[anna-scribbles]

merry christmas @kenna-nor!! i was ur aps secret santa :)) I hope this satisfied all your marichat/post reveal needs haha

[ninsophy]

hi guys i found it 🔥🔥🔥

[anna-scribbles]

my (extremely) belated secret santa gift for @amimons!! I hope you had a good holiday season :))

[ninsophy]

hi guys yes new years reblog

I'm trying to find the comic where he asks her what she's doing while catwalking just hold on 😭😭

[coffee-alien]

“Imagine having a child that refuses to hug you or even look you in the eyes”

Imagine being shamed, as a child, for not showing affection in a way that is unnatural or even painful for you. Imagine being forced, as a child, to show affection in a way that is unnatural or even painful for you. Imagine being told, as a child, that your ways of expressing affection weren’t good enough. Imagine being taught, as a child, to associate physical affection with pain and coercion.

[samayla]

As a preschool special ed para, this is very important to me. All my kids have their own ways of showing affection that are just as meaningful to them as a hug or eye contact is to you or me. 

One gently squeezes my hand between both of his palms as he says “squish.” I reciprocate. When he looks like he’s feeling sad or lost, I ask if I can squish him, and he will show me where I can squish him. Sometimes it’s almost like a hug, but most of the time, it’s just a hand or an arm I press between my palms. Then he squishes my hand in return, says “squish,” and moves on. He will come ask for squishes now, when he recognizes that he needs them.

Another boy smiles and sticks his chin out at me, and if he’s really excited, he’ll lean his whole body toward me. The first time he finally won a game at circle time, he got so excited he even ran over and bumped chins with me. He now does it when he sees me outside of school too. I stick out my chin to acknowledge him, and he grins and runs over and I lean down for a chin bump.

Yet another child swings my hand really fast. At a time when another child would be seeking a hug, she stands beside me and holds my hand, and swings it back and forth, with a smile if I’m lucky. The look on her face when I initiate the hand swinging is priceless.

Another one bumps his hip against mine when he walks by in the hallway or on the playground, or when he gets up after I’m done working with him. No eye contact, no words, but he goes out of his way to “crash” into me, and I tell him that it’s good to see him. He now loves to crash into me when I’m least expecting it. He doesn’t want anything, really. Just a bump to say “Hi, I appreciate you’re here.” And when he’s upset and we have to take a break, I’ll bump him, ask if he needs to take a walk, and we just go wander for a bit and discuss whatever’s wrong, and he’s practically glued to my side. Then one more bump before we go back into the room to face the problem.

Moral of the story is, alternative affection is just as valid and vitally important as traditional affection. Reciprocating alternative affection is just as valid and vitally important as returning a hug. That is how you build connections with these children. 

[brighteyedbadwolf]

This is so goddamn important.

I verbally express affection. A LOT.

My husband… doesn’t. I don’t know why. For the longest time part of me wondered if it meant he loved me less.

At some point I told him about a thing I had done as a kid. Holding hands, three squeezes means ‘I Love You’.

Suddenly he’s telling me I Love You all the time.

Holding my hand, obviously, but also randomly.

taptaptap

on my hand, my shoulder, my butt, my knee, whatever body part is closest to him, with whatever part of him is closest to me

All the time.

More often than I ever verbally said it.

It’s an ingrained signal now, I can tap three times on whatever part of him, and get three taps back in his sleep. Apparently I do the same.

It’s made a huge difference for us.

People say things differently.

[babyanimalgifs]

This is so wholesome

[anx1ous-op0ssum]

Update: he finally got the cat to the vet to see if she had a microchip

[callmebliss]

I was already on board with his sweet wholesome open-to-love-and-nurturing heart but I was fully unprepared for getting to that last tweet and seeing how off the hook HOT dude is

[deadjosey-deactivated20200613]

https://twitter.com/pariszarcilla?lang=en heres his twitter is here there is also additonal cat photos of his children. 

[strangeracrossthestreet]

CAT DAD IS BACK

[jackslenderman]

aww, the kids grow up so fast. ;-;

[aquilacalvitium]

HHHHHHHH I LOVE CAT DAD!

[midgardian-april]

This is, by far, the single most adorable fucking thing I have ever seen. 

[trishmishtree]

update:

[lemonsharks]

I love that he kept …. All of them.

[petermorwood]

I’ve reblogged the earlier part of this thread before, and the new stuff makes it even better.

This is the Tumblr equivalent of a warm hug on a cold day.

[teashoesandhair]

You’re welcome.

[askfordoodles]

I remember this thread, but I never saw the grown-up pics ❤

[theminingengineer]

@every-n-anything

[karmic-punishment-deactivated20]

[fierceawakening]

All hail Catdad

[daisy-rivers]

I saw Catdad for the first time today, and my day instantly became exponentially better.

[pretty-frown-deactivated2026011]

I’M CRYING!?

[instant-karma-official]

CATDAD HAS REVIVED MY WILL TO LIVE

[lilith-hargreeves-official]

I live for cat dad-

[rip-paramour]

Cat dad has saved us all

[one-time-i-dreamt]

[inferno-sytem]

CAT DAD!!

[thekristen999]

I had not seen the updates. I am so happy that the Cat Gods smiled upon this person and their new family :)

[lmaodies]

He’s got more recent pictures (and is also an INCREDIBLE artist), but this is the fam circa May 2020 :>

[the-stage-manager-deactivated20]

It’s been over a year? Where is cat dad? Where is he?

[knitmeapony]

Fear not, CatDad is still happily with us:

[petermorwood]

Cat Dad 2022 pic.

[dduane]

It’s been far too long since I saw these guys. “Heartwarming” doesn’t begin to touch it. :)

[cat-heritage-posts]

CAT HERITAGE POST

[iconuk01]

And as of two days ago (31st May 2025)

Pancake passed away some time ago, but is included here via the photo Cat Dad is holding.

[adhd-induced-happiness]

A Checklist Of Possible Reasons I Am Upset, To Review When I Can't Seem To Figure It Out:

did not eat

new hyperfixation and no time for it

have not done a creative in 24 hrs

Bad Sounds

clothes are touching my body

cold

people

one (1) comment is stuck in my brain like a popcorn kernel

last time I drank water was ??????

nervous nervous nervous nervous

got a Slightly Worse grade than expected

last hug was ??????

slept a full 45 minutes

lonely ............

guts are shredding (again)

have not seen sunlight in 24 hrs

stuck inside

too much screen time

Yay Overwhelm

room is disaster area

have not talked to Person in a while

bored

imposter phenomenon (again)

no current routine

how long have I been working???

Too Much Socialization

and then. and THEN. I may consider:

something is actually wrong

[ninsophy]

this is gonna help

[ninsophy]

DUDE SVSKSBSM I CHECKED REDDIT PINTEREST DISCORD WHATSAPP AND WHATEVER OTHER APP I HAD FOR THIS TODAY

i knew it was either a tumblr screenshot or a reddit comment