#kate x josiah

[tcmuses]

“With great power comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”

Kate’s entire body was slick with sweat, blonde strands of hair stuck to her forehead and what little was left of her lip gloss. Although she couldn’t stand the feeling of it, she didn’t have the strength to move just yet. Her thighs were still shaking ever so slightly, chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath. She didn’t have it in her yet to look over at Josiah, instead, she simply laid there with her eyes closed. When she’d finally relaxed enough, she brought a shaking, clammy hand to her face to brush her hair away. Josiah had a way of exhausting her, not stopping even when she begged him to. Not that she really wanted him to stop anyway. On days like this, she stopped counting her orgasms after a certain point, simply stuck in a state of bliss and overstimulation.

The humor of it all was that she’d come to his room with the intent of taking care of him. Quin had said he’d been up all night, working on some project that neither of them were smart enough to understand. Knowing Josiah, he’d probably been up for a couple of days at least. Often she worried about him, the long term effects the lack of sleep would eventually have on his health— especially now that he was going to the gym with her in the mornings. Usually they had to resort to tricking him into sleep, the easiest method of course being exhausting him with sex. Quin had been doing it for years, and as of late she’d started doing it too. She’d planned to keep him in bed for a couple of hours, hoping he’d fall asleep a couple of orgasms later but he’d had a different idea in mind. After his first he’d flipped her over and got to eating like a man starved.

Finally having caught her breath, Kate couldn’t help but think about how quiet Josiah had fallen. He wasn’t a talker after sex, not in the way that Quin or Syd were, but he wasn’t typically silent either. Lazily, she turned over to her side to face him. She opened her eyes, only to discover he’d seemingly dozed off. Her brows furrowed together in confusion, lips twisting into a smile. “Josiah?” She questioned. Sleep had been the goal, after all, but surely THIS hadn’t put him to sleep, right? He stirred, blonde lashes fluttering just slightly before his sleepy eyes locked on to hers. He didn’t say much, just mumbled something softly as he tried to understand what it was that she needed. “Did you fall asleep?” She asked, still in disbelief. “‘M tired,” he replied, voice a little louder as he closed his eyes once more. “No the fuck you’re not,” Kate mused, a slight laugh in her voice. This time it was his turn to furrow his brows, though his seemed to be more in frustration than confusion, “and why not?”

“Well, because…” she trailed off “you only came once— I’m the one that should be tired. You hardly did anything— well not anything, you did things…” She couldn’t help but stumble over her words, afraid of making him feel unappreciated. “I mean really it’s actually insane what you’re capable of,” she finally settled on. With a heavy sigh, he moved closer, wrapping both of his arms around her body and pulling her flush against him. “With great power comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later”. And with that, he was back to dozing off.

Kate snuggled up closer to him, although the heat and sweat had made their bodies uncomfortably sticky. She noted that the two of them would need to take a shower when he woke, and that she should try this method again the next time he needed sleep.

[arbuz-ik]

Hmmm, first post. English is not my first language, but I want to expand my audience, so I'm using a translator. If there are any mistakes, please post or something.

Haven't been here in a while, so I thought I'd start fresh. My pronouns and stuff are in my profile.

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I plan to write small fanfics here, or just something very small. I'm a member of most fandoms, but I'm only going to describe here the ones where I'll be able to write something about the characters. I write both NSFW and SFW. Some ideas will be taken from TikTok. I mostly write romance, but I can also write something like horror or drama. The list may grow. Requests are taken at most for something small and from the list. I only write on characters from the list below. Fanfics with a reader I write mostly in second person, but can also use third person, but only without Y/N hate that thing, lol.

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List.

1. Harry Potter

Nymphadora Tonks x fem!reader

Narcissa Malfoy x fem!reader

Hermione Granger x fem!reader

2. Marvel(films and TV shows)

Kate Bishop x fem!reader

Jack Duquesne x fem!reader

Sylvie Laufeydottir x fem!reader

Miss Minutes x any!reader(why not?)

