{"id":13053,"date":"2018-11-06T11:19:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/?p=13053"},"modified":"2024-09-11T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:41:00","slug":"brightened-knowing-jessica-building-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/brightened-knowing-jessica-building-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"“My week is brightened knowing that Jessica and I are not just reading together but building a friendship.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is the day you begin to find the places inside your laughter and your lunches, your books, your travel and your stories, where every new friend has something a little like you\u2014and something else so fabulously not quite like you at all.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0The Day You Begin<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By Jacqueline Woodson<\/p>\n

My first introduction to GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Raleigh was through an articulate, and vibrant young woman, Elizabeth. She exudes happiness and excitement about meeting new people and experiencing new activities. Because of Elizabeth I was able to see first-hand through her eyes what GiGi\u2019s is all about. It is about love, acceptance and celebrating the uniqueness of everyone. Elizabeth loves music and demonstrates this with singing and dancing.<\/p>\n

I wanted to know more and attended GiGi\u2019s Gala. Wow! What a night of celebration! The stories that were told by parents, siblings, and volunteers inspired me to want to be a part of GiGi\u2019s in some way. Currently I am volunteering as a literacy tutor for Jessica. She is simply delightful and so willing to work hard and persevere. My week is brightened knowing that Jessica and I are not just reading together but building a friendship.<\/p>\n

I tip my hat to all who are a part of such an incredible place that sees the beauty in each individual and works in different capacities to make GiGi\u2019s a reality for so many families in the Raleigh area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is the day you begin to find the places inside your laughter and your lunches, your books, your travel and your stories, where every new friend has something a little like you\u2014and something else so fabulously not quite like you at all.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0The Day You Begin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 By Jacqueline Woodson My first introduction to GiGi\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generationg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/raleigh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}