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Anatavssss (A.S.)

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Don’t you dare blame the tou’a 😜 All 💩 and giggles be nice to meeee by @anatavsss

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This really is my Samoan grandmas mu’umu’u. 🤣 If I wake up with a shaved head yall will know why 🥴🤣 by @anatavsss

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Yall makin the baby cry on purpose - she’ll be right back in that car 💀If y’all “Bye Mama” her one more time 🙄 It’s Glamty tiiiiime! #family #mom #polynesian by @anatavsss

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Told you she dont hear lyrics when the music plays #joy #mom by @anatavsss

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Mom’s pickleball announcement texts are all in Tongan. It’s hard being the favorite and the designated translator, okay? Samoan, Tongan, ASL, even Spanish? 👀

I’m tired of being multilingual on demand 😒 #jokes by @anatavsss

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For anyone who holds conversations at their table. 🙏

I believe everyone has gifts and a purpose God has blessed them with. How we choose to use those gifts can refine our own testimonies and understanding of others.

My table isn't always filled with rainbows. Often it's filled with sorrow, difficult conversations, and pain. But it's also become a sanctuary for people walking different paths, including those who once walked the same as me.

Through these conversations, I've learned how much of my own testimony was shaped by what I was taught rather than what I came to understand for myself.

When you sit with people who are hurting and truly listen to their pain, it does something to you. It has for me.

There is so much power in the name of Jesus Christ, yet His name, teachings, and the institutions representing Him can become some of the most difficult things to discuss.

I created these slides in hopes of reaching those who are hurting but still searching for belonging. Those who stay, those who leave, and those somewhere in between.

These are questions I ask both Latter day Saints and former members, and I invite others to do the same.

For those who remain, what continues to bring you peace, purpose, and belonging? Can you acknowledge someone else's pain without feeling that your own faith is being challenged?

For those who have left, what happens when the faith that once brought you comfort no longer answers your questions? Were you able to have honest conversations about your experiences without being judged or dismissed? Were people willing to listen?

I believe these questions deserve honest conversations that make room for both perspectives.

I'm not here to convince anyone to leave or stay. I'm inviting others to have these conversations at their own tables, with family, friends, and people whose experiences may be different from theirs.

My heart simply wants us to see the human being behind every experience, and to notice the souls of those too often overlooked - those still searching for belonging through faith, doubt, or somewhere in between.

Some things I still ponder about. Io tone explain it. Bye

Journey on 🤟🏾
#healing #lds #polynesian by @anatavsss

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Keep going and dont forget to smile 😍 #joy by @anatavsss

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Soooooo.... we decorated Luthers grave lmao. Halloween decorations will only be in my backyard now. Imagination unlocked. Hopefully I'll be done by Halloween. #joy #halloween by @anatavsss

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I became a filmmaker at 17. 🥹

Turning 40 has had me revisiting parts of myself I haven’t touched in a long time.

I’m now the same age my dad was the last time I saw him. It’s still hard to visit that part of my life, but I think I’m finally in a space where I can look back through a different lens.

@spy_hop is where I learned, created, and worked alongside other students and college students. More importantly, it gave me and so many others a safe space to create, tell our stories, and figure out our voices without judgment.

At 16, I started working alongside other students and college students, learning film and storytelling. At 17, after A LOT of pushing from my mentor and producer, Matt Bradley (RIP), I directed my own documentary. I’ll share more about Matt and that experience in another post because that deserves its own space.
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📷 @cencira_teo without your support I would no have this memory. Thank you 😭

I had my own premiere and everything. Even typing that now at 40, I have to pinch myself.

The truth is, I was embarrassed by my family dynamic. We were very nontraditional, and at 17 I wasn’t exactly excited about putting all of that on a screen for people to see.

I owe so much of this experience to my village. I was young, learning as I went, and surrounded by people who taught me, helped me create, pushed me, and showed up for me. I definitely didn’t get there on my own.

My premiere also happened during the same time my mom was involved in the Lori Hacking case. With everything she was carrying, both of my moms still showed up for me. Looking back at 40, I understand so much more than I did at 17.
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I understand more now about where my love for storytelling came from.

My maternal grandma, Sivaosa, documented her life through her journals. Going through her words now, I’m realizing how much of that love for documenting and preserving our stories came from her. I’ll be sharing more of Sivaosa’s storytelling through her journals soon, too. Her stories deserve their own space.

This documentary is still hard for me to watch.

This chapter is really for my children. I want them to know me, where I came from, the people who came bef by @anatavsss

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Raccoons unalived 2 of my neighbor’s chicks 😭 Them thangs are HUGE and scary! I already spoke to my neighbors, and they spent $1,500 on traps. GAWLEEEE 😭

I’ve been given several tips, and it’s interesting because I’ve been paranoid about the smaller pests this whole time… now we gotta worry about these ugly goblins. 🤨 #gardeninglife by @anatavsss

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Y’all don’t see the hopscotch line splitting the 7 into two squares? 😂

Yall blind too by @anatavsss

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15 days ago

Don't PMO .... IT'S 2 👀 by @anatavsss

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