Agatha Harkness x fem!reader

Yelena Belova x fem!reader.

3. Sonic(film, 2020)

Dr Robotnik x fem!reader(from the first or second part)

3. Good Omens

Beelzebub x fem!reader(I adore them too much, couldn't help but insert Beelzebub here)

4. Ratchet & Clank(games and film)

Dr Nefarious x fem!reader

5. Resident Evil

Albert Wesker x fem!reader

6. Game of Thrones

Osha x fem!reader

(Possibly, but I haven't finished the tv show or read the books yet.)

7. Inglourious Basterds

Hans Landa x Shoshanna

Hans Landa x fem!reader

8. Red Dead Redemption 2, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Revolver

Sadie Adler x fem!reader

Josiah Trelawny x fem!reader

Strange Man (something creepy, possible fem reader)

Jack Swift x fem!reader

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to the working week although, for those of you in the NHS, welcome to just another day!

Saturday was brilliant from start to finish! Really enjoyed my radio show, then straight out to a private party; a 50th for my lovely friend Kate Cardenas. She had really made an effort for her guests: fun luminous jewellery, a friend doing stylish face painting, endless supply of bubbly, delicious canapes and zillions of mini cupcakes. And, as she has friends in high places, it was a top line-up of DJs! After waking up early with The Mighty Josiah, by about 10.00, I was cream-crackered and dozed off! The Trouble has the edge on me; she’s fallen asleep in a club AND in a restaurant, though we did both fall asleep at a wedding!

Last week, I read that Lord David Sainsbury had donated money to The Conservative Party so, on Sunday, I had planned to alter my routine of the last 20 years and shop at Tesco’s. The Trouble urged me to do some more research and I discovered that, the last time he donated money, he gave it to the Lib-Dems! Don’t care about them, so I went back to Sainsbury’s, where they were giving me 5 x Nectar points if I bought fruit or vegetables, desperately trying to get UK people to eat more healthily. Good luck with that! Me? I always buy a bag of bananas!

Once I’d unpacked the shopping, The Mighty Josiah and I went to the local park. He got a new bike for Christmas, so he was anxious to ride it and I was anxious for him to expend some energy. As you know, it was sunny but cold! Bloody cold! I managed to stay out there for two hours but I was wrapped up tight in my padded jacket with my hands in my pockets. Once I got home, it took an hour for my extremities to thaw out!

Social Media Update: I now have 1000 Tumblr followers, MOST of them BOTS. Countless bogus accounts following me (literally) every day. No, I will NOT be following you. Go away, ya morons! Do NOT be impressed by just anyone with big social media numbers; some of these people are genuinely popular, while some have profiles stuffed full of non-existent followers! Fake profiles, fake friends, insincere emotions, fake hair, fake eyelashes, fake bodies, music created by artificial intelligence, soft drinks made with artificial sweeteners. What a fake world we live in!

Many thanks to everyone that listened to the show on Saturday afternoon, and many thanks to those that will listen to any part of it on Mixcloud. Sharon Newton did a great job, didn’t she? This coming Saturday is The Letter L (Pt. 3). Executive Producer: superstar DJ Gayle Dumont.

And, I think, if I time it right, I should be able to go LIVE on Facebook Live tomorrow at 7.00 a.m. and still get to work on time! I suspect Too Much Information Tuesday needs my stupid face to really do it justice?

Have a marvellous and momentous Monday. I love you all.

[joshdonnas]

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[fiftymilehighclub]

Crash Course: Billy and Tommy

For the uninitiated who just found out about these two via WandaVision, here is the sequence of events that leads to a) why the boys have different last names and b) why Tommy has white hair:

   Vision and the Scarlet Witch, 1985: Billy and Tommy are born while Wanda and Vision are living a ‘normal’ life in New Jersey. It is later established that Wanda’s pregnancy was, initially, only a psychosomatic ‘hysterical’ pregnancy due to jealousy over her brother’s marriage to Crystal Amaquelin (Inhuman) and birth of their daughter Luna.

