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I'm a crafting machine at the moment!

Another new listing, and this time it's a new style of Fidget Toy for those Neurodiverse folk among us

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Rain is a love poem

A warm dewdrop drizzle, made for dancing

Touched by the orange of a sunset

Shadowed with blooming flowers and spring

Rain is a love poem

A drumbeat of heavy fall in the morning, the pulsing roof

The sun beams yellow into the ponds

The summer heat follows the droplets through open windows

Rain is a love poem

A damp snow frosts the gutters, a bitter gingerbread house

The ground reflects the white into blinded eyes

The nipping cold cries with the wind

Rain is a love poem

A drizzle past the gutters, remnants of the morning dew

The morning moon’s dregs beginning to show a cyan background

The children's rain boots rippling the waves

Rain is a love poem

A storm pounding on the ocean, the birth of foam and fairytales

The sea’s waters become a dark blue as they strain forward

Splashing and churning as children wade in the lull

Rain is a love poem

And I’m not sure I ever loved it

I love the drums, the warmth, the idea

I embrace dewy grass with bare feet

I admire the umbrellas sprinkling the streets

But I don't think I ever truly held the rain on my tongue

Can you forgive me?

Hi lovies! I intend to do 2 or 3 more well thought out posts about this subject but this is just a general dump of things that I've been thinking about today relating to disability representation.

I was having a conversation about representation (specifically geared towards children but this applies to all ages) and how it's importants not only for other people to see positive representation of people that are different from them but also so that the disabled kids can also see themselves positively represented.

When I think about this in terms of my own expiriences as a disabled kid, especially in school I defenitly think that if we were shown more books, shows, movies, etc that had disabled characters it would saved me years of answering odd, uncomfortable, and usually rude questions from other kids in my class. I also think that seeing myself represented would have made me feel more "normal" and be neutral about being different from other kids in my school. It wasn't until recent years that I started feeling okay with and even positively about being different and I'm so happy that we are finally *starting* to be represented in media and I'm also so so glad that I get to be that representation for the kids that I work with.