Welcome, Kansas! He’s technically a foster, but we hope we are a good match for each other and this will be his forever home. ❤️💙💛 #greyhound #fastfriends #greyhoundcrossroads pic.twitter.com/w6x7ruy3Ee
— Rader Ward Foundation (@RaderWardFound) January 28, 2021
library shelfie day: read all about it!
have grace when you mess up
Mario Monday: cozy blankets for a cold winter!
you're doing such a good job!
parents, please hear this!
Quick link to Dr. Marschall’s Twitter thread on this subject.
make space to "just be"
words matter and kindness counts
celebrating museum selfie day!
glsen celebrates no name-calling week
Mario Monday: villains need love
Today for Mario Monday, look how cuuuuute! This 3D Mario snuggling a reluctant Bowser is from Daniel D’Souza (IG @danielthe13 — seriously, go look at all his work!), based on an image from Nacho Diaz Arjona/@naolito’s Villains Need Love series of 2D illustrations. (Many of them are available as enamel pins, too! Visit naolito.com)
dani dipirro wants to help you grow through it
When I woke up far too early this morning to be ready to begin my day, it was the perfect time to finish reading another book from my Christmas stack: Grow Through It by Dani DiPirro (IG: @positivelypresent). It’s an inspiring guide for the emotional seasons of life, featuring her signature color-saturated illustrations (some velvety deep and some so bright they almost glow).
Each page has its own nugget of wise advice that can stand alone and also work in conjunction with the pages around it. In the tweet below are photos of a few of my favorites from the Spring section, but I’ll also include them in the gallery at right. Then pics 5 and 6 explain how the seasonal sections of the book are organized to help you find the parts that will speak to you most based on what’s happening in your life right now. (And honestly I can relate to all of them on what seems like an hourly rotating basis.)
After finishing the book, my thoughts were calm and I was able to go back to sleep, so I think that’s an excellent recommendation! If you’re looking for wisdom and inspiration for weathering your own emotional seasons, and also just a beautiful book that’s a delight to hold and read, Grow Through It is for you.
(I know book reviews don’t generally go into how the cover of the book feels, but this one is worthy of note. It’s a hardback, but the paper coating is so soft, almost like suede or fleece! Seriously if you see it at a bookstore, pick it up and just hold it. Then flip through it. I bet you’ll want it, too.)
mental health lessons of 2020
farewell, joanne rogers
playing games and saving lives
Gaming was Rader’s great passion in life, from board and tabletop games to computer and video games. He loved nothing more than to create a game to bring joy to those who would play it. In that sense he was very much a kindred spirit to JGD’s Fenway. Check out her work, and do what you can to support it. And spread the JGD message far and wide: You are not a critical failure.
how to give mental health support
what do you need?
Mario Monday: blurt's depression blog, resources
tommy raskin gone too soon
Listen, too, to this remembrance from Tommy’s dad on NPR.