Friday Favorites: the Feel-Good Edition
Happy Friday! Here's a fun tip to get this party started: Google "cutest things on the internet" and you'll be glad you did. I took the summer off from Friday Favorites, but I'm glad to be back on it, because it is my honor to share some of the goodness out there with you. We are constantly barraged with negative news; this list is designed to help you focus on the good stuff.
Helping the homeless reconnect to their families: Miracle Messages.
You can't read this by Vikki Reich and not be transported to this beautiful scene on the lake. It evokes great memories for me.
I started reading Jessica Lahey's The Gift of Failure, and I'm savoring and absorbing the lessons on teaching resiliency. This article from Time, about teaching our kids how to fail to succeed, is also an excellent resource.
450,000 kids in foster care on any given day, in America. This couple is making a difference.
Rebecca Wolfe is a gifted writer, and this essay about empowering her girls has been on my mind since I first read it a couple of weeks ago.
I have been checking out Spotify's "Discover Weekly" playlist fairly often for the last few months, and this song was new to me. Tori Kelly's voice is beautiful.
Love,
Kristin
Helping the homeless reconnect to their families: Miracle Messages.
You can't read this by Vikki Reich and not be transported to this beautiful scene on the lake. It evokes great memories for me.
I started reading Jessica Lahey's The Gift of Failure, and I'm savoring and absorbing the lessons on teaching resiliency. This article from Time, about teaching our kids how to fail to succeed, is also an excellent resource.
“This is one day I didn’t have to worry if my sweet boy ate lunch alone, because he sat across from someone who is a hero in many eyes,” the mom of a little boy with autism stated in her post.
Positive, inspiring advice from Carla Birnberg: "Your brain believes the tale you tell it—be wary the stories you choose to share.
Hey, did you see the announcement that one of my essays is in a real-live book? I'm so proud to be included in So Glad They Told Me.
Hey, did you see the announcement that one of my essays is in a real-live book? I'm so proud to be included in So Glad They Told Me.
Rachel's words make me think and reflect and BE BETTER. Every time.
450,000 kids in foster care on any given day, in America. This couple is making a difference.
Rebecca Wolfe is a gifted writer, and this essay about empowering her girls has been on my mind since I first read it a couple of weeks ago.
I have been checking out Spotify's "Discover Weekly" playlist fairly often for the last few months, and this song was new to me. Tori Kelly's voice is beautiful.
Love,
Kristin