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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Aug 5

Four years ago, I was being slapped, shoved, & planning my escape with five kids in tow.
Today, I’m taking selfies while my boyfriend drives over to take me thrifting and out for oysters -
bc after all the chaos,
sanctuary, stillness, and desire are the rebellion❤️#DVSurvivor

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Aug 5

I thought my handmade gift was too poor, too pitiful.
But he read every note like scripture
& all I could think was:
fuck,
shame almost robbed me of love.

Read the full story here↓

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Ink and Breath

The sacred weight no ghosts of paid hours can buy

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Jun 23

NEW BLOG!! Dancing was a sin but beating me wasn’t. Now, I drop it like it’s hot just like I dropped him. www.notamommyblog.ca/p/dancing-wa...

Dancing Was a Sin, But Beating Me Wasn’t

He called me childish, foolish, delusional. Turns out I was just too alive for his tiny, angry world

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Jun 4

New Blog!! My home is no longer my prison. Read Here: www.notamommyblog.ca/p/finally-free

Finally Free

Home Sweet Home

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CatCmdr1 @catcmdr1.bsky.social · Jun 3

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MidwestHedonist @midwesthedonist.bsky.social · Jun 3

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · May 26

Lol exactly

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · May 26

Oh, you want to ban books because they have sex, violence, and morally questionable content? Better start with the Bible, it’s got incest, murder, rape, human sacrifice, adultery, theft, idolatry, and even ghosts. Real wholesome stuff.

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · May 23

New Blog!! 🎉

What if we rewrite the stars? What if we choose what we want and who we love? What if it all worked out? What if? Read Here: www.notamommyblog.ca/p/rewrite-th...

Rewrite The Stars

Fuck Societal Norms

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · May 20

perfection does exist🌸

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · May 18

NEW BLOG!! 🎉

Domestic violence erases you, surviving on fear, panic and adrenaline. Read Here: www.notamommyblog.ca/p/survival-m...

Survival Mode

The erasure of you

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 29

This wasn't even a goal, never mind a dream for a cult girl like me and yet, surviving through the impossible and hard fucking work, it is now my reality. I've never felt more like a princess. 🥹😭❤️

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🎃🦇 Spooky+Sexy Nat🦇🎃 @nfstrongarm.bsky.social · Apr 29

It's Poili-over

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 28

WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF A. LACROIX!!! Notre Dame? Meh. As a cult survivor, churches repulse me. But this patisserie? Divine. 7 award-winning pastries = €47 ($72 CAD). Zero regrets. Paris isn’t for churches—it’s for pastries, love, and eating in the Luxembourg Gardens. ❤️

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 27

It was never about the touristy places from the moment he surprised me with this trip. It isn't about the Louvre, & in fact, we aren't going there. I want to adventure where the locals are. From a local Parisian, Rod Maldaner gifted me this ring. I won't see the Mona Lisa but I have this ring 4eva❤️

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 24

If little Bre could see herself now—owning Paris with a stare, becoming the woman she was once forbidden to imagine🥹❤️

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 22

🎉❤️NEW BLOG!! Unfortunately, it is true, the right one comes along when you least expect it. On my trip, I will be writing a lot about my boyfriend & will hard launch us. Here is part one: A love letter to him. www.notamommyblog.ca/p/220

220

I didn't expect this unexpected

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 21

Born to vote NDP, chose to vote Liberal so Pierre Poilievre does not become my Prime Minister.

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 19

Ariel, that you? ✨

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 18

Jessica Rabbit?? 😉

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 18

Make sure you do your part this Easter weekend to ensure that Jesus didn't die for nothing—sin, sin, sin!

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 14

The rapture was supposed to occur long before your arrival through my earthly portal THIRTEEN years ago, but Jesus never comes. However, you arrived on schedule.

Happy milestone birthday, E!

Love ya, Bruh❤️

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 13

❤️🎉 NEW BLOG!! Dating as a sole custody single mom means I have five other human beings to think of, and not just me. A turning point was reached with my teenager tonight, and it came with a lot of patience. Read Here: www.notamommyblog.ca/p/seven-months

Seven Months

Their timeline. Their feelings. No Pressure.

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Breanna Brown @thebreannabrown.bsky.social · Apr 12

Every morning after my boyfriend sleeps over, he makes my bed, places all the pillows and stuffies perfectly and folds my extra blankets. It doesn’t matter if I am at home or work; I don’t have to ask or remind him; he just does it. Gender roles are non-existent here✌️🏻

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