# @raisingculturesfamily on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXekmQHjuvB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64428966-raisingculturesfamily-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9a94a6f259.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-23T14:46:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Keia Jones Baldwin (@raisingculturesfamily) — https://gondola.cc/raisingculturesfamily

## Caption

There are days when my body feels like it’s fighting me…when the fatigue sits heavy, when the pain is loud. This isn’t the highlight reel. This isn’t the version of me people expect to see. But I still choose to share it. Not for sympathy. Not for attention. But because this is real. This is what living with Lupus looks like behind the scenes, behind the “you look fine,” behind the strength people think never shakes. There are moments I question my own body…moments I have to grieve the version of me that could just go without thinking twice. But, I’m still here. Still showing up. Still mothering. Still loving.
Still choosing not to disappear just because it hurts. I post my flare-ups because somebody out there is silently fighting too…wondering if they’re weak for needing rest, for canceling plans, for not being who they used to be. You’re not weak, you’re human and you’re doing the best you can in a body that doesn’t always cooperate. So yeah…I share this version of me too. Because healing isn’t always pretty… but it’s still worthy of being seen. #LupusAwareness #raisingcultures

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- **Views:** 62,532
- **Likes:** 13,686
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- **Comments:** 740

## Tags

raisingcultures, lupusawareness

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