Taylor Amethyst

HBD Janini 🤍✨

This angel and I met on the set of a Toyota commercial yearsss ago in Manila. (I was there visiting, not living there yet.) We immediately clicked, right off the bat, and I knew there was something so special about her.

She invited me to a few causal hangs before I left, like movie premieres with pro soccer players (🥴) and parties thrown by celebrities (that we never made it to—plus both of us hated dressing up 🤣) & actual clubs (I was 19 at the time) drinking cosmos like it was nbd 😘

Years later, I came back, and she invited me on yet another trip that would change the course of my life.

On that trip, she taught me everything about Instagram. How to pose, what to post, how to edit photos and maintain a feed, everything I needed to know to start taking this platform more seriously.

A couple years later, here we are.

The first two (& last) were shot in February 2020–she came to visit me in Charlotte (?! still shocked tbh) and we spent a glorious week eating food, creating content, and just plain enjoying life.

Looking back, the timing was wild—Covid had begun, but no one really understood the magnitude or was taking it seriously yet. (She showed up and was confused why no one was wearing masks 😐)

Anyway, point is, this trip was beautiful, and I’m so glad it happened before all the craziness began.

This girl deserves blessings on blessings on blessings for everything she does for this world, her friends, her family, her colleagues. Her spirit is radiant, easygoing, and generous, and I feel so blessed to know her. I literally wouldn’t be where I am today without her 🤍

I love you so much, Janini! Happy Birthdayyyyyyy!

All my love from NC (it misses you!),

Tay-Tay 🤍

“Pull over I have to pee”

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📸 @ North Carolina