idea to check the @environmentalworkinggroup list of safe sunscreens, too. Not all of them are a bazillion dollars.

#takecareofyourskin #caboTips #skinTips #sunscreenNowForLater #sunscreeneveryday #bestSunscreens #explantsurgery #explant

Evidence that we *literally* smother our foster do

Evidence that we *literally* smother our foster dogs with love.

It’s our job to give them a temporary home and then pass them along. This little lady has been with us since late February and we all adore her. She’s leaving in a few days... and we are so happy for her! She’s going to an incredible family. So until then, we smoosh her with affection.

#fosterDog #bfamilyfosterdog #lilapickle #vivicake #marshathefosterdog #rescuedogsofinstagram #bajasafe

Yup. Still at home. Quarantine continues. Two adul

Yup.
Still at home.
Quarantine continues.
Two adults.
Two girls.
Four, soon to be three, dogs.

I will mourn this time when it’s through. I will miss the closeness.

I have a friend who didn’t like parties to end, so she’d hide guests’ shoes... so they couldn’t leave. In the hopes that they’d stay just a bit longer.

As much as this has been trying, I want to hide their shoes.

This time has closed us off from everyday life, but broken us wide open, too.

Dare I say that because of all this, we are growing. Many of us. In big ways. Best of all, many of us are listening. And reading. And watching. And walking. And crying. And standing. And kneeling.

How bittersweet that in the midst of a pandemic that has separated us from the closeness of one another, many of us are uniting and more “together” than we’ve ever been.

I hesitated posting this photo because after the murder of George Floyd (and Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice and so many more), I don’t want to be insensitive. I don’t think life is ever going to be the same and my prayer is that it isn’t.

Silence is betrayal. I have stewed over this lately. Silence is betrayal. My privilege doubles as responsibility to always, always speak up. So me? And my household? We’re IN this. All four of us.

#ally #lilapickle #vivicake #anythinglessthanequalisnotenough

#blackouttuesday #ally

#blackouttuesday #ally

To bear witness. To hold space. To not avert our e

Mama got a brand new hat today. There’s a heart

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Wear sunscreen. Eat pancakes once a month, if nece

Wear sunscreen.
Eat pancakes once a month, if necessary.
Read. Real books.
Tell people to have a good day.
Reapply sunscreen.
Take a deep breathe at least twice a day.
Stop yourself from responding when you’re emotion-full.
Wait.
Pause.
Listen.
Go ahead and pass with no explanation.
Get up early.
Hold the hug for 10 seconds longer.
Turn the TV off and the music on.
Stop the constant doing.
Sit in the discomfort in order to grow.
Reapply sunscreen.
Drink more water.
Journal.
Write.
Be ok with not always having a plan.
Focus on abundance, not scarcity.
Write down gratitude.
Feel the breeze.
Let the girls figure it out.
Reserve judgment.
Stand up.
Love.
Add more light than darkness.

These are the things I’m currently focused on right now. 💫

You’ll note that hair washing is still only a once a week activity. I mean, look at that list... who has time for that.

What are you focused on?

XO,
Ky

P.S. This is me last weekend at a local resort. The kids were going down water slides and I was trying to look cool. I mean...

#goals #aboutMe #braidsAllDay #favoriteEarrings #caboLife #expatLife #realLife

Lila got braces today. She looks like a teenager

Lila got braces today.

She looks like a teenager now. She’s 11.
She started her orthodontic journey 8-10 expanders ago, including a face mask/reverse headgear thing that she SLAYED. (Missing lateral incisors... )

Sigh.

But anywho, I decided to measure her today.
I’ve been feeling like maybe she’s quite close to my height lately… it’s like we both don’t know where our arms should go when we hug. But, I’ve put my faith in my top knot… it gives me 3-5 extra itches.

As it turns out, when I’m in braids and bare feet…
And she’s in smoothed down curly hair and bare feet…

...She’s taller.

My first born baby who I held and rocked is now technically more qualified to rock and hold me.

I will not stand for this.
I mean, I *will* stand for this, but she’ll be towering over me.

Good for her.
Jeans will fit her.

And now to read “On Children” by Khalil Gibran for the 508th time.

XO,
Ky

Fairly certain I’ll be taller than Vivi for a while. She’s about 6 inches shorter than Lila was at 10.

#girlMom #bracesDay #shesOnly11 #OurchildrenareNotOurChildren #LilaPickle #GrowthChart #sightseeing #missinglaterals

Anyone else just DOG tired, too? Pun completely i

Anyone else just DOG tired, too?

Pun completely intended, and, hopefully appreciated.

This was a LONG week, no?

Sigh.

I hope that you, like Luna, find a cozy place where you can rest your exhaustedd bones and your weary soul.

May your bed be cozy.
May you not have to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.
May you sleep in.
May you peacefully dream.
May you get up and have a donut then...
...go back to bed for more peaceful, restorative sleep.

These are my wishes for you.

Love,
Ky

P.S. That’s my pink ceramic cactus 🌵 🎀 glowing 💡 in the background.

#fosterfail #vivisDogLuna #FridayFINALLY #micDrop #exhausted

For throw-back Thursday I want to share this excep

For throw-back Thursday I want to share this exceptional bit of history from the archive with you.

It’s 1999-ish. We’re in Key West.
I’m the one on the right. My buzz-cut had grown out and what you see there, on the right, remained.

(Yeah, I don't know.)

I was about 19, and obviously, a visionary.

That young man on the left – with the impressive sideburns and the at-that-time only one tattoo – was playing the long game.

He saw something in me that perhaps wasn't visible to most.

Mostly, he was just patient and let me be me.

Fast forward to 300 years later and we're still together.

We've been *together* longer than we've been apart, actually.

We've been together so long that I just now needed to grab my calculator...

(Yes, Mrs. Eulberg - I actually DO have a calculator with me every day so mental math is not necessary.)

It'll be 24 years in June, according to my phone.

That guy has been through so many of my hairstyles and hair colors and he remains patient and lets me be me.

Today, his side-burns are gone and his hair is more distinguished.
I now refrain from active sunning and wear SPF all of the time and no longer bleach just the top of my hair.

We've grown up.
We've grown parallel to one another.

I'm thankful for that.
I'm thankful for him.
For all of our memories.

Let's hear it for the people we can laugh with and sit in silence with.

Xo,
Ky

#marriage #RealLife #TBT #HairRegrets #YouDoYou #MarriedLife #DatingLife #KeyWest #CaboExpats #YearsLater #Sigh #keepingItReal #beforedigitalcameras

The beauty of this place isn’t lost on me... alm

The beauty of this place isn’t lost on me... almost 15 years later.

Sand between my toes on just a random Tuesday?

This Ohio girl is so grateful for the Baja sun, those waves and that salty air.

No sense in asking us when we’re moving back anymore...

Xo,
Ky

#sanjosedelcabo #zippers #bajaBeaches #expatLife #sigh #nofilterneeded #bajacaliforniasur

Happy [second pandemic] Easter from us. (I couldn

Happy [second pandemic] Easter from us.

(I couldn’t choose just one picture....)

Xo,
Ky

#timerPhotos #holdStill #oneMore

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