Today is the 2 year anniversary of Raised by Hippies. 🎶✨🥰 A little over three years ago I was in the depths of postpartum depression, not sure how I would ever come out of it. I remember telling everyone I was fine, then spending entire days in tears, 1000 miles away from my friends and family. Then just as my brain started to heel, we were hit with that *fckin* pandemic that forced me to hide indoors for two years. We moved around a lot, we struggled to keep our heads above water more than once, and sometimes it felt like it would never get better. One day I made a decision that changed my life when I downloaded TikTok and was so inspired by all the people who were so much like me - obsessed with music, nostalgic for the aesthetic and freedom of the past, but with fiercely modern values layered on top. And it was music that I chose for my content because there was nothing else it could have been. Music is my blood and bones and the air that I breathe, and I knew I had a little bit of a talent for thinking about and writing about art. I posted my first video a year ago today. It took about three weeks to reach 5k followers, another month to get to 10k. Soon the autumn leaves fell and I lost my dad, followed shortly by one of my best childhood friends, and the grief brought me back to a place I didn’t want to be. So I kept writing, and I kept posting, and soon we moved again - this time back home to where our people were, and I found myself again. I’m grateful to TikTok, I’m grateful to the beautiful, inspiring retro aesthetic kids these days who remind me that this music is never going to die. I’m grateful mostly to music for keeping me breathing, keeping me hopeful, and for bringing together almost 250k people across platforms who are all as crazy about it as I am. Thank you♥️ #fyp #foryou #2years #thankyou #contentcreator #musiclover #music #musicislife #raisedbyhippies #ppd #depression #grief #stillhere #lotstocome #inspiration