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Look at the beautiful smile of this 19-year-old human being. She should have been protected.
Oluwatoyin Salau was an activist fighting for black lives. I am wide awake with anger. Do not be silent. Fight for her, fight for black women. RIP Toyin 💔
#JusticeForToyin
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A mom came into the library with her kids in a stroller.
As they strolled into the children’s section, her little girl started waving her arms in the air in excitement, singing, “Hello, library! Hello, books! I told you I’d be back!”
💚📚
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Some of the comments in this thread are the cruelest things I’ve read in a very long time.
I adore the library, love being a librarian. Worked my way up from shelver to supervising librarian!
Everyone has bad days! Hope y’all know that you’ll always belong at the library 💚
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Dear
@Miss_Mojo
,
This librarian accepts your apology! Thank you ☺️
Always strive for kindness. Mister Rogers taught me it’s the best sort of magic ✨
“There are 3 ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”
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Once a library kid, always a library kid 📖
Library kid Mychal will always be so baffled and mind blown that our library joy transformed us into forever Librarian Mychal 💚
Once a librarian, always a librarian ✨
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Promoted to supervising librarian for the library where I got my first library card, where I got my first library job, where I first fell in love with books 🤩📚
EVERYONE INCLUDED :: Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2022 that you’re proud of.
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This is my mom & dad! They raised me as a library kid.
My mom homeschooled me, raising me & educating me at the library. My dad’s always emphasized the importance of literacy (I’ve been reading at least 1 hour a day for a loooong time 😂)
I love the library because of them 💜
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Thank you! I’m not okay, but that’s okay. “Okay” is a journey that I’m proud to be marching towards. I will reach the destination. Don’t know when, but I do know without a doubt… that I will 💚
I’m making it to age 92, visiting libraries with my homies 📚
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THANK YOU to the overwhelming amount of people who’ve messaged me “Mental Health Check!” 💚
It means the absolute world. You’re so kind! This librarian is honored to be amongst you.
Thank you for your encouragement, thank you for supporting libraries ✨🫶🏽
📷:
@sfchronicle
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My Afro remains! Just hid in a halo braid while I accompanied extraordinary librarians to D.C. to amplify the compassionate impact that library workers have on the world 🥹
My hair is back to its regularly scheduled style, big enough to hide all the books and library cards! 😆📚
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Monica Lewinsky is one of the funniest people in the world. You can’t change my mind. We are so lucky to have her.
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You’re alive! 🥹
I know hard life can be. I admire your courage. Thank you for trying one more day. That’s all we ask!
We’re not worried about yesterday, we’re not entertaining tomorrow…
TODAY is what we’re focused on! This librarian is beyond happy you’re in the world 💚
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Happy birthday, Fred Rogers!
IThank you for teaching us that kindness is a superpower. Thank you for being our neighbor!
Thank you for being our friend, Mister Rogers 💛
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The one where Mychal tried to convince Leslie Knope the library is not the worst group of people ever assembled in history ✨
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“Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card”
- Arthur Read 📚
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Reasons are so important to me these days ❤️🩹
So happy for reasons to live, for reasons to love libraries ✨
Thank you for being, thank you for supporting libraries 💚
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OMG! Y’all… check out this “red carpet” photo of me & my mom at Ford Theatre’s Annual Gala 🥹
Still stunned and in awe that they honored librarians for their tribute during the ceremony; tribute librarians included myself, Michelle Ross, Ricci Yuhico & Richard Reyes-Gavilan 📚
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We want kids, we want people to be able to read their beloved books safely in homes, in libraries with their loved ones ❤️🩹✨📚
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Happy Valentine’s Day to those who feel unloved, to those grieving, to those missing someone, to those who may be mentally & physically drained, to the worried, to the lonely, to those doing their best to hold it together…
You’re loved 🫶🏽 This librarian is so happy you’re here!
