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#flashbackfriday you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family. this photo was taken in december 1971. i am on the right - haha. i was born in rochester, new york. my brother is now 46, and we are mostly estranged. he struggles with some big demons. my sister is almost 43; we are not close. all three of us struggle with varying degrees of mental illness. i am passionate about care for the mentally ill who have no access to services and a cheerleader for acceptance. mental illness sucks!! then, everyone's life is full of drama, right? but my life is too short for the chaos of anger - i try to learn from every experience. i feel every moment - happiness, sadness, anger, peace, passion, fear, lonliness, which is sometimes a curse, but has taught me empathy. #live
SMU15 #flashbackfriday: In September 2003, SMU announced the launch of Singapore’s first multi-disciplinary Social Sciences degree programme. Modelled on the successful “Philosophy, Politics and Economics” programme at the Oxford University and the University of Pennsylvania, SMU’s Bachelor of Social Science (BSoc Sci) programme focuses on business and economics applications in the Asian marketplace. Read more about SMU's milestones at bit.ly/1vgd15G and celebrate #sgSMU15 with us!
Tonight my best friend for the past 7 years is turning 21! Does that terrify anyone else? @richsafety #flashbackfriday #bestfriend #fbf #21
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tylermarcy: #disneyland #disney #spacemountain #2008
richsafety: Holy hell that pic is old
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tommyroed: Nice
kathrynestes: Wow I feel old. Happy birthday! Be safe
malthew: That despised icon hoodie is so #dope! Happy 21 sir!
#FlashbackFriday Guess who? 😳😂😂 Me in 8th grade. We were the Spice Girls for a talent show. Ugly duckling, but my friends loved me for me.
#flashbackfriday my mom on the left, my aunt patty on the right. interesting note: whenever my mom talks about her childhood, inevitably she becomes melancholy. she talks a lot about the dysfunction of her family (some serious insanity - trust me) and how poor they were, but more notably what everyone else had and what they were too poor to have. you all know this crazy archiving project i have taken on - and i have so many photos of my mom and aunt as young children. they always looked happy, and it isn't until their early teenage years that they both seem to look sad. and it occurred to me this was around the time a lot of her cousins - who had more wealth than her family - were starting to really point out the disparities in their families - wealth, looks, style, etc. it always amazes me how we measure ourselves again and again and again by what others HAVE and the things we don't. we're not supposed to do this - of course - we're supposed to measure our wealth with love and generosity and friendships. so why don't we? i am just as guilty as anyone else of being jealous that one family can have opportunities or wealth or provide the best education for their children, and i can't. when did i get that way? i know i shouldn't, but i do. and what i want so badly for my son to understand that *things* and *money* aren't important - and he does. but it's also a lie to tell him that things like an expensive education , access to technology and learning, and broad experiences don't matter. because they DO matter. but how to teach him that lesson without cynacism? i don't know. i guess i'll just keep trying my best to keep that lesson balanced. but i's not easy. this is mostly a ramble and i'm tired. but it's been on my mind for months.