Kayla Lindley
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Single mom of two kids with ASD, doing exploration and living in the PNW. Ocean lover. Avid camper and hiking bringing you stories of our adventures and mixing in my own personal photography showing the outdoors is meant for EVERYONE.
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Team Jacob Enters The Chat
Growing up in a midwestern town in the middle of summer in 2008, I was apart of the teenage craze that was and still is the Twilight franchise. I was a really big book worm and would often times find myself wandering the public library stacks of novels. Looking for the next adventure to drown myself out from hearing the sounds of my parents fighting.
By Kayla Lindley12 months ago in Photography
The Third Child
This little furry potato in the wagon with his brothers, is absolutely undoubtedly my favorite photo of all time. Everyone thought I was crazy, and I probably was at the time. I was grappling with the fact that my ex-husband and I were getting a divorce. I felt like I was loosing half my identity, knowing that I was no longer a wife. My worst fears had come true, the stigma and cycle of being a single parent hadn't been broken in this life time.
By Kayla Lindley12 months ago in Photography
I Can't Sit Back Any Longer
This piece isn't necessarily to be overtly critical to any political party. So please let me emphasize this in the beginning by saying- this is me as a concerned parent for all special needs families here in the state of Washington as well as the Greater United States. This is my view point and does not directly reflect the views of the school district my children are actively enrolled in at this time.
By Kayla Lindley12 months ago in Motivation
Through The Eye Of My iPhone. Honorable Mention in New Year, New Projects Challenge.
For the last year I genuinely had been in a writing slump, and it gets really discouraging when you don't feel like you can open up your laptop. For me it's been either all or nothing. Personally I can crank out a essay super fast, because writing for me has always come naturally. In fact in high school, one of our English class options we could do was creative writing in lieu of a normal English Lit class.
By Kayla Lindley12 months ago in Motivation
12 Months Of Washington. Runner-Up in The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge.
At the end of 2023 I made one promise to myself. That promise was to explore often and as much as humanly possible. It was purely immersing myself into the nature and beauty of Washington state.
By Kayla Lindleyabout a year ago in Beat
Top Camping Must Have Items 2025
I didn't realize that when I moved to Washington state, that it would honestly become my entire personality. The stigma about flannels, embracing rain, cold brew coffee, and endless breweries are a staple and normal way of life. Up here you will see endless people with Thule's on roof racks, snowboards, and people on their way to different adventure spots.
By Kayla Lindleyabout a year ago in Wander
The New Year Beach
As we approach the big holidays I tend to get really overwhelmed. The hustle and bustle of making sure every present is done getting wrapped, the kids getting out of school for multiple weeks at a time can be massively daunting. Especially when you have two very hyperactive kiddos with autism. So last year I got impulsive because of being stir crazy. I don't know if it was the sugar they consumed, or the shear boredness they were experiencing. I just knew I had to do something.
By Kayla Lindleyabout a year ago in Wander
South Bay Trail
Yeah I know. I'm the weirdo who's obsessed with their dog, and I mean how can you blame me? Everyone who knows me is aware that we are attached at the hip. My last article here on Vocal everyone loved Morty, so much so that I decided to start a travel series exploring this little town in the Pacific Northwest that I moved to called Bellingham, WA.
By Kayla Lindley3 years ago in Wander
Tulip Town. Top Story - May 2023.
I challenged myself upon arriving to Washington State that every week I was going to do something. Whether that being big or small, I just did not want to stay home. After working with my therapist, we developed healthy coping mechanisms for helping me manage my mental health issues, because staying at home and sleeping in bed all day is not an option.
By Kayla Lindley3 years ago in Wander
