Antonica Maxine

Arizona☀️

[Mari❤️‍🔥 @folkmari13]

you know what would heal me right now…

being in a stadium with 70,000+ fans screaming cathartically to all too well 10 mv

[gran @djophoria]

it’s been six months since my close personal friend conrad fisher finally got his girl back

[erin @erintalkz]

GET SABRINA CARPENTER ON A REMIX OF THIS AND U HAVE THE SONG OF THE SUMMER

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

My wife passed in March. Forty-two years of marriage, and then just... silence.

The house felt wrong. Too quiet. Too still. My daughter kept saying I needed "something to care for." I kept telling her I was fine.

I wasn't fine.

One Sunday, I drove to the Arizona Humane Society just to walk around. No intention of adopting anything. Just needed to be somewhere that wasn't my living room.

The volunteer stopped me near the senior wing. "These two have been here eleven months. We waived their adoption fee last week. Still no takers."

Pepper was solid black with a grey muzzle—eight years old, arthritis in his back legs. Salt was pure white with one brown eye and one blue, deaf as a post, same age. Brothers from the same litter, surrendered when their owner went into hospice care.

Eleven months. In Phoenix. In a concrete run with no air conditioning half the year.

"Why won't anyone take them?" I asked.

The volunteer shrugged. "They're old. They're pitbulls. They come as a package deal. People want puppies."

I watched Pepper slowly lower himself onto the cool concrete. Salt curled up right next to him, pressing his white head against his brother's black shoulder. They fit together like puzzle pieces. Like they'd been doing this their whole lives.

Like me and Lorraine used to sleep.

"How much is the fee?" I asked.

"Sir, I told you—it's waived. Nobody wants—"

"I want them."

She stared at me. "Both of them?"

"You think I'm gonna separate two old brothers who've already lost everything once?"

That was four months ago.

Now Pepper sleeps on Lorraine's side of the bed. Salt sleeps on mine. The house isn't quiet anymore—it's full of snoring and the click of nails on hardwood and two grey-muzzled faces waiting by the door when I come home from the grocery store.

They lost their person. I lost mine.

We found each other.

Credit - Thomas meade

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Happy 36th birthday to the iconic Taylor Swift.

The 14x Grammy-winning superstar, who debuted in 2006, has taken the world by storm era after era, and record after record. Her impact has ranged from her songwriting talents, which landed her a Songwriter Hall of Fame nomination in her first year of eligibility, to the phenomenon of the Eras Tour, which is the highest-grossing tour of all time. She is the first artist in history to hold the entire Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 multiple times, which no other artist has done once. She was named TIME’s Person of the Year in 2023 and, this year, broke the record for biggest album opening in Billboard 200 history when her twelfth studio album opened at four million units. She also gained ownership to her first six albums and now fully owns her entire discography, which boasts four Album of the Year wins — the most for any singer ever.

[Triiad ୭୭ @triiadxx]

Ngl, adult friendships require grace. People are very busy. People are healing. People are growing. People are taking time for self care just like you. Less communication isn't less love. Check in not out.

[caro💋🐾 @carolovesbrina]

i still remember, third of december, me in your sweater

[camila ⋆ @annahniram]

oh im crying

[Rob @_ROB_29]

My spirit animal isn’t taking any shit this year 😂

[k ౨ৎ @taygrccie]

need taylor to stick to her word and not announce a tour tomorrow

[Osvaldo Swiftie 🕰️ @osvaldoswiftie]

Me since October 3rd:

[Jianna @CHENFORDSEN]

real

[Antonica Maxine @antonica94]

@everslay13 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[adelita⸆⸉ ☁️ @adelicate_13]

swifties everywhere on october 3rd:

[Tani 🎀 @yearnforfilms]

"If you loved her so much, why would you go sleep with someone else ?"

[chels ☼｡˚ ❀ *·ꕤ｡˚❀ *·˚𖦹⋆ฺ ♡ @rumorzfrominez]

in love with this quote

[Antonica Maxine @antonica94]

@clarabowwho CONNIE BABY

[Antonica Maxine @antonica94]

@firedivination @buhle_mdingi 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