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Dear
@SolanoLibrary
, Solano County library kids, Solano County library grown-ups… thank you for introducing me to library joy and book joy! Thank you for everything 🫶🏽💚📚
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I’M GOING TO BE ON A LIBRARY CARD!
Berkeley Public Library presented this giant library card to me! What an honor, such joy! I’m in shock. Limited edition library card design coming soon to their branches 📚🎉
Library love is revolutionary 💛
Library card design:
@DevonBlow
🍍
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We all deserve a place to call home! For some… that’s the library 🧡
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This scary, wicked world can be so evil, negative, disastrous, cruel. Guess what?!
YOU’RE STILL HERE! Naysayers, haters… YOU outlasted them! You recognized you’re worthy. I see you, I celebrate you!
Thank you for staying, this librarian is so happy you stayed another day 🫶🏽❤️🩹
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I love my mom! She’s the one who raised me in libraries, surrounded by books and joy. I’d rather text, but you got it! I’ll call her soon ✨
Give your mom a call today and let her know how much she means to you!
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YES! Can’t wait to rest, but excited to be traveling to Washington DC (w/ my emotional support mom) for the “Voices for Libraries” event! Going before legislators to emphasize all that library workers and communities deserve to encourage library joy!
Nervous. Joyful. Thankful 💚
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Dear Sha’Carri Richardson,
You are a superhero! The Avengers would love to have you. Hoping you’re as proud of yourself as we are of you. As your grandma, as your family is of you. You are extraordinarily you.
We love you, we’re celebrating you! Congratulations, Olympian 🤩
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LIVE LAUGH LEXAPRO!
This library lover wants to remind there’s no shame in taking meds. Thanking you for loving yourself as much as I do. It’s so difficult to ask for help, to take help. Your strength is astronomical.
So happy you’re here! I’m so happy
💚☺️ 📚
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Mental Health Check ❤️🩹
Last night I had a mental health crisis. It’s important to acknowledge this because I’ll be okay.
I am bigger than my anxiety. Your kindness is why I believe this. Together we’ll persevere, friends.
It’s okay to not be okay… because we will be okay 💚
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“Being broke at the book fair… was the saddest days as a kid”
THIS is why we need the Adult Scholastic Book Fair! Us, with our adult money, raising funds to prevent sad scholastic book fair kids… they all leave with a good book… no one goes home empty handed! 😊
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Honestly?
I’m struggling. Nightmares, anxiety… SO very real!
I’m lucky to have kindness from my mental health check-in team.
You’re NOT alone! This librarian is happy you exist. I live in the land of the sad and lonely… I’m so happy you’re still here.
Thank you for being 💚
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People who borrow these urban fiction books from the library are some of my favorite people. They NEVER disappoint when they provide their review/critique to us at the front desk 😂
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Tyre Nichols giving a young girl a flower at a Sacramento skatepark 💛
His friend, Dezmond Sinclair, says this picture sums up Tyre. Always the 1st one to make you feel welcome, protected the kids, and was always hyping you up as you learned a new trick.
A beautiful soul 💜
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Grandpas… grandmas… uncles… aunts… moms… dads… and LIBRARIANS have tattoos!
Love the connections that library/bookish spots have allowed me to make with library people throughout the years 😊
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Someday I won’t be here anymore…
On that day and all the days afterwards, I hope you choose to amplify libraries and library workers, I hope you support them…
I hope you realize your incredible impact on the world, I hope you recognize that your mental health matters…
💚💚
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Come back to the library! Give us a second chance! Don’t be ashamed, don’t be embarrassed. We’re here to help you! Libraries want you back, we can’t wait to see you ✨
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WOW,
@readcurl
! 😭
Can't believe you wanted to feature me in your magazine! Excited to see more librarians & educators featured soon for the help & encouragement they gift to their communities. YOU are joy!
My hair has curls! My fingers have curls around a good book 😂
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Thanks to the library dads who carried us & our books, who read their books while we sat next to them reading our books, who raised us alongside libraries, who taught us that imagination & curiosity are everything, who insisted that literacy is to be cherished.
