<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[A day in my life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Becoming Me]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:43:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Life.... why is it so hard?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why does it feel like we're constantly carrying invisible weight,expected to move forward without ever sitting down? Every day asks something of us—our time, our patience, our strength—even on the days we feel empty. We learn to smile through exhaustion, carrying ourselves with quiet strength even when we feel depleted. The smile is not joy, it's endurance a way of saying upright when grief has taken the air from our longs and yet the world still asks us to function. 	Bills still come. Work...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/life-why-is-it-so-hard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6983c506889819a51f0abcb6</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:00:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_122002bf29c843a68aad98b0e0e09c85~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Temptation of the Color Black ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up, I knew I wasn’t the typical girl who adored pink or purple. While others gravitated toward bright and playful colors, I was...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/the-temptation-of-the-color-black</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7e194479221400175513c7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:43:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_231301519e5049b4b7e2daaab5ab634a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hollow Between Stars]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sea had always whispered to Maren, even when she was a child in the orphanage. Back then, she thought it was the wind slipping...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/the-hollow-between-stars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689991eefc810a67e3187713</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 07:01:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_76726a0879e0441798ee41aa3193cec8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Permission I Never Gave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Confidently sporting a chic all-black ensemble, accented by stylish buckled boots and a sleek watch. I wish my parents had asked me...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/adulting-101</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f729d16ef645c001755ead5</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:12:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_61b0a9c7693c46389d247cbb82c4f051~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Light in the Middle of a Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[The pandemic has hit everyone in different ways. For some, the struggle has been emotional, physical, or mental. But for many, the...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/working-in-the-midst-of-covid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f70d15e7dcf83001798fdb3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:40:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_1e30aff678b84a448edacc7d8310efc4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it go ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A powerful and dynamic representation of the Haitian flag intertwined with a dancer, symbolizing cultural pride and movement; a...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/let-it-go</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e3f374ce29be60017e3a20b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 22:48:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_ccf5b9e562264d44aac5d566939dce17~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_556,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Chapter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone—Sorry I’ve been gone for a while. I guess I’ve been busy trying to piece my life together. Back in December, I made a...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/omg-its-being-a-while</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e3c3f4903eb8700176a3f03</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:42:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_8d67245fdb3a4fa2b262041ec2df1bbc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_714,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The “T” Ornament and the Gift of Letting Go ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, Today I finished decorating my Christmas tree, and I must say—it turned out beautifully. The warm glow of the lights and...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/dec-6th</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dead23e11e2e30017b7b1b7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:16:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_0dea86c17963412aaca2dbfeeb860e24~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quiet Midwinter Evening with Rocky]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s midwinter, and the nights seem to wrap around the day a little tighter lately. My dog—Rockefeller, though I call him Rocky—has his...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/dec-4th</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5de85171780f810017cd6acd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:44:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_8e613f11ae8d488490ad0dc0d90a92aa~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, I took another small step toward making this place feel like mine. I cleaned, dusted, and pulled the Christmas tree from storage....]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/dec-3rd</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5de723639ec78800179a7707</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:13:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_6d06c010a2994b0da5958b844f0b66fa~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chapter I Don’t Want to Leave]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the past few days, I’ve been surrounded by people—voices, laughter, movement all around me—yet I have never felt more alone. 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It’s 9:46 PM, and I’m curled up on my favorite spot on the couch—the chaise of our sectional. There’s just...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/why-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d8580b1343ff90018a78196</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_0a859b46e3314b218fc2751c03b02b0d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quiet Morning ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning, I woke around 7:30 and took Rocky out. The air was 66 degrees—just cool enough to feel alive against my skin. I stood there...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/good-morning-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d83b42b0b41cc00177eb1e2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:07:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_6dee5119294543ec919be11de05bf913~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_833,h_625,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flaws and All]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tonight, I’m curled up on the couch, sleep aid medicine settling in, Once Upon a Time  playing softly on Netflix. And somewhere between...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/being-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d82dc1f5395ab00177d4ec3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_44b4455e5e4e41119aac657120b36e5f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_833,h_625,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting Over, For Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I found myself scrolling through my Instagram feed, looking at all the pictures I’ve posted. And I couldn’t help but...]]></description><link>https://kayleighkate.wixsite.com/website/post/what-we-can-learn-from-plants</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5d82d93b66ef440017faae55</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:26:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a2aa9c_70940ce5880043bba71fb438ca12eda9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_710,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kayleigh Weston</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>