   It is also later established (in Young Avengers Presents: Wiccan and Speed) that Billy and Tommy were actually created by Wanda, using her reality-warping powers and the power of an eldritch god which had inhabited her body, using fragments of the soul of Mephisto, lord of Hell.

  During a battle, Wanda momentarily loses the focus which keeps the souls attached to the twins’ bodies, and they vanish. However, the fragments of soul which created them were purified by her love, and instead of returning to Mephisto, were instead reborn in the bodies of two boys living in separate parts of New England: Billy Kaplan, in the Upper West Side (later Chelsea), New York, and Tommy Shepherd, in Springfield, New Jersey.

Though it has been considered dubiously canon now, early on it was hinted that both boys were adopted at the same time; Billy also mentions having two brothers who are never named and only mentioned once.

   Young Avengers v1 issue 1-6, April 2005: After the events of Disassembled. The Avengers are defunct, due to Wanda’s mental breakdown over the loss of her children caused a causality chain-reaction that led to the deaths of several Avengers (including Jack of Hearts and Ant-Man, Scott Lang). A group of boys, led by a time-displaced youthful version of Kang the Conqueror (Nathaniel Richards, a distant descendant of both Tony Stark and Reed Richards) is determined to change his destiny as a supervillain by reforming the Avengers and being a hero called Iron Lad and leading a team consisting of Patriot (Eli Bradley, nephew of Captain America/Josiah X, America: Red, White and Black), Hulkling (Teddy Altman, son of Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] and Princess Anelle of the Skrull Empire, who is unaware of his heritage at the start and believes himself to be a mutant), and Asgardian (Billy Kaplan, who aside from being a massive Avengers fanboy doesn’t have an immediately recognized connection to the Avengers). Cassie Lang, daughter of the late Ant-Man, demands to join the team, calling herself Stature (she has stolen Pym particles and can grow and shrink at will) and later, after rescuing her family from a hostage situation, Kate Bishop insinuates herself into the team as well and is, at the end, simply called Hawkeye.

House of M, August 2005: The Young Avengers are too new to be ‘involved’ in the event, but the twins (and their creepy ‘brother’ Tyler) are present as small children in Wanda’s delusion. She re-lives their birth, and re-traumatizes herself in their loss. It’s a whole thing. Her daughter with Nightcrawler (TJ) from another reality shows up. (Nocturne is an actual bean please read up on her).

Decimation, January 2006: “No More Mutants.” 198 mutants out of millions are all that remain after Wanda’s proclamation. Fortuitously, two of those who remain are Billy and Tommy (and TJ)

Young Avengers v1 issue 7-12: Teddy is caught in the middle of an intergalactic power struggle: both the Kree and Skrulls want him, as he has significant positions of power with both races, and his mother (who he discovers was really his nursemaid who spirited him away from the Skrull homeworld to protect him) is murdered by the Super-Skrull. In order to rescue him, the Young Avengers use the Vision’s programming (now stored in Iron Lad’s old suit, now named Jonas) to track down another potential linked mutant. They break Tommy out of a mutant-research facility his mother had remanded him to after a run-in with the law. Tommy is unstable and violent, but it’s immediately clear he and Billy are twins and there is More To The Story. Billy drops the Asgardian name, starts calling himself Wiccan, and accidentally outs himself as gay (and dating Teddy) to his parents.

Young Avengers Special: Wiccan and Speed: Billy and Tommy go back to Vision and Wanda’s home in New Jersey to look for clues to their past. The Mephisto connection is established and it is confirmed that they are, in fact, Wanda’s children.