THANK YOU ✨📚
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@EllenPompeo
Everyone:
2020 is so awful
#GreysAnatomy
:
“It’s a beautiful day to save lives”
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Sooo happy my mom got to accompany me on amazing trip to New York City. My first time! We got our library cards from the New York Public Library and saw their legendary lions, Fortitude and Patience 🦁📖☺️
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Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, Da Brat.
What a time to be alive 💜
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Library grown-up shook my hand, saying, “Keep doing you! Raising my kids as library kids. They need to believe they can be anything. It’s all possible with the library, literacy.” 📚
Reading for
#ReadAcrossAmericaDay
as the Children's Literacy Initiative’s Literacy Ambassador ✨
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Myself & Makayla (librarian extraordinaire) think you should stop for a minute to…
take a look… it’s in a book…
a reading rainbow! 🌈📚😊
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Shoutout to the moms who read aloud to us, the moms who taught us to read, the moms who took us to the library, the moms who made sure we had access to books & the library, to the moms who got us a library card, the moms who snuck us snacks at the library!
Thank you, moms ✨📚💛
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Library kids will save the world…
one book, one day at a time…
together 📚🌎✨💚
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Many people don’t know it (including library people before they start working at the library!) but a lot of libraries require you have a Master’s Degree in Library Science to become a librarian.
Love people learning what it takes to be a librarian! 😊
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EVERY school deserves a school librarian 💛
Someone please tell Quinta Brunson I would love to launch a worldwide campaign insisting that everything be done to ensure there is a school librarian in every school library.
They are champions of literacy, they are library joy 🎉
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Survived my 1st year as a Supervising Librarian at the library where I got my 1st library card!
Made many mistakes, had quite a few panic attacks, crippling anxiety… but I survived! 💚
AND people got library cards, they’re experiencing library joy & book joy. Proud of that 🎉
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Dear person we’re happy exists,
Hi! I don’t have the right words. But PLEASE… stay one more day. Reread your favorite book? Watch your comfort tv show/movie? Eat your favorite snack?
Will tomorrow be your best one yet? I hope you decide to find out. Thank you for listening 💚
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🤯 Can’t believe I was on ‘Good Morning America’! So thankful for the opportunity to talk about library joy with Kate and Charlie Gibson & George Stephanopoulos.
Such a wonderful day, and my mom got to see it firsthand! Whoa! Thank you so much,
@GMA
✨
Go, libraries! 😊
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The
@LibbyApp
is an app many libraries have providing eBooks/audiobooks with a library card. They have a feature called “OpenDyslexic,” a dyslexic font.
This is huge! We need more accessibility in the book world. Everyone deserves the opportunity to fall in love with reading ✨
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Honestly overwhelmed by the exuberant kindness below 💚
This will put many books in the hands of kids, books that make them feel seen & encourage them to accept the truth that they belong just as they are!
Also, please support
@LittleMissFlint
, a true fighter for humanity ✨
When asked if he wanted a GoFundMe, he said yes.. but only for his "Library Afro Revolution" which will gift books to library kids to make them feel seen and encourage the necessity of literacy."
So, that's what we're going to help him do. :)
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You are worthy of love! Thank you taking each day one at a time. You belong, you matter. I see you, I’m so happy you’re here 💚
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Did you know that you are supporting libraries SO much just by getting a library card? They’re amazing, you’re amazing 🤩
P.S. If you have a suggestion for your local library… tell them! Community support and feedback means so much in library efforts to make things happen ✨
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HOW ARE YOU SO IMPRESSIVE?!
This fills my library heart with endless joy 😍
One of my favorite ppl on the internet right now is
@mychal3ts
! A delight every video I watch. We are lucky to have ppl like you, unafraid to love something so passionately that it inspires others!
