Reflections of a Former Immigrant
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Fashionably Aimee
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I’ll begin this post by saying this is entirely my experience and this will inevitably be very different for every immigrant based on...
AIMEE JONES
- Jun 6
- 3 min
June 6, 1944 - 80 years since D-Day
As a member of the millennial generation, the events of World War II seem so distant as our world has moved at a remarkably fast pace....
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AIMEE JONES
- Apr 9
- 4 min
LEARNING IS THE ULTIMATE LIFE GOAL
It is not what we think or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do. Or fail to do...” ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility I was...
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AIMEE JONES
- Dec 31, 2023
- 4 min
2024: Finding Myself and Happiness Again
2023 hasn't been my favourite year. Not because anything necessarily bad happened (besides Milo's injury), but because nothing much...
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AIMEE JONES
- Dec 16, 2023
- 4 min
Turning 32 with Jane
About five weeks ago I turned 32. I hadn't really planned on doing anything as I'm not a massive birthday person and have no one who...
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AIMEE JONES
- Dec 7, 2023
- 4 min
Two Years Later...
It's been a while. Five days after my last post here, I celebrated my 30th birthday alone and six days after that I started my new job at...
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AIMEE JONES
- Nov 6, 2021
- 4 min
A MONTH IN WALES
It's been about a month since my last update on here. Last time I talked about the move to Wales from the USA and how difficult that was....
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AIMEE JONES
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
MY JOURNEY TO CARDIFF, WALES
It was exactly a month ago that I landed in New York City on the final leg of a last trip to bucket list places in the United States that...
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AIMEE JONES
- Jul 25, 2021
- 4 min
GROWING PAINS
"Anytime you're gonna grow, you're gonna lose something. You're losing what you're hanging onto to keep safe. You're losing habits that...
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AIMEE JONES
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
FREEDOM MEANS CHOICE
In this new (decade-long, really) season of life where I have no idea what is coming, where it'll be, or who I'll become, a word has sat...
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AIMEE JONES
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
WHY I DECIDED TO SWITCH TO CRUELTY-FREE PRODUCTS
*some details of this blog are hard to read in reference to animal cruelty* [The photo above shows this pup's tattooed patient number]...
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AIMEE JONES
- Jun 6, 2021
- 3 min
LIFE UPDATE AND HOW MY HOPES AND DREAMS HAVE CHANGED
Hi friends. It's been a while. It’s been about three weeks since one chapter of my life ended. When the next will begin, I still don’t...
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AIMEE JONES
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
Grace and I: Two Anglesey Girls Who Loved Fashion
I don't remember when it was that I became familiar with Grace Coddington and her work but I do remember thinking it was magical. If...
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AIMEE JONES
- Mar 24, 2021
- 9 min
MY VISA STORY
Perhaps the biggest misunderstanding people have about my visa situation is that it isn't that stressful and there's easy solutions to...
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AIMEE JONES
- Mar 13, 2021
- 8 min
LIVING THROUGH A PANDEMIC: MY EXPERIENCE
I was listening to a podcast the other day about grief. Now, grief is not something I like. I am notorious for having unresolved issues...
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AIMEE JONES
- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF PERFECTIONISM
Note: I wrote this back in 2018 but the discussion still holds weight today, so I am re-sharing. This blog post was not my original...
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AIMEE JONES
- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
HIRAETH: ATTENDING MY FIRST NOSON LAWEN
I have lived in the United States for close to fourteen years -- almost the same amount of time as I lived in Wales -- and yet the...
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AIMEE JONES
- Dec 13, 2020
- 4 min
WHY I CHOOSE TO MAKE FASHION UGLY
There are certain disciplines of study in which there are particular rules or oaths about doing the "right thing"; the Hippocratic Oath...
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AIMEE JONES
- Nov 24, 2020
- 6 min
GROWING UP IN WALES AND WHY WE DESERVE TO BE KNOWN FOR MORE THAN PRINCESS DIANA
I gained 6% Welsh DNA this year. Well, not really. From the day I was able to vocalize what I was, I always said I was half Welsh and...
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AIMEE JONES
- Nov 22, 2020
- 5 min
IT IS TIME TO RESPECT FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE DISCIPLINES
I posted a Facebook status earlier this year about the impact that Family and Consumer Science disciplines are having on the COVID world....
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