Civil War, 2006: After the New Warriors cause Nitro to detonate in front of an elementary school, killing hundreds of innocents in the process (known as the Stamford Incident), the government pushes through the Mutant Registration Act, forcing all superpowered individuals to either register with the federal government or else be deemed a risk and placed under arrest. This divides the Young Avengers -- Cassie, Kate and Jonas believe it is for the greater good, since they could still work as superheroes, just with government oversight, but Billy, Tommy, Teddy and Eli join the faction led by Captain America, which deems it unconstitutional and just plain wrong. They have a run-in with the Runaways, where they are captured by a mad scientist using Noh-Varr (Marvel Boy) as a mind-controlled soldier. Wiccan’s ears are covered with sound-dampening devices to prevent him using his powers, and he is forced to watch as the scientist attempts to study Teddy via surgical means. (it’s a little gruesome, fair warning) Later, during a night patrol these four are caught, and though they are quickly rescued, after Wiccan and Cloak transport them to another location, it turns out to be a trap, and Billy is captured and imprisoned in an extra-dimensional prison called 42.

It is speculated that he was imprisoned for anywhere from one to six months. It is also speculated that during this time, due to the verbal component of his powers (he must speak his will into being, at this point) that he was either comatose or muzzled during this time.

After being freed, Billy spends several months in shock, sitting at a window in a near-catatonic state, unable to react as his friends and family try to bring him out of it. Eventually, Teddy approaches him, and lays down an ultimatum. He proposes marriage, on the condition that Billy gets out of that window. In the issue’s last panel, they share their first on-panel kiss.

Tiny queers all over the world rejoiced.

The Children’s Crusade, 2010: The Young Avengers work on the sidelines for a while, until Wiccan accidentally overloads his powers during a fight with the terrorist group Sons of the Serpent. The Avengers want to put him on lockdown until he can control his powers, but he knows that if he can find Wanda, she can teach him all he needs to know. After busting him out of his ‘suite’ at the Tower, the rest of the Young Avengers accompany him to Wanda’s last known location -- Latveria, specifically its capital Doomstadt, ruled by Dr. Doom. There, they meet Magneto, and learn that Wanda has no memory of her past, and is a guest of Dr. Doom in his palace -- in fact, she is his fiance, and they are due to be married! Billy can’t let this rest -- he knows there’s more to it, and sneaks out of the inn they are staying at, leaving an apology note for Teddy and striking out on his own to break her free. It is revealed that Doom was taking advantage of Wanda’s amnesia in order to get access to the Cthonic power she still possessed, but after taking it for himself, Wanda’s memories return, and with the help of Billy, the rest of the Young Avengers (and absolutely no help from the Avengers or X-Men, who both show up to try and fight it out). In the end, Wanda embraces her two sons, promising to be a greater presence in their lives.

Sometime during this time, both Tommy and Teddy have begun permanently residing with the Kaplan household in Chelsea, NY.

Young Avengers, vol2, 2013: In an attempt to bring Teddy some happiness, Billy browses all possible realities to find a version of his mother who had not been murdered by the Super-Skrull. He appears to find one, but she turns out to be an extradimensional parasite called Mother, who can influence adults (here meaning anyone over the age of 21). Loki (still in his 10-year-old form due to having died and been reborn it’s a long story) appears, claiming he can help them vanquish Mother if they trust him, but America Chavez also arrives to try to discourage them. Kate and Noh-Varr have some sort of friends-with-benefits thing going and arrive with a spaceship. Tommy works at a tech-assembly company as a temp, where David Alleyne (formerly Prodigy, who lost his powers on M-day) also works. I admit my memory of this series is spotty since I wasn’t a huge fan, but it establishes that Billy is an entity known as the Demiurge, who created the reality America Chavez was born from and may, possibly, be the most powerful entity in the Marvel universe.