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted 241,652,906 books (and counting!) for free to kids all over the world 💛
The joy of books and access to books is how we will see literacy rates skyrocket. Thank you, Dolly Parton! ✨
📸: Shawn Miller/ The Library of Congress
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Overjoyed to be featured as one of
@TIME
’s Next Generation Leaders! Libraries are for everyone ♥️
Library stories of
@3kingvisions
,
@kelseybogan
,
@thenextgenlib
,
@thegoodread
,
@Feisty_Waters
,
@Boss_Librarian
,
@melissacorey
,
@Yungahn5
& more are loading, ready to be amplified ✨
Meet Mychal Threets, a librarian who has amassed roughly 2 million followers across social platforms with his videos promoting the local institution as a friendly, underrated neighborhood hangout
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Became Supervising Librarian of the
@SolanoLibrary
where I got my very first library card at the age of five 😭📚
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My brother and I grew up playing Crash Bandicoot on our PlayStation.
We’d turn down the sound all the way so we could listen to CHRONICLES OF NARNIA books on CD we borrowed from the library 😂
It’s one of my cherished library memories. What are your early library memories?
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Happy
#Caturday
!
In this chaotic world, I hope you find at least ONE moment of peace today.
Maybe visit your local library? Whatever you today, I hope you find your joy.
No matter what happens… myself, Kissin’ Kat Barlow and Machine Gun Kitty are glad you’re in the world 💚
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Guess what?! You can read books for the FREE at your local library. Reading is an affordable hobby ✨
Mychal and
@arthurpbs
:
“Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card” 📚
maybe i should’ve chosen a cheaper hobby bc being a book lover is not for the broke 😭
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Sonya Massey asked for help ❤️🩹
That was one of the most horrific videos I’ve ever seen. She asked for help, she told them “I love y’all”, she apologized… 💔
Sonya Massey should be alive.
Sonya Massey should be alive.
Sonya Massey should be alive.
SONYA MASSEY SHOULD BE ALIVE.
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Honored to pass on this message from a library person living a second chance at life ✨
The library convinced someone that they belong, the library convinced someone to LIVE.
Let the celebration start 💚
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If you need someone to convince you that you are not ugly (you are NOT! You’re beautiful 💚), please tell me which library to visit! Otherwise allow my friends Ramona Q and Junie B to hype you up in the most unhinged of ways ✨
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The revolution is kindness… it is self-love… it is unity… it is community… it is literacy… it is books ✨
THANK YOU for your kindness. So many books for the communities! 🥹
@Marmel
📖
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PROTECT LIBRARIANS!
Library workers deserve support! They provide access to books, emphasize literacy.
We simply want people to feel seen on bookshelves, to celebrate their freedom to read.
Visit your library, tell them, “THANK YOU”💛 Encourage their days with library joy 🌻
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Happy National Library Day! 🥹📚✨
Having fun isn't hard... when
@Mychal3ts
finds your library card!
#NationalLibraryWeek
#HowILibrary
#NationalLibraryDay
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Library Afro Revolution coming soon!
Details forming, ideas brewing 💡
Hair love, hair celebration, hair joy 💜
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Ms. Rachel is beloved! Excited for the littles that she impacts with her enthusiasm and happiness to be introduced to the joy of reading and the joy of books ✨📚
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Coming out of the library and I’ve been doing just fine. Thank you for asking!
Mental health check right back! How are YOU doing really? It’s okay to not be okay, Elmo, my friend 💚
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The world got a lot shinier when Joanna Cole introduced us to Ms. Valerie Frizzle 🧡🦎
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Missy Elliott will always and forever be supa dupa flya, and this will always and forever be one of the silliest library things I’ve ever done 💜
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Black people were not always allowed to read books, to enter the library, to have a library card, to work for the library.
