Emily Hoxworth

Ahhh the sweet experience of taking 3 children into Subway.

It was horrible.

An entire bottle of lemonade spilled and I cleaned it up with an entire roll of scratchy paper towels 🙃

Worth it for my chicken sandwich with the sweet onion sauce though I'll tell ya.

What's your subway order? I've done the teriyaki since 2019 lol

Jeeze 🔥

Was it difficult to turn away from the open expanse of ocean? Yes. Every time.

But isn't this something to come home to?!

Thanks to my Louisiana man, the mountains truly have my heart now.

What a gift to be happy to come home after such a glorious trip 🙌✝️

Roadtrip playlist is 🔥

Roman keeps picking Queen songs
Stella keeps picking mermaid songs
My mom keeps picking classic rock songs
I keep picking worship & reggae songs.

Healthy balance 🙌

What is the best roadtrip music?! Shout out your suggestions!

( I do not promise to play them lol I'm just curious)

This is where I ran to when life in Ohio fell apart for me at 20.

Was so desperate to be here that I found an apartment on Craigslist.
Didn't know a soul.
Didn't have transportation.
My mom bought me a bike and left me.

Something told me it'd be worth the jump.
And it was.

This is where I got to be whoever I wanted to be.

Dyed my hair blue. Then purple. Then pink.
Walked out in the middle of lunch rush Fat Crabs to cruise around on my longboard because that's what I felt like doing.
(That earned me Worst Employee of the Month, got a sign and everything.)
Hula hooped in that same Town Center parking lot and got yelled at to "Get a job, hippie."

Stayed up late enough to watch multiple sunrises.
Learned how to play it cool.

From Corolla, to Duck, to Southern Shores, to Kitty Hawk, to KDH.
I was accepted every step of the way.
Never a party or a hangout or a "taking out the trash" session I wasn't invited to.

And it fixed years of feeling like I wasn't good enough to be invited to anything.
And I've never let go of the worth that that gave me.

My advice?
If you're somewhere and people aren't including you or making you feel like you're cool enough to invite?
Go somewhere else.
Here is a great option.
It worked for me.

I'm ready to go home to the mountains and my husband but this is always such a pleasure.
Thanks for being all you are and thank you for having us 💙🌊

The moon is such a gift right now 🌕

May I never forget the fullness of my heart while breathing in and hearing the sounds of the ocean waves. It's been over 2 years and I almost forgot.

The only thing I'd change is having William Hoxworth here with us.

God bless this place.