New Avengers vol4, 2016: Post-Secret Wars, in which a Cosmic Cube broke the Marvel multiverse and Dr. Doom attempted to put it back together again, with varying degrees of success.  Bobby Da Costa (Sunspot, formerly of the New Mutants) has inherited the vast wealth and criminal empire of the organization formerly called Advanced Idea Mechanics -- A.I.M. Now calling it Avengers Idea Mechanics, he gathers a team to protect the Earth from extradimensional foes who are, apparently, spawned from a hyperfuturistic alternate version of Reed Richards. Chimeras with floating crystals for heads are nullifying magic all over the globe, but Wiccan and Songbird figure out how to use her scream to shatter them. Then, a Cthulhu-like entity called Moridun infects Billy, and a future version of the Avengers arrive in the past to kill him, including a beardly, barbarian-looking version of Hulkling. Eventually, Billy figures out that Moridun feeds on negative emotions -- and well, I’ll let Billy’s words speak for him:

“”I know what poisoned thoughts are like, Moridun. I always have. I get anxiety. I don’t think I’m good enough. I don’t like myself, even though I know -- rationally -- I know -- doesn’t matter. I have bad days, bad thoughts. And sometimes... sometimes, yeah, they’re hard to fight. But I don’t let them win every day. And I’m damn sure not going to let you win today. You’re just a cheap little bully who likes breaking toys, Moridun --

and you shouldn’t have let me see you! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!”

I freaking love this comic okay you get to see future Teddy go back home to his husband who’s standing at the sink washing dishes and talking about their daughter Katie and I cried when I first read it.

Bobby also gifts the boys a SUPER SWANKY PENTHOUSE RIGHT OFF CENTRAL PARK.

At this point, there is also a Scarlet Witch solo series, which I highly recommend reading. She is shown owning her mental illness, cutting Pietro out of her life in order to maintain it, and coming to grips with the loss of Vision and reconnecting with her sons.

There is also the Death of Magic run, which establishes a lot of lore about Billy as the Demiurge. Unfortunately, during a lot of this era Tommy is nowhere to be seen.

However, at the start of the latest event, Empyre, we find out why: He’s moved out of the Kaplans’ and in with David, who he has been dating since the events of YAv2. He seems genuinely happy, which makes me happy.

Now: Billy and Teddy have finally gotten married. Billy is still working toward becoming the best damn sorcerer and potential pseudodeity he can be, Teddy has put down his destiny as the Great Unifier, and everybody’s just happy.

I don’t care what Marvel does in the comics anymore my sons are happy.

I’m sure I missed some details but this got WAY LONGER THAN I INTENDED IT TO.

OH YEAH THERE’S A WHOLE COMIC WHERE VISION TRIES TO ‘RECREATE’ THE FEELING OF BEING PART OF A FAMILY AND INSTEAD OF CONSULTING WITH HIS ACTUAL LIVING SONS HE BORROWS WANDA’S MENTAL ENGRAMS AND MAKES HIMSELF A CUTE LITTLE WIFE AND TWO CUTE LITTLE KIDS AND IT ALL GOES TITS-UP IN A HURRY GDI VISION

I don’t like 616 Vision he’s kind of a selfish prick

Viv Vision is a Gift though she doesn’t deserve half of what’s happened to her

[sunnydaleherald]

Newsletter, Thursday 17th August

WESLEY: The text isn't specific about the battle. SPIKE: But it's specific about the *name* of the vampire with a soul. WESLEY: No, I imagine it could be any vampire with a soul...who *isn't* a ghost. SPIKE: (scoffs) It's a bunch of nonsense. It's a bedtime story to get vampires to play nice. WESLEY: Says you. SPIKE: No, says Angel. Yeah. Tall-dark-and-dreary told me he doesn't believe in that Shanshu bugaboo. Says it's a sucker's game.

