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Taylor A. Shines ✿

@taylorashines

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a whole life, intentionally lived
writer · host · builder · traveler
🐄 harlequin great dane mama
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Penelope le chien Shines 🐶
bka P Money 💴
Or to me: Pupsicle or Pumpkin 🎃
Breed: Great Dane 🖤
Age: 4 years, I picked her out at 8 weeks and brought her home at 13 weeks so I’m her mama fr. 💞
Stats: 140lbs 5’10 on back legs 🏋🏽‍♀️
Sign: Virgo bday is 9/4 same as @beyonce ♍️
Hobbies: going outside, sleeping, stalking me and searching for dogs 🐕
Fave food: sweet potatoes 🍠
She’s my best friend and yes I like her more than all humans cause like duh look at her lol. She’s super sweet and the best to cuddle with!
Please feel free to reach out ask any questions about her. We’re an open book.
These are some of the most asked questions along with: How much does she eat? A: I spend about $350 a month in dog food sometimes more 🫠
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#greatdane #dogsbestfriend #sweetgirl by @taylorashines

Felt flirty but men are too complex so I picked flowers in my favorite Mary Jane’s instead 💐
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I’m such a shoe girl so I had to use this audio. I love that we are all on this Sex and the City high together.
#satc #tabigirl #itsjustacaption 🤭 by @taylorashines

To My Big Brother Rell 💚

It’s been a week since I last held your hand. I think often of the rosary in your hair and smile because it reminds me of a favorite song lyric.
I know I poured my heart into our last talk but this is to remind the heavens just how lucky they are to have you.
Thank you for being such an amazing brother.
Thank you for raising us.
Thank you for teaching be to be brave and what is means to truly have courage.
Thank you for being patient as I learned.
Thank you for telling to go back inside when I was trying to talk to boys.
Thank you for kicking those boys asses after I didn’t listen.
Thank you for never judging me and being so kind.
Thank you for accepting me.
Thank you for teaching me how to swim… you won’t believe how many people I know that never learned.
Thank you for loving me so so much.
Thank you for reminding me after every conversation.
It is because of you that I’m me. It’s because of you that I have such values and respect for the world around me. I walk with my head high full of grace because you believed in me despite our odds.

I love you forever!

With Love,
Your Taylors Alexis

PS: I took your western hat. It reminds me of the one I wore that Christmas in FL with you. It was way too big for my small head but you let me wear it everywhere. Even to the beach lol 🤍🕊️ by @taylorashines

give me passion or give me death… I mean, what if❓❣️

weekend recap in bio: my weekend was cuteeee af and a lil sexy 💋 by @taylorashines

hot girl summer has left the building. she took the tomatoes but I’m minding my business.
I will be fine all fall. this is your warning lol 🫡 🍅🍂 by @taylorashines

keep a picture of me in your wallet so I know it’s real 💌
chicago, romanticized 🏙️🍒 by @taylorashines

confessions of a luver gurl — new substack in bio dedicated to the girls that still believe in romance 💝

including my summer reading list and other recommendations
questions that shall plague my existence lol
and a lil music

it’s a longer read sitting at 8-10 mins so take your time, take a deep breath and allow yourself to feel deeply — just in those moments ✨ by @taylorashines

hey siri play Kitty Kat by Beyonce 🐈‍⬛ by @taylorashines

la porte / full poem on substack / link in bio 🚪 by @taylorashines

the call to prayer is actually a banger 🎶 by @taylorashines

i’m the sun but sometimes i play dress up just for the moon 🌙 by @taylorashines

one night in the desert. not much out there but sand, camels, me poolside, a cat i kept feeding, and a sky i couldn’t capture.
somehow enough 🏜️ by @taylorashines