ALL I WANTED LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Gerard Way Furby! Welcome to the Black Parade💀🥁 I'm so excited to finally see them in October🥺❤ my emo dreams are gonna come true Thank you @boredbunnydesigns for suggesting I draw him! . . . . . . . . . . . #furbys #furbies #furbytoy #90stoys #90s #nostalgia #furby #pingameonpoint #pingamestrong #pingame #enamelpins #pins #lapelpins #oddbodyfurby #furbyart #welcometotheblackparade #gerardway #emo #whenwewereyoung #gerardway #mychemicalromance #poppunk https://www.instagram.com/p/CiNh6GMr4NX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s so sad that When We We’re Young was canned. But the memes are too good to pass up rt now. . #wwwy #whenwewereyoung #poppunk #poppunkmemes #punk #emo #emojid #emogirl #punx #poppunkband #poppunkmusic #paramore #mcr #mychemicalromance #adtr #bmth #afi #avrillavigne #theused #dashboardconfessional https://www.instagram.com/p/CkB7iE-pioR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Let's open these fucking pits! #whenwewereyoung #lasvegas #stillemo #scene #makeup #IFillCoffins666 #zombiehunther #Me (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTcp8cJMV2gkmZrU7lPCgYuurN-AE4PxkVxf00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@whenwewereyoungfest #whenwewereyoung #festival #music #emomusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGISPXsHeW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

David Guetta and Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song) [Lyric Video]

Houston 2009, part 1 Memories #houston #texas #texas🇨🇱 #usa #friends #memories #happydays #whenwewereyoung #young #youngandbeautiful #friendship (at Austin Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqO96UNogU8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

WE MISS PLAYING LIVE SHOWS 😭 Where do we need to tour? Drop your city in the comments and request a show on our Poe Fam signup at the link in our bio! ❤️‍🔥 #altmusic #piano #electronicmusic #bot #1000hours #linkinpark #imaginedragons #poethepassenger #newmusic #indiemusic #emo #alternative #whenwewereyoung #tigercub #hologram #fyp https://www.instagram.com/p/CpO2D7OrM9N/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Il y a des lundis soirs de novembre froids & pluvieux qui tournent bien. Quand Thomas m’appelle à la nuit tombée pour me proposer une place pour The Cure, comme ça, là, au débotté. Par exemple. Et on se retrouve lui & moi en fringants quarantenaires (et non quinqua comme ironisait mon frangin, rageux) frétillants dans la fosse comme des poissons dans l’eau, bienheureux. Ça faisait si longtemps que j’avais pas cassé ma voix (& les oreilles d’un voisin étrangement impavide)… La voix de Bob, elle, ne change pas & permet le voyage dans le temps (pourvu qu’on ferme les yeux…). Parce qu’il y en a eu des concerts de The Cure dans ma vie… Mais aussi quelques tables de lycée gravées avec cette écriture "Kiss me Kiss me Kiss me", entretenant ainsi une correspondance mystico-absurde avec un fan d’une autre classe… Et le générique des "Enfants du rock”, avec ces paires d’yeux rockeux “Just Like Heaven" comme le T-shirt de Sionann (jalousie). Et ces manifs où je suivais les mecs avec la tête de Chabat dans "Prête-moi ta main" (objectivement très ressemblants)… Et l’affiche de "Boys don’t cry" qui m’a accompagnée jusqu’au prochain déménagement… Gamine, j’avais demandé à mon père ce que voulait dire "boys don’t cry" : "garçons ne pleurez pas" ? Moué, presque. Voilà en tout cas une chanson qui vieillit bien & je me faisais d’ailleurs la réflexion que Robert était en fait très fleur bleue (quand il ne parle pas d’araignée)… Cute Cure. Et puis Thomas & moi nous espérions "Charlotte sometimes"… Moi pour faire une spéciale dédicace à l’amie Françoise, la "Charlotte" de son amoureux curiste : j’ai filmé vite vite un petit bout (parce que c’est chiant de se retrouver "lost in a forest" of phones) : this one is for you, Françoise. Et pour Thomas. Et pour moi. Et pour nous. Avec ce petit goût vintage de y a longtemps. "The people seemed so close So many other names Sometimes I'm dreaming Where all the other people dance Sometimes I'm dreaming Charlotte sometimes" #bluemonday #whenwewereyoung #closetous #boysdontycry #thecure #charlottesometimes #lesenfantsdurock https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmleF4tEyj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It reminds of the old days when we were young! #whenwewereyoung #friendship #青春 #逝去日子經過多少 #hkiger https://www.instagram.com/p/Cld1vZ3pZKl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

- THROWBACK Circa 2010/11 ... Schivas Rock Pub ... Pirate Dressup Party for @henksteynphoto' Birthday I had the best hair back then 😍 Think the lineup included Liberty Valance, The Sunday Punchers and Middle Inside... 🎶🖤 Crazy best times 🍻 #samusic #goldendays #oldies #whenwewereyoung #band #thisisgoodbye #orangehair #pirates #dressup #party #livemusic #schivasrock #meelvignetting #throwbackthursday #throwback #thejourney https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEs-ZGL7I8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Image Description: A caption at the top has a blue bokeh background with the title “A Backstory for Keekee” in the center. The image is of a water tower with words “Lake Charles Home of McNeese State University” across its tank. There are droplets of rain on the lens and the photo is in cooler tones of blue.

