It has been such a joy to watch you bloom 😍 🌷

Con: my 7 year old is sick

Pro: he fell asleep snuggling with me 🥰

I love my public library. They whiz books all around the state and let me pick them up at the cute little branch walking distance from my place. They accept my purchase requests. They send me amazing unexpected recs. The thematic shelving is always interesting. And the librarians are hilarious. <3

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They were so good!! It was delightful chatting and painting and pretending everything is fine for a few hours 🫶🏻

I was gonna say, don’t give him ideas! Lol

This!!!

This is very encouraging 👏

Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse Sunrises. People you have still to meet and laugh with. Songs about love, peace, anger, and revolution. Walks in the woods. The smile you exchange with a stranger when you experience beauty accidentally together. Butterflies. Seeing your grandparents again. The moon in all her forms, whether half or full. Dogs. Birthdays and half-birthdays. That feeling of floating in love. Watching birds eat from bird feeders. The waves of happiness that follow the end of sadness. Brown eyes. Watching a boat cross an empty sea. Sunsets. Dipping your feet in the river. Balconies. Cake. The wind in your face when you roll the car window down on an open highway. Falling asleep to the sound of a steady heartbeat. Warm cups of tea on cold days. Hugs. Night skies. Art museums. Books filled with everything you do not yet know. Long conversations. Long-lost friends. Poetry.

I wrote this on one of the darkest days of my life. It gave me an anchor to hold onto.

Oof 😅 I hope your body chills out soon!

Thank you! Needed that 🫶🏻

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This is the way 👏

What kind of world do you want? What values are most important to you?

How can you create that and live those values in your home & your community?

You can’t change the whole world, but you CAN live by your values and create small pockets of the world that operate the way you wish the world did

What can YOU do? Where do you have influence? What resources are available to you? What are your gifts? Focus on those things, and take the actions you can. We can’t do everything but we can all do something.

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Little treats are very important in these days, good call ☕️

It really is. Changing how I thought about parenting completely changed how I thought about the world.

A pattern for troubled times:
Row 1: put your phone down
Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies
Row 3: make something for at least an hour
Row 4: take a photo of your make
Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text)
Row 6: like others' makes.

Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea.

It’s important to recognize the way we treat children; it’s a foundational piece of the puzzle. We can put it under “hierarchy”

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WE are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We all need to do what we can, where we are. We can’t do everything, but we CAN do something.

I’m using Brave now

Glad you’re here! 🫶🏻

30 years (I’m 34 for reference)

I’ve been thinking about the necessity of imagination in bringing change, which has led me to think about how important what we choose to feed our minds/imaginations is.

all the time! I’m also friends with the women who work there, they’re awesome

Ooh exciting!! I really hope you get it 🫶🏻

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978