Applesauce Chronicles

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  • Finding My Place (Again)

    Finding My Place (Again)

    Lately, I’ve been finding my place again.In my life. In my thoughts. In my goals. In my mindset. Not in a dramatic, movie-montage way—more like slowly realizing you’ve been standing in the wrong room with the lights off and thinking, oh… this explains a lot. There’s been a lot happening. In the world. In the…

  • January Is Just a Suggestion

    January Is Just a Suggestion

    January shows up loud. It’s all fitness goals, diet resets, morning routines, vision boards, and bold declarations about this being the year. Everyone is stretching, journaling, quitting sugar, downloading apps, and announcing a brand-new version of themselves by January 3rd. And I get it. I really do. But for me, January feels less like a…

  • Winter, But Make It Charlotte

    Winter, But Make It Charlotte

    Winter arrived in Charlotte a little over two weeks ago. Allegedly. The calendar says winter. The stores say winter. My closet says maybe winter. But the weather? The weather is wearing sunglasses and asking if we want to sit outside. It’s 66 degrees. The sun is fully committed. The kind of sun that tricks you…

  • The only PROOF I need!

    Meet my adorable nephew, CJ! Every time I see this photo, I scream! I want to take the time to thank my sister for having such amazing kids! You kind Sir will never disappoint! LMFAO! – Bri Not sure if the prints were order, knowing his mom she was more annoyed with this look. Let…

  • Phase of the Elephant

    Phase of the Elephant

    Harness your animal spirit!

  • Layer of Skin: my routine.

    I didn’t fall in love with my skin until about nineteen or twenty years of age. I didn’t start taking care of my skin until I was twenty-two years old. At that point in my life, I was working in hot kitchens. Being in heated environments will bring more attention to your skincare for sure.…

  • Let me reintroduce myself.

    Ladies and Gentlemen of the Screens! For all that are new to this space, welcome! Here is my little feed within this cyber world we scroll through. For those who know me, know that, the times have been long and hard. So many things have changed. You’ve missed a bit so far, but no need…

  • a moment to change a life.

    These past few months have been tough.I mean brutally disturbing. My heart, my soul and mind have had it.Let me walk you through it. My eyelids are swollen from watching this nonsense.My ears are bleeding from all of the noise.My mind is exhausted from all this chaos.My body is tired of doing it alone. The…

  • Adulting: Health Concerns

    I have been all over the place the past few weeks. Mostly with my health concerns on the rise. Have I ever stated adulting is hard? If not then there you have it. I’d love to be a child again, harassing my mom and getting into all kinds of ruckus. Lately, I have experienced extended…

  • twenty-seven dresses

    After purging my closet of some old dresses, I can now say that I only own twenty-seven dresses. This meant a lot to me and my partner. For different reasons, haha. He definitely has a bit more space in the closet now. I got rid of two boxes of dresses. It was truly hard to…