~~The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco ~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Mini-Slayer Hijinks (Dawn Summers, Minion,s Crossover with Despicable Me Verse,: G) by glitterangelem

Just Another Afternoon (Buffy, Dawn, Josiah, Ezra, Chris, Vin, Buck, JD, Nathan, Crossover with Magnificent Seven (tv series), PG13) by beri_fanfic

Coffee To Go (Spencer Reid, Faith Lehane, crossover with Criminal Minds, gen) by 3am_moonlight

The Vampire At The Door (Spike/Willow, NC17 ) by xspike4evax

Auctoritas Non Veritas Facit Legem (Jed, Quentin Travers, gen) by electra310

Arrangements for Sleep (Xander, crossover with The Sentinel, FR13) by indraleigh

Still, Quiet Moments Between World Saves (Giles?Buffy, G/K) by katleept

Into A New Man (Xander/Anya, Spike, PG/K+) by katleept

Beaten By Love (Buffy/Spike, PG-13/T) by katleept

Anywhere But Here (Buffy, Dawn, crossover with HP, general) by 3am_moonlight

The Valkyrie Part I (Ensemble, Marvel Crossover AU (Self-Made Hero: The Infinity Mirror), Gen) by madimpossibledreamer

Gifted (Gwen Raiden/Dawn Summers, Teen and up) by punch_kicker15

Because You Were Silent (Spike/Buffy, Mature) by Imhilien

Drinking in L.A. (Kate Lockley, crossover with Rizzoli & Isles, teen and up) by MsFangirlFace

Revenge of Ethan Rayne (Ensemble, not rated, crossover with Stargate SG-1) by Redcristal

Escape (Draco Malfoy/Dawn Summers, crossover with HP, General audiences) by Shannon

Spike and the Reader (Spike x reader, not rated) by make-me-imagine

Independent 26 - Lesson the First ( Giles, Olivia, R) by Aadler

Define Chosen (Spike/Buffy, M) by loverswalk89

[Chaptered Fiction]

Buffy Carter (Part 2) (Buffy, Sam, Crossover with Stargate SG1, FR-13) by mmooch

Logic to Out Pace Any Fighting (Part 5) (Buffy, Kirk, Spock, crossover with Star Trek (2009), K+) by hermione2be and The Future is Past

Mangled Spells and Girly Bits (Spike/Xander, Mature) by LitGal

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words (Buffy/Angel, Willow/Spike, Explicit, crossover with True Blood, The Originals) by xspike4evax

Hell Hotel (1/?) (Angel/Spike, not rated) by Luana Araceli (Luana_Araceli)

Artwork: By the West (Chapter 3) (Wesley, reader, not rated) by jurassitol

What It Means To Be a Family (Xander H., Angel, Spike, T) by Celeste Belle

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Portrait of Riley Finn (SFW) by smudgethistledraws

Artwork: Spike stole my heart (SFW) by mrteeths

[Reviews & Recaps]

The Initiative (BTVS 4.07) by buffster

Bad Eggs by buffystylez

Tiny Fences: Normal Again Amanda and Andrea welcome back Lauren to chat about the excellently mind-bendy episode 'Normal Again'.

S03E04 - Pasty Marshmallow Boy - Beauty and the Beasts by popculturerolecall

[Fandom Discussions]

If you can choose one member of the Scooby Gang to join team Angel, who you will choose? by we-pay-for-everything

Your First Kiss (BTVS) by blackbird-imagines

Aluwyn, the Saga Vasuki by gite63

Interesting aspects of the Japanese dub of BtVS by lilyginnyblackv2 and again, here

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

Newsarama: 'Big Bad' Revealed in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 11 #10

[sidekickhq]

where could you see laura harrier fitting?

since she is mixed race, i think she could fit in well with any of these: angel salvadore, tyrone johnson & tandy bowen, lucas bishop, static, monica rambeau, josiah x, jimmy olsen, firestorm, black panther, nick fury, aqualad, black lightning, vulture, simon baz, barry allen & iris west,bobbi morse, blade, kate kane & renee montoya, james rhodes, apollo & midnighter. 

