#fostering connections

[howdoesone]

How does one play the game “Guess our donor’s profession” without things getting awkward?

Games and light-hearted activities are a great way to foster connections, especially among people who share unique backgrounds. For children conceived through sperm donation, a fun game like “Guess Our Donor’s Profession” can be an engaging way to bond and discuss their origins. However, it’s essential to navigate such activities sensitively to ensure everyone feels comfortable and respected.…

[wellnesshealthservices]

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[alicevilleadultfamilyhome]

Deciding to move a loved one to an adult family home can be a challenging process filled with emotions and uncertainties. As you embark on this journey, ensure a seamless transition for your loved one’s well-being. As experts in elderly care in Washington, we share ways to make the process smoother.

[gayclubsoap]

genuinely can't believe that these two are played by the same person

[nationwidechildrenshospital]

“My passion is helping children understand that someone does care about them and wants them to do well. I hope to teach our patients and families the importance of being your true self and loving yourself.”

Karen Rybolt, Nurse Clinician, Fostering Connections & Child Assessment

[joshpeck]

sorry that i didn't do it it's just that i have "i can't do it" disorder!!!!

[notbecauseofvictories]

It's interesting, because at my last job my boss was good---very good---about creating and fostering relationships. At the time I was horrified, because why are you texting our general counsel? Why are you calling someone up and asking them to opine on something that's just showed up on your radar?? This is business, we need to do business-y things in a business way!!!

It took me a long time to recognize what this approach bought him. He was terrible at data entry, yes. I don't think he once ever approved my vacation time, just said "sure, put your out of office message on." (He hated approving vacation time, so he just....didn't.) But he was looped in, hooked in, always consulted. Everyone picked up his calls, because if he was calling it wasn't going to be a haranguing, he wanted to work with you to achieve both your goals, and honestly? you could call him out of the blue too. It worked both ways. He was crystal clear when things were handed down from the top (usually because we'd get a beer and he'd complain about it) and when requests were coming from him/our team. And he was always, always very clear that we were his people, and it was Us against The Company; he was consistently, unequivocally and completely on our side.

(........this did not stop The Company from pulling its shenanigans, but it always felt like he was siding with Us when it did.)

I know this, because now I'm in an organization where my boss isn't on our side, where things aren't explained---even when explanations would make the boss' requests more reasonable. I'm aware of other situations too, where members of the team have been what seems like deliberately insulted or attacked by our boss, which is frankly unnecessary.

I don't have a conclusion to draw from all of this, and god knows that bad bosses are ten a penny, each terrible in their own way. Still, I do think about it more and more, particularly as I stare down 1 year with the company.

[saints-who-never-existed]

Never over Collins in that first scene aboard Erebus. He's just an entirely different person - cool and calm, issuing orders in that lovely warm tone, voice clear as a bell, striding the length of the ship with confidence and ease and purpose.

LOOK WHAT THEY TOOK FROM US!

[existingingrey]

Noh Sang Cheol will always be Goh Jeong Woo's safe haven.

Go Jun: It was touching. After receiving a good verdict, there’s a scene where we’re talking and drinking in a park-like area, and Yo Han comes over and hugs me. At that moment, I thought, ‘Wait, are we going to kiss?’ That’s how heart-fluttering it was. I realized then what it means when women’s hearts flutter.

[blue-eli]

Ink October day 11: Firebreak

A strip of land that has been cleared, plowed, or planted with fire-resistant vegetation to prevent a fire from spreading.

[cryptocism]

yoohoo, I just need you to know you've ruined my life✌️ /j but like. finished reading frequency, what three days ago now? and since the moment I put it down, I have been. directionless. listless. I am consumed by, not DESPAIR, because despair is too passionate a word but. dissatisfaction? I miss the life I lived while I was still reading it. which is honestly rather appropriate considering some of the themes in the fic. I miss the person I was when half of my mind existed in the realm of the au. I fear I may never get over it and I may never recover the life I once had before this fic ruined me for all others, but I also cannot bring myself to regret reading it even if I never feel satisfaction again. I have tasted ambrosia, and the bread and wine of men shall forever be ash upon my tongue. pay my therapy bill.

i know these asks were sent in july but i love them and want to immortalize before they get buried in my inbox

first of all thank you so much!!! frequency has been one of my favourite projects to do over the past couple years i love that ppl are so into this absurdly niche fic. (i cannot pay ur therapy u simply must reread it forever rip (i mean writing it was like 50/50 self-indulgence and catharsis which means maybe reading it does the same thing lmaoo))

second yes! yeah it was Six who changed the timeline. a big old theme, possibly the main theme, of the whole fic is about change and who gets to create it. Six mirrors Thad in the ways that he believes himself unworthy of importance, and that the capacity to create change is inherently barred from him because of who and what he is.

so it was really important that Six was the one to make the choice to try change things - the guy whos entire powerset relies on being as inconsequential as possible. it shatters the original timeline, it results in his death, it causes a lot of very bad ripple effects, but he also saves Nathaniel. who saves Jude. who together both save Thad - who saves Bart and CRAYDL and defeats Three and discovers his own capacity for change in the process.

that was sort of the point of the whole "the spectrum of change is a horizon, not a tower" litany. there's no hierarchy. anybody can go towards it, they just gotta choose where they're going.

Six doesn't really save the day, but by wrenching the prewritten tragedy off its course, he creates the opportunity for Thad & co. to save it themselves.

[howdoesone]

How does one start a club called "Kids of Donor 1234" without making it sound like a secret society?

In the age of modern reproductive technology, many children are born through sperm donation. As these children grow up and seek connection with others who share their unique origins, the idea of forming a club like “Kids of Donor 1234” can be both appealing and daunting. The challenge lies in creating a group that fosters a sense of community and support without it feeling exclusive or…

[cerealforkart]

It’s very difficult to explain, but in my brain Nark is identical to Zosan

[corpish]

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[chillinglikeashilling]

I don't think I'll write out a full fic or ficlet but I'm playing around with an AU where we switched the innate magics of the Pilot Program: Jammer as a fitness influencer, Sam as a volunteer leader, and K as the haunted teen. I think K and Sam would still know each other, possibly from Sam volunteering at a soup kitchen.

I assume K would still be trans/non-binary but in a 'I'm probably not a girl but I'm being stalked by my shadow so I don't really care about that rn' way.

Evan would have to have some equivalent of K's fight against an innate magic that contrasted with his current self identity but it feels like Erika chose Disney Princess because that is a very specifically gendered (and culturally prominent) type but I'm not sure what Evan's equivalent would be or if I would also be extending the metaphor about gender identity into his storyline in this AU.

[carlottastudios]

Every day I get closer to making an unhinged behemoth of a post listing all of the things about Kaeya and his possible connections to mythology & stuff that I notice but NOBODY ELSE SEEMS TO BRING UP IN THEIR THEORIES

(edit: OMG I reached the tag limit I'm so sorry)