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Kylee Broughton

formerly Two Pretzels

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(Just don't forget to use the @ sign instead of typing AT.)

I can't place exactly the precise moment that this

I can't place exactly the precise moment that this beautiful lady and I clicked.

I do know that her unassuming strength, encouraging words and sustained presence have given me life when I've been breathless.

When my Mom died, I didn't know how to... I didn't know how to live my life.
I didn't know anyone who who had been through what I'd been through, except her.

This resilient soul wrapped her arms around me and welcomed me into the Club that no one wants to join. She quietly, and with more love and grace and *knowing* than anyone else I know, was simply... there. Holding space. Holding my hand. Walking beside me, behind me. Whatever I needed. My love for her, my appreciation for her... oh, it's big, friends. Like TEXAS HAIR big.

As we have grown and carried on, we've done so alongside one another. Distance may keep us apart, but nothing can quite separate two similarly-minded women.

Several days ago my family and her family ate and laughed and watched INCREDIBLE DIY fireworks and held goats and puppies and... per always, one another's hearts. It was SO, great. The kind of great that the night we came home Vivi said, "Can you tell Summer I miss her?"

Me too, Vivi. Me too.

Sigh.

I exhale when Summer's name comes to mind because that's what she is for me, the most relaxing and kindest welcoming exhale.

Sweet friend, you are peace and I'm so glad that we're friends.

I love you!

XO,
Ky

In the laundry room at our little house in Ohio we

In the laundry room at our little house in Ohio we've recorded with colorful sharpies the growth of our girls. With each visit, they grow taller and my heart aches a little... for when *they* were little.

Maybe they'll always seem like little ones to me? Hmmm…

Perhaps it's the same way my older sister probably sees me? And the way I see my baby sister? Through the eyes of then, with blinks of now.

Maybe we hold one another forever in our hearts, holding closer and tighter to the early days when they were 100% ours. Before they sprout wings to fly and hearts that yearn and legs that carry them away to big or small things, but... most importantly *their* things...

They’re “ours” for a minute, it seems.

Sigh...

Vivienne wakes up every morning, slowly. She wraps herself in a blanket and before she's out and about on her bike talking with EVERYONE in the neighborhood, she's quiet and if you look quickly and blink 3 times, she looks like a baby, my baby... forever in my heart.

And so it goes, friends, right? And so it goes...

Love,
Ky

#VivienneKate

“Post this one, Mommy. You’re happy.” Today

“Post this one, Mommy. You’re happy.”

Today was a better day, friends.

Photos by Lila and Vivi in a random parking lot. We were laughing pretty hysterically. We had just finished dinner and I had told them rather aggressively to hush and just POSE FOR A PICTURE and apparently my mom-voice was in full effect and a kid passing by thought I was talking to him and *he TOTALLY posed* for the picture.

The girls were like, “She means business. Even that kid knows.”

That’s me, y’all.

I mean business.

You stand and smile and ACT LIKE YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME WHEN I SAY SO. We don’t do spontaneous photos. We painfully stand there and fake joy.

Peace out.

Xo,
Ky

P.S. This amazing skirt is a loving surprise from my incredible, beautiful and kind friend @baja_ambassador. Pam owns the @fourcoconutsbaja boutique in Cabo and we adore her style as a family on the daily. She basically sets the bar and we all do our best to meet it. We adore her!

Can you see her head tossed back? Laughing? Cou

Can you see her head tossed back?

Laughing?

Cousins.

It’s that simple.

(They has just gotten back from biking in the rain for the third or fourth time. Sigh. Oh, Ohio…)

Xo,
Ky

P.S. The past week has been… a lot. I mistakingly was envisioning a calm, peaceful, stress-free almost 2 weeks before Craig arrives…

Ha ha ha. Or, ja ja ja, as my friends down south say 🇲🇽. It’s been… a lot. Craig gets here Tuesday and I cannot wait to collapse… or cry.

In spite of the stress and chaos, I’m so grateful to be here. Where it’s cooler and where it’s been raining all day. Where my amazing mother-in-law is down the street.

So far, I’ve gotten to hug two of my three brothers and all but ONE of my Toledo-residing nieces and nephews. (That’s 11 down…) I have laughed and cried with some of my dearest sister-friends… and I’ve got more to see. So grateful for it all.

Much love to you as you start this week.

Now, could someone please come and kill the 3 million ants* that are in my Ohio kitchen?

Thanks so much.

Note: when I just typed this caption, I had typed “aunts” instead of “ants.”

Lol.

I, in no way, encourage or sanction aunt-killing.

🙃

I wonder how long the wonder and the simple deligh

I wonder how long the wonder and the simple delight of Ohio summers will last. ✨

When I had my girls in Mexico I kind of grieved the idea that they wouldn’t have a “normal American” childhood.

🙃

(I know, right? What IS that, anyway.)

I can’t wait to talk to them years from now and ask them what it was like to have home be Mexico 🇲🇽 and vacation be the States. 🇺🇸

Tacos and sidewalk chalk.
Surfing and bike riding.
Sand and grass.

Hmmmmm…

Xo,
Ky

#vivicake #ohiosummer

She’s so patient. I love my dog. Xo, Ky #fergi

She’s so patient.

I love my dog.

Xo,
Ky
#fergielupita #mydog #havaneseofinstagram

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