[rootsacademy]

Some of you may know of Jeremy Cowart and his work. In his career, he’s taken portraits of many familiar names such as Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, and Ryan Seacrest, just to name a few. His clients, mostly entertainment based, include ABC, FOX, A&E, F/X, Discovery Channel, ESPN, People, US Weekly, VIBE, E!, Universal Records, Sony Records and Warner Brothers Records. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, ESPN Magazine, People Magazine, USA Today, Fast Company, NYTimes, TIME and more.

Recently, Jeremy launched a new portrait project. Subjects come to his Franklin studio to have a unique portrait taken as well as share their story. You can see some of the portraits and stories here. They are powerful.

We partnered with Jeremy to give several of our music and dance students  an opportunity to share a piece of their story with the community. Jeremy believes in the story we are telling — that we’re more than just a music and dance studio.

Here at ROOTS, we are passionate about our students and their stories. We hope you enjoy getting to know our students as much as we do.

Follow us on Instagram @rootsacademy to see the full #rootsportraitsandstories posts.

 “I recently went through a time where I was really discouraged. It was out of the blue! It really had no cause other than me getting in my own head. I was thinking about how there are so many dancers out there that are just amazing. There are so many kids that are just way better and more advanced than I am. I was so down because dance is something that I am so passionate about and love so much. Iwas worried that if I wasn’t good enough, people wouldn’t bother to listen to the story I wanted to tell. Dance is something that I love with all my heart and I just want to show that. I was able to overcome that by remembering that everyone is good in God’s eyes. I also told myself that it’s okay not to be perfect or the best (something hard to tell a perfectionist like myself). You just have to continue working hard and give it your all.” – Allie, age 14 – ROOTS Dancer

Bailey

Bonney

Caleb

Wyatt

Olivia

Lilly Kate

    “Last year my dad was diagnosed with a ten year old brain tumor. Before that, I just didn’t understand why my dad was sick my whole life. At that time, my dad was also looking for a job and my mom was pregnant with my baby brother. I had a lot of emotions bubbling up inside. Roots was a blessing to our family at that time. They came around us like family. They prayed for us, other moms took me to and from dance, Roots helped us with some of our fees since we had so many medical bills. Dance was a way for me to express myself and my emotions – when I was scared, sad, and even angry. Dance was a huge part of getting me and my family through that time.” – Brooklyn, Age 9 – ROOTS Dancer

  Josiah

Anglea

Addy

“A great song is always very exciting to me. I am always seeking to find songs that speak to me and when I find one that does, it is always very powerful and exciting to me… My piano and singing ability has definitely grown over the last year, but my self confidence has really grown. I now have the confidence to perform in front of people…” Connor Murray, Age 14 – ROOTS Piano Student

    Mai Golden

Madison

Claire

Savannah

Daniel

“Music soothes me in hard times and music helps me celebrate the good times. I have used music to release emotional pain, or to calm my anger and frustration. Music expresses so many different moods. Music can lift me out of boredom or sadness, or help me express joy and gratitude. I dance to music, cry with music and pray with music. I started with music by singing in middle school, through high school, some in college and then in church choir. I am embarking on a new music path by finally learning to play the piano. I am showing myself and my children that it is never to late to learn or try. I am so proud of myself and I am excited to continue learning how to make beautiful music with the piano.” – Darby Mori, Age 45, ROOTS Piano Student

  Libby

Wyatt

Riggins

Harper

Kate

Savannah

“Dance has changed my life by giving me something to be excited about every single day.  Dance studios are my safe place and my home away from home and when I walk in, I am overwhelmed with hugs, kisses, and joyful hellos.  I feel much love and very comfortable when I dance.  That has definitely changed my life in the best way possible.” – Lily Arnold, ROOTS Dancer

  Sideny

Saanvi

Hannah

Violet

Emma

ROOTS + Jeremy Cowart: Portraits + Stories Some of you may know of Jeremy Cowart and his work. In his career, he’s taken portraits of many familiar names such as Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, and Ryan Seacrest, just to name a few.