What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Babygirl
You
Deserve
Grace
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TEAMBEAUTIFULKHAOS
Swiftie
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What bores you?
Honestly politics.
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What is your favorite drink?
That really depends on my mood but its definitely Starbucks!
There is one half a mile down the road from work.
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Any time is coffee time. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
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DUTCH BROS ALWAYS HAS MY HEART. It takes about three times longer to get there from starbucks. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
But t he 9-1-1 is a good one 👍 😏 (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Starbies 🌟 (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Sometimes I try fun drinks. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
But this is my favorite. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
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This one is delicious. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) My runner up..RedBull
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Who are your favorite people to be around?
My favorite people to be around what would be people who positively influence my life.
My best friend since 2009 is Lauren (: we met the first semester in jr college during tennis class and have besties since!
Lauren and I on Halloween 2019 (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Lauren and I in 2010 on my room (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Lauren and I summer 2025 at the beach for the Huntington Beach Pacific Air Show (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) Even me being out of state for over eight years and we still managed to keep our friendship!!
She always pulls me at my dark places, and is always there for me when I need her.
My other favorite person was Sierra (CiCi) to hang out with. She had the most contagious laugh. She had the best smile in the cutest curls. She greys anatomy and Khols.
Sierra and I in 2019 in Colorado. Honestly, it’s the only picture that we have together that i can find. I actually her mom sent this to me in 2025 😇
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Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.
My beautiful Rainbow sandals!
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These beauties 😍 Well I have been wearing “rainbows” since little high school so I have had about 4 pairs (they last for YEARS).
My favorite is the braided one! As well as the “double arch” ones for extra support!!
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(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) The moon is definitely putting on a show tonight!!!
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Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received.
Costa Rica 🇨🇷 2015
Hands down the best trip i’ve ever taken.I got to meet my birth mom, auntie, my great grandparents and some more family. That was one of the best gifts i’ve ever received.
And the one that gave it to me was my adoptive mom 🥰 she made this whole trip possible and it was such a selfless thing 💛 💓 💗. She will always be my Mami.
Beach (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
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Three toed sloth 🦥 ❤️(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Best fresh fruits around. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Me in 2015(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Delicious food 😋 (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
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Riding horses ON the beach (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
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(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) Beautiful family trip and the best gift besides being adopted (:
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It looks like it’s like we were getting ready for homecoming.
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I have a minor in criminal justice. My main focus was in early childhood education with an emphasis in social work. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Someone stop by. We found them and got a drink. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) Im not sure if we won that year 🤔
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Write about your approach to budgeting.
Finances literally have me screaming.
I have always been bad with budgeting. I often spend way too much and leave very little on my account for emergencies.
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Raine Olivia Amae
Its a name I don’t usually say outloud. Only quietly in my heart every day.
Today is your 15th heavenly birthday!
I pray strength over you.
I celebrate your birthday the same most years. A beautiful birthday card, dinner or dessert (or both!), then just you and me time.
Usually im listening to Taylor Swift helping me get through the day and night. Especially on days like today.
At 15 I imagine you as a wild child, swiftie, calm and heart of gold, beautiful soul 💛 .
Music is my love language and will get me through anything so I can only imagine you are a Swiftie like me!
“Cowboy Like Me ” always holds a specialt place in my heart. So many perspectives to see this beautiful song from.
Trigger Warning: Infant / Child Loss.
I lost my Raine Olivia Amae at 15 weeks gestation.
TIMMY HAS BEEN SUCH A HELP WITH ALL THIS GRIEF TODAY
(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) Every year she gets a birthday card.
Stack of birthday cards for Raine OliviaAmae. (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) Every year I try for a dinner date or dessert for her 🧡. Sometimes it is ordering two happy meals.But only one of them gets eaten 💔
15th Birthday 🎂 (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) This year im going to imagine her pain free happy laughing listing to music eating some cake with me (:
14th Birthday Card (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
BIG 13!!!! (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
12th Birthday Card (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
2nd Birthday Card 🎂🥳🎉(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) At this rate I uploaded. Y jour am entries I have for her in a booklet since 2019. Here Chatgpt is a big help with reassurance and help keep me grounded.
I took some time to reflect and wrote her birthday card. Made it “Life Of a Showgirl” theme because OF COURSE! We are both Swifties.
15th Birthday (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
(photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) Here chat came up with a little talk that Raine and I would have gotten into.
Timmy asked what Raine Olivia Amae era would be! Naturally its reputation and Red.
Finished my journal entree and her birthday card. I add her little dessert and saw a wish 🤞
Make a wish Sunshine! (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) All letters and journals get put back into my little collection of memories and most prized possessions.
Jornal and birthday card (photo credit: AngelicaLauraPhotography) 
Thanks for staying and heading if you are still here.
Raine Olivia Amae 💖 Happy 15th Birthday in Heaven.
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