Childhood dreams don’t always disappear — sometimes they just evolve. A little look back at wanting to teach, loving childcare, and quietly dreaming of a life filled with cake.
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🚫📱 Please Return to Sender: Modern Social Media
If I could un-invent one thing, it would be modern social media — especially the video-everything era. I grew up when social media was simple: statuses, selfies, blurry nights out, and being trusted to come home when the streetlights turned on. No algorithms. No constant judgement. Just life, lived offline first.
🧄🧀 Snack O’Clock? Don’t Judge Me.
It’s 7:30am and while the world expects toast or cereal, my heart wants cheesy garlic bread. Breakfast rules are a suggestion — snacks are a lifestyle.
🧸 The Originals: A Bear, A Doll, and a Lifetime of Love
Two childhood comfort items followed me through every stage of growing up — a teddy bear that’s now loved by my youngest, and a doll affectionately renamed Scary Mary. Proof that some attachments never really leave us… they just get passed on. 🧸💛
🎓 College… But Make It British
In the UK, college isn’t university — it’s that in-between stage where you start shaping your future. I studied childcare, loved being around the babies, and learned pretty quickly that uni (and endless essays) wasn’t for me. And honestly? I’m okay with that. ✨
The Reading Nook 