like a butterfly, her wings unfolded – butterflies rising Instagram Posts
‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ was the very first quote that butterflies rising ever published as ‘butterflies rising’ on her blog in August of 2015, however, she didn’t start her Instagram account until 2017, so 2017 is when she first began posting the quote on Instagram.
‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ – August 8, 2017 Instagram Post
On August 8, 2017, butterflies rising shared her ‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ quote on her fairly new Instagram account. She had the shortened version of ‘her wings unfolded’ in the meme and the full ‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ quote in the caption.
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‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ – January 13, 2018 Instagram Post
On January 13, 2018, butterflies rising reposted the quote just as a little repost to share it again. She again had the shortened version of ‘her wings unfolded’ in the meme and the full ‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ quote in the caption.
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‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ – February 28, 2021 Instagram Post
On February 28, 2021, butterflies rising reposted the quote and she shared the origin story of the quote and how “like a butterfly, her wings unfolded” was inspired by an online support group for young women she spent some time in. the girls in the group had been through similar things she had been through growing up and she would read their stories and they were these beautiful souls fighting like all hell for their healing and sense of self, and she just kept getting this image in her head of all these butterflies unfolding their wings and rising above all the heavy things they were fighting through. and because writing felt like a journey she needed to take to unfold her wings, ‘butterflies rising’ was the the perfect pen name.
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‘like a butterfly, her wings unfolded’ – March 13, 2022 Instagram Post
On March 13, 2022, butterflies rising reposted the quote for “National Learn About Butterflies Day” 🦋. She included her poem ‘something like wings’ in the caption as the quote and poem both capture the journey that she is on and what “butterflies rising” means for her.