Pieces of me, By Lyddi

05/28/2026

Just shared a little piece of my heart over on TikTok 🐢🤍✨

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05/28/2026

Just… living. 🤍
And honestly, even with the physical exhaustion, I don’t think my heart and mind have ever felt happier.
The way I’ve allowed myself to slow down, grow, heal, and truly see life during this season of uncertainty and difficult doctor appointments has changed me deeply.
There’s a beautiful kind of enlightenment that happens when you stop rushing through life just trying to survive it.
I’ve always been a giver. Always been a lover. Always poured into everyone around me until there was almost nothing left for myself.
But life — and especially my health — forced me to slow down harder than ever before.
Harder than losing 400+ pounds.
Harder than fighting lymphedema.
Harder than so many struggles I thought had already tested me to my limit.
And the moment doctors found cancer-related genes… something inside me shifted instantly.
Because suddenly life wasn’t just about getting through the day anymore.
It became about truly being present for it.
For my children growing up here in South Carolina, thousands of miles from the family roots in Wisconsin I once called home.
For the people around me.
For the moments I used to overlook.
And after stepping away from social media for a day… life kept reminding me exactly why slowing down matters.
Yesterday was my daughter’s 8th grade graduation.
Today is the last day of school.
Precious memories.
Precious life.
Precious moments I may have once rushed past while worrying about everything else.
Life is worth being fully present for.
The painful moments.
The stressful moments.
The joyful, beautiful, ordinary moments too.
Because I matter.
My children matter.
My neighbors matter.
My coworkers matter.
People matter. 🤍
What a blessing it is to exist at all… and to realize we are capable of becoming far more than we once believed ourselves to be.
So today I’m just thankful.
Thankful for growth.
Thankful for healing.
Thankful for time.
And thankful that I’m finally learning how to truly live instead of simply survive. ✨

05/26/2026

15 years ago, my world changed forever. 🤍

From little pink umbrellas and tiny barefoot steps…to family adventures, messy hair, deep talks, laughter, attitude, healing, and memories I’d relive a thousand times over…

Zanita, you have been one of the greatest gifts God ever placed into my life.
Happy 15th Birthday, Zanita.
Eres mi todo mi amor. 🤍Mama te Ama🥰

05/26/2026

15 years ago, God gave me one of the greatest gifts I would ever know… you. 🤍

Your name, Zanita, means “gift from God,” and from the moment I learned I was carrying you, I knew my life was about to change forever.

From tiny hands and little pink umbrellas…
to scraped knees, family adventures, laughter-filled selfies, cuddles, attitude, growth, tears, healing, and so many unforgettable memories in between…
every season with you has shaped my heart into the mother and woman I am still becoming today.

I have loved every beautiful frustration, every lesson, every late-night talk, every stage of watching you grow into the young woman standing before me now. ✨

And as you continue blossoming into yourself…
I find myself blossoming too — wiser, softer, stronger, and more understanding because of you.

No matter how much life changes, I hope we always continue growing together. 🌿

Eres mi todo, Zanita.
Feliz cumpleaños mi amor. 🤍

Con mucho amor,
Mamá

05/25/2026

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05/25/2026

Today feels a little quieter in my heart. 🇺🇸🤍

As we spend time with family, laugh around campfires, travel, rest, and make memories this Memorial Day… may we also pause for the lives that made those freedoms possible.

For the sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, and friends who never made it home…
we remember you. ❤️

And for those carrying grief today while the world celebrates around them —
I hope you feel held gently in love and gratitude.

Life is fragile.
Time is precious.
Love your people deeply.
Make the memories.
Say the words.
Take the pictures.
Hold the hugs a little longer.

Because freedom is not only something given…
it’s something we honor by truly living. ✨

Today I’m grateful for breath, for family, for connection, and for the quiet reminder that every single life leaves a mark behind.

May we live kindly enough to leave beautiful ones. 🤍

05/23/2026

A day at Lake Moultrie… and my heart feels full tonight. 🌿🩷
Here on the water.
Here in nature.
Here with family and friends.
Watching my girls laugh, swing beneath the trees, and simply enjoy being little… these are the moments I never want to rush past.
Blessed evening.
Blessed path.
Blessed vida.
Y descanso mi corazón con gratitud. ✨
Gracias Dios por una nueva oportunidad de vivir, amar, crear recuerdos, y simply be present in the moment. 🤍
Sometimes healing looks like campfires, lake water, messy hair, tired smiles, and realizing the simple moments were the important ones all along.
You matter. Always. ✨

05/23/2026

Good morning beautiful souls ☀️🤍

This Memorial Day weekend, my little family and I are choosing memories over comfort.
My body is still healing. My legs still ache. I won’t have all the comforts of home or even my lymphatic press beside me… but I’ve realized something important lately:

Healing doesn’t always happen sitting still waiting for life to feel easier.

Sometimes healing happens around campfires, sleepy morning cuddles, laughter echoing through the trees, messy meals, tired feet, and watching your children smile in moments they’ll remember forever.

So this weekend… I’m going anyway.
Not because everything feels perfect.
But because life is still waiting to be lived. 🤍

And maybe the memories we are about to make will heal parts of me that rest alone never could.

If you needed the reminder this morning:
You do not have to be fully healed to keep living, loving, and making beautiful memories.

✨ You matter. Always.

05/22/2026

Sometimes kindness shows up in the most unexpected places. 🌸🤍

This morning at the scrap yard, one of our regular customers, Mr.Johnson, pulled in not with metal… but with flowers. Buckets and buckets of flowers meant to be shared with the community instead of thrown away.

Watching something so beautiful arrive in a place most people overlook honestly felt symbolic in its own way.

A reminder that even in rough places…
beauty still grows.
Kindness still exists.
And people still choose to give instead of waste. 🌱✨

So today, a little extra color and softness found its way into our yard — and into a lot of hearts too.

Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for sharing a blessing with all of us this morning. 🤍

Never underestimate how far a simple gesture can reach.

Happy Friday, beautiful souls 🤍
Pieces of Me, By Lyddi
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And never forget… you matter.

05/22/2026

Good morning, beautiful souls ☀️🤍
As this Friday begins, remember that not everything planted in your mind deserves to stay there.
Let today be the day you water peace instead of fear… kindness instead of anger… growth instead of negativity.
Protect your heart.
Guard your thoughts.
Speak gently to yourself.
The world already has enough heaviness — be someone who plants light anyway. 🌱✨
May your coffee be warm, your mind be calm, and your spirit remember just how much good still exists in this world.
Happy Friday from Pieces of Me, By Lyddi 🤍
Create. Connect. Inspire.
And never forget… you matter.

05/21/2026

Kindness Matters.......

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