Ashley 🌻

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🎃👻 3,000+ pieces of candy and goodies later… and I’m already planning NEXT YEAR! 😂🍬 Our first BIG Trunk or Treat is officially in the books, and I can confidently say I’m HOOKED! 🧡 From brainstorming ideas, decorating, prepping everything, and buying an absolutely RIDICULOUS amount of candy (seriously, who let me loose in the candy aisle?! 🤣) to finally seeing everything come together… I loved EVERY. SINGLE. MINUTE. But the absolute best part?! 🥹 Watching all the kiddos come through in their creative costumes, seeing their excitement, and getting to be a tiny part of making their Halloween memories a little more magical. 🧡 We handed out over 3,000 pieces of candy and non-candy goodies, and somehow, instead of being exhausted and ready to put Halloween behind me, my brain is already overflowing with ideas for next year! 😂 There’s just something so special about showing up for your community, making memories, and seeing so many little faces light up. 10/10 experience. Already counting down to next year! 🎃🖤 Now the REAL question… how ridiculously EXTRA should we go next year?! 👀🤣 #TrunkOrTreat #Halloween2026 #CommunityOverCompetition #HalloweenFun #SmallBusinessLife

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Some days, I look in the mirror and I’m incredibly proud of the woman staring back at me. The woman who survived things she never should have experienced. The woman who found the strength to keep going when her entire world was falling apart. And other days? I’m angry. Angry that I had to become this strong. Angry that someone else’s choices left me with wounds I’m still learning how to heal. Angry that trauma doesn’t just disappear when the danger is gone. Because surviving domestic violence isn’t just about making it out alive. It’s about the nightmares, the triggers, the hypervigilance, the trust issues, and the constant battle between who you were before and who you became just to survive. It’s about learning that love shouldn’t feel like fear. That peace shouldn’t feel unfamiliar. That you shouldn’t have to spend years healing from someone who was supposed to love you. I’m proud of my strength, but I grieve the version of myself who never should have needed it. I can be grateful that I survived and still be angry about what I had to survive. Both can be true. And if you’re somewhere in the middle of your own healing journey, I hope you know that surviving was enough. You don’t owe the world a perfectly healed version of yourself. You deserved safety then. You deserve peace now. ❤️‍🩹 #DomesticViolenceSurvivor #SurvivorNotVictim #TraumaSurvivor #HealingJourney #PTSDawareness

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