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New Backpack

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A few weeks ago, I discovered a company that creates colorful backpacks. I love color! I am so drawn to anything colorful and it always makes me smile. I was that little girl always drawing rainbows. Don’t tell anyone, but I still draw them! 🌈 Cotopaxi makes these colors backpacks (and other colorful items). As I scrolled through their web site, their backpacks all made me smile. While I love the colors, I also love the uniqueness to each one. They’re all different. I had needed a new backpack and found a ton of choices. I fell in love with Cotopaxi’s Del Dia Collection. This collection uses fabric leftover from other companies’ large production runs made in the Philippines. I love that this keeps perfectly good materials out of the landfill and reuses them for something fun. After many clicks and moments of indecision, I decided on this one. Once I received it, I tested it out on a hike with my dog and really enjoy it! It’s comfortable and has all the needed pockets. Most of all, I love all the colors! It’s a rainbow day every day! 🌈😊

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Super Bowl Pirates

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This Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the 55th Super Bowl game. As you probably already know, this year’s game will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida. For the first time in Super Bowl history, one of the two teams will host the game. The Buccaneers name was said to be nostalgic of José Gaspar and the Buccaneers of the Caribbean Sea. José Gaspar (or better known as Gasparilla) was a Spanish pirate captain. His name literally means “Last of the Buccaneers.” According to legends, he traveled and terrorized the western coasts of Florida. To celebrate the Super Bowl and the pirates of Florida, you can create a pirate treasure hunt for your little ones in your house and backyard. This activity can entertainment them while you watch the game. Create a simple treasure map and hide some goodies with a bigger treasure at the end of the map. Use an old box for your loot. You could also create an online treasure hunt for the kids with a map of clues having them visit certain websites and answer questions. As legend has it, Gasparilla left a massive treasure hidden somewhere on Gasparilla Island (highly recommend checking out this part of Florida sometime – it’s gorgeous!). Be like a pirate and create a pirate treasure hunt! Cheers Matey! Will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win on their home turf or will the invading Kansas City Chiefs win?

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Educate and Act

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Racism, violence, and hate have no place in our world.  Black lives do matter. And silence is not an option. Take the opportunity to learn more and get a better understanding of the institutionalized and systematic racism in our country.  Here are a few books listed below to check out. Books: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo Biased by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children In A Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey Waking Up White by Debby Irving Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature by Jacqueline Goldsby The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes We can also support those organizations who are working to end social injustice. Click on their names to learn more about several organizations working hard on this front. Consider supporting them both financially and with your voice.  Many other organizations exist as I just listed a few here and not in any order. Organizations: The Marshall Project NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Advancement Project Southern Poverty Law Center ACLU Campaign Zero You can do many things such as sign petitions, text and call legislators, donate to these organizations, educate yourself, donate supplies, protest in person or virtually, and more.  And vote. “The defining question is whether the discrimination is creating equity or inequity. If discrimination is creating equity, then it is antiracist. If discrimination is creating inequity, then it is racist.” ― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist  

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National Columnists Day

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April 18th celebrates National Columnists Day today honoring the newspaper columnists and their contributions. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists created this holiday on the death anniversary of Ernie Pyle. Pyle was a Pulitzer Prize winner who reported from both the European and Pacific theaters during the Second World War. He died while reporting in Okinawa. A columnist is a writer or editor of a newspaper column. They can write about current events or other topics like love and advice. Celebrate this day by picking up a newspaper and reading a column.  If you’re already a fan of a columnist, send them a thank you note for all they do! Thanks to all those hard-working journalists out there sharing their voices with us regularly!

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