Today’s microstory came in from a mother offering beautiful support to her daughter. Here’s what this mama had to say: ”My daughter has had major anxiety issues over the past few years, to the point of complete withdrawing from public and family. She’s very smart and also very sensitive to the bullying and labeling and […]
Functional beauty and delight
Today’s story is about a Buddhist teacher and translator (Tibetan to English/Spanish), who travels in the US and Asia often. She applied while in Nepal doing her heart-based work. She carries around plenty of paper, pens, and office supplies to keep her on schedule, log notes, and track projects. Her request was to purchase […]
More Women Climbing
Her applications started out, “I need some nuts!” I laughed and was intrigued. It turned out she was applying to use the $50 Yes-Project microgrant funds to buy the tools she needed to start doing a specific type of rock climbing with a larger goal of leading women. I’m pretty much always on board […]
seated hula for seniors
Here’s a sweet and fun story that resulted from a microgrant in round one written in her own words: “I used to be a hula dancer (performing, competing, and teaching), but a degenerative condition made me give up hula (and work and school and….) and it broke my heart. I thought that other people whose […]