I am beyond proud to read books, to enter the library, to have a library card, to work for the library, to be a Black librarian 💛📚
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Loss of a pet grief is REAL. However long it takes you to recover is the right time. YOU ARE BELOVED. Your feelings are valid ❤️🩹
Books to help with loss of pet grief:
•I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU by Hans Wilhelm
•DOG MEDICINE by Julie Barton
•THE INVISIBLE LEASH by Patrice Karst
📚
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Hi, my name is Mychal! I’m a librarian and I volunteer as tribute to join your mental health check-in team 💚
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Life is such a struggle! WOW. I’m so proud of you. Thank you for existing!
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I’ll always love you, Grammy ❤️🩹
You’re one of the first I told I became a librarian! Being your grandson is what I’m most proud of. You’re a hidden figure. Thank you for ALWAYS checking on me. See you when I see the bees! 🐝✨
90 years, Rest in Love to William “Bee” Threets 🤎
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Hi! This librarian would like to say thank you for being, thank you for staying one more day. Tomorrow needs you 💚
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Black people weren’t always allowed to read. It was prohibited. Teaching us to read & write was forbidden. Literacy did not include us.
It’s why I’m so proud to be a Black librarian! To see Black people reading, getting library cards! Proud to see Black authors & illustrators ✨
Never forget once upon a time the very act of reading was illegal in this country and could get you jailed, lynched, or maimed.
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When I was 5-years-old, my mom got me my first library card!
The library is where you get to be perfectly imperfect you. You don’t have to leave your anxiety, your struggle outside.
Your library card is your reminder that you belong in the library, you always will ♥️
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Congratulations on your library card! I’m really happy for you. Hopefully your library made a big deal of it (Adults deserve “I Got My First Library Card” certificates, too!) 📚
Have fun at the library, my friend ✨
📷: Jennifer Graham Photography
I got a library card cuz of that one dude that went viral and he was right. The library really is an amazing place
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There doesn’t have to be a reason for you to be on the battlefield versus your own brain. Your anxiety is lying to you!
3, 6, 9… it’s okay to not be fine 💚
Your struggles don’t dim your light! This librarian sees you shining amongst the darkness, I’m proud of you ✨☺️
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It’s okay if you don’t “got this” today! I’m proud of you for giving it your all. For surviving the day, that is more than enough. You are worthy, and I celebrate you 🎉💚
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It’s ok to not be ok! 💚
It’s ok to not be ok! 💜
It’s ok to not be ok! 💚
It’s ok to not be ok! 💜
It’s ok to not be ok! 💚
It’s ok to not be ok! 💜
It’s ok to not be ok! 💚
It’s ok to not be ok! 💜
I’m rooting for you on your journey to “ok” ✨
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My mom, library’s true number one fan, got to accompany me to Ford’s Theatre! ✨
My mom raised me to cherish, respect, celebrate and support all library people for the wonders they are.
Libraries and library workers are BELOVED. Thank you, mom! Thank you, Ford’s Theatre! ♥️
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Read 1 book
Read 10 books
Read 100 books…
However many books you end up reading (physical books, eBooks, audiobooks, comics, manga) is the perfect amount!
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Anxiety? Stressed? Overwhelmed? Name five things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste. This exercise can help you ground yourself in the present moment 💚❤️🩹
if everyone drops one thing they learned in therapy we can all gain insight from this thread
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“Reading is a fundamental right. Reading helps kids gain empathy for others. Reading allows you to learn about other cultures. Reading helps you gain understanding of those who are different from you.”
-
@Alysha_Clark
Honored to meet you! The WNBA loves and supports literacy 🧡
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My heart is telling me I need to visit a library as Bob Ross again very soon. It’s good for the soul 🎨
Happy little books! 📚
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Always remember that you belong in books, you belong in your library.
Books are joy, the library is joy ✨📚
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“Check yourself out for as long as you need… so long as you return without any damage, I promise there will be no late fees” 💚📚
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“Take a look, it’s in a book…!”
YES ✨📚☺️
📸: Meilene Photography
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“The person I see every day is a strong person, is a caring, loving person”
Everyone needs a ride or die friend like Flau’jae Johnson is for Angel Reese 💜
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