As I said, that'll be in another post.

This does not include food or gas.

This does not include the desperately needed booth upgrades, which will be in another post.

- Hotel Cost: $1,015.00
- Table Fee: $398.84
- Loose leaf tea ingredients: $697.70
- Loose leaf tea packaging: $605.00
- Tea bags: $392.38
- Metaphor flag materials: $115.93
- Stickers: $756.83
- Badge Ribbons: $712.42

TOTAL: $4,694.10

the rayearth ones have rhinestones 👀

They can also be hung up at home. There's even small ema that are meant to be used as a phone strap for good luck on the go!

They can have images of animals, symbols from #shinto, or the #zodiac, and even characters from your favorite movie or TV show!

What would you want on your #ema?

Ema are small wood plaque upon which you write your wishes, hopes, and prayers. Once you've finished writing on it, most hang them up at a shrine, where it is believed that the "Kami" (spirits, gods, etc.) can then receive them.

Individual Donation:
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I have to dust myself off and keep trying. Pound the pavement. Yell into the void.

Most importantly, make time to thank every single one of you for being here, for supporting me. Every opportunity I get, I want to use it to be grateful for all of you.

Gratitude.

But that isn't the world that we live in.

Instead, I spend my days reading snide comments from friends saying I should try harder and stop begging for handouts. I could go on for hours explaining what this does to my mental well being - feeling undeserving, like a burden no one wants.