Image by Keekalee Photography.

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Since my ancestry starts with me, that’s where we’ll begin as well. I’m Keekee, a writer with a lot of distracting hobbies.

I'm intrigued by how my ancestry has become one of those hobbies as it never crossed my mind when I was younger. As a child, I simply wanted to exist in the right now. I regret not listening to the stories that my grandparents told in those days, but that is the way of bittersweet retrospection.

My family lived in the "Cajun Country” of Southwest Louisiana back then, prime hurricane and flooding land. It was also the land of sugar cane and rice silos, alligators and snapper turtles, zydeco and crawfish boils, farmers and traiteurs. It was a land where us kids could run down the street and give a holler to any neighbor we passed by name—cos they knew our Mawmaws and Pawpaws.

We snuck into the fields to crawl on the hay bales. The fence posts were perfect for shooting cans off it with BB and pellet guns. There were always wild honeysuckles to pick and dragonflies or fireflies to try to catch.

This neck of the woods is where my history has led to, but how did it get here? Where did it start? If I'd listened to my Mawmaw and Pawpaw perhaps it could have given me a quicker boost to the past and its discoveries. Since I didn’t, I used what I did know and reached out to the family members that I’m still connected to. Before I knew it, my family tree began to twist up from the soil and its branches began to grow.

Over the ensuing years, that tree has continued to twist toward the sky and stretch out its branches. The writer in me is spellbound by the stories of people’s lives. It’s captivating and enthralling, and sometimes heart-wrenching and infuriating, to discover these long-gone people and learn tidbits of what their lives entailed.

Does anyone else remember them? Who else would care about them? There’s something inside me that doesn’t want these people to fade into the blur and non-existence of history.

So, join me on this journey. Help me to remember these people. Tell me about your people! Who knows, we may be related 🤙🏼

I was so young lol Verde Canyon Scenic Railroad near Clarkdale, AZ back in December 2012. 📷:by my dad on a @sonyalpha a100 I think I’m holding my old Minolta X-370 SLR #desert #arizona #photography #flashback #whenwewereyoung #sonyalpha #candid (at Clarkdale, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CktvygDuLM8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

What u looed like at the end of the night. The hair didn't stay teased. My feet were done but the vans really were a trooper. #whenwewereyoung #lasvegas #scene #stillemo #plaid #fishnets #zombiehunther #IFillCoffins666 #Me (at Las Vegas, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWo6ELP02W9Ja1hqr6WnNYeHq01q-kAAOkbaQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thegoodpart #grateful #shewrites #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #poetrycommunity #poem #reminiscing #childhoodmemories #primaryschool #thinkingback #memories #thepast #myloves #writersofengland #igpoets #happymemories #alhamdulillah #whenwewereyoung https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjJ3hKKTFt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Aaaandd here you go guys! My favorite moment at the event. I swear I found this guy in the worse moment, just when I was feeling hungry, didn't know how to pay for the food, the people I came with wasn't replying calls or messages, the moment when my sign was really bad and the batery of my cellphone was not working and I was feeling sooo bad I didn't have the chance to see Jxdn closer due I was in the GA swection... JUST at that moment, I found this guy and made the whoooole experience totally worth it. I am sorry if the question "do you have a phone charger?" Was really random and weird😅 but honestly he was the only person I saw with trust and that I could reach out in that moment. Thank you for making that day just perfect @huddy I don't know if you'll be able to listen to my music someday but whatever is the case, thank you for being so kind and nice! I wish the best to all of these artists, and hope to see them again even if it takes another 10 years. Also, Hailey's words were just so inspiring, her bautiful heart, confidence and love for their fans just stands out between lots of artists and bands I have seen in real life, I wish her the best of the success today and always✨️🤟🖤 . . . . #wwwy #whenwewereyoung #whenwewereyoungfestival #lasvegas #huddy #lilhuddy #paramore #bmth #bringmethehorizon #emo #scene #alternative #motionlessinwhite #wethekings #bvb #blackveilbrides #poppy #sws #sleepingwithsirens (en When We Were Young Festival 2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkeQRv-Oo4Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=