Apparently turning 36 means I’ve officially lost my oil-filter-grip strength 😂🔧 I gave it the good ol’ “I don’t need a tool for this” attempt… and the oil filter said, “the hell you don’t.” 😂 Whatever. Hand me the damn wrench. Saphira still gets her oil changed. 💅🛻 #GirlWhoWrenches #OilChange

I may not be Latina, but I grew up on Selena. I can sing every damn word. 😂 So yes, I took this personally. The disrespect. The AUDACITY. Absolutely fucking not. 😭💀 Selena was part of the soundtrack of my childhood—you do NOT come for that woman in my presence. #Selena #SelenaQuintanilla #T

This. This is why people think I “never get angry.” 😂 I do get angry. I just skip right past looking angry and go straight to tears. Frustrated? Cry. Overstimulated? Cry. Pissed the fuck off? Believe it or not… CRY. 😭😂 And somehow the angrier I am, the harder I cry—which just pisses me off MORE bec

I had approximately 2 more inches of wall and apparently decided risking my entire life was easier than getting down and moving the damn step stool. 😭💀 The little wobble and immediate recovery like NOTHING HAPPENED. 😂😂 #ShortGirlProblems #DIYFail #AlmostDied #PaintingProblems #MomLife

I had approximately 2 more inches of wall and apparently decided risking my entire life was easier than getting down and moving the damn step stool. 😭💀 The little wobble and immediate recovery like NOTHING HAPPENED. 😂😂 #ShortGirlProblems #DIYFail #AlmostDied #PaintingProblems #MomLife

“Mom, you didn’t have to do it. I would’ve done it myself.” Okay, cool. Come help me then. 😂 She helped for a little bit, disappeared, came back for the second coat… and guess who still had to take the brush and finish it? 🙋‍♀️ Exhibit A, your honor. This is why Mom took over. 💀🖌️ #Mom

2018 Melissa was 28, already a mom, six months into her marriage and only a few months postpartum after having her oldest son that June. 2026 Melissa is 36, three kids deep, carrying losses, grief, trauma and more than anyone could see—and six months after finally walking away. Same birthday.

😂 I leave the house for a birthday drive thinking I’m gonna come home, relax, and enjoy the rest of my day… meanwhile my teenager apparently decided TODAY was bathroom renovation day. 😭 I walk in and she’s already got the paint open, roller in hand, green paint going on the walls… and NOT A SING

36 trips around the sun. 🖤 Today is my birthday, but September 7th has never belonged only to me. Thirteen years ago today, I lost my Papa. So birthdays have a way of carrying happiness and grief in the same damn breath. This morning I grabbed my Dunkin, got in my truck, and drove myself to t

Here’s to Chapter 36. 🖤🥃 35 put me through some shit. I lost people, found pieces of myself I thought were gone, learned who deserved access to me and who absolutely fucking didn’t. I cried, I healed, I started over, and somewhere along the way… I started recognizing the woman in the mirror again.

Little hair twist up

“Don’t start.” Sir… I hadn’t even done anything yet. 😇☕️ The fact that you recognized the look and immediately went into preventative measures sounds like a YOU problem. 😂 Besides… telling me not to start is basically an invitation. 🤷🏻‍♀️😈 #DontStart #CertifiedHandful #BratEnergy #Tr

POV: You have 3 kids and somehow sitting down with a cup of coffee feels like booking an all-inclusive vacation. ☕️😂 Don’t ask me for nothing. Don’t call my name. Don’t even breathe in my direction until I finish this cup. This is MY 10 minutes. 😭😂 #MomLife #MomOf3 #CoffeeTime #MomTok

Birthday weekend has officially entered the chat. 😂☕️🥃 Coffee? Yes. Baileys? Also yes. Proper measurements? Absolutely the fuck not. 36 is already looking questionable and my birthday isn’t even here yet. ♍️😂 #BirthdayWeekend #VirgoSeason #BirthdayGirl #CoffeeTok #VirgoEnergy

Life has been a little too interesting lately… and that’s all I’m gonna say. 👀 Some things don’t need an explanation. Some things just make you sit there like… well damn. And apparently Virgo season said, “Oh, it’s your birthday month? Here’s a plot twist.” ♍️🙃 Anyway… I’ll be over here

POV: I reorganized the entire kids’ snack setup, moved it out of the utility closet, relocated the mason jars, gave everything a whole new home across from the fridge… and forgot to record literally ALL of it. 😭😂 So no satisfying before-and-after montage. No dramatic transformation. Just me show

When coffee gets interrupted #mamahugs #coffee #coffeetok #momlife

You wanna know what you did? That’s the problem… I don’t even know how to put it into one sentence. It wasn’t one fight. One lie. One moment. It was a thousand little things that slowly changed me. You taught me to notice tone changes. To read silence. To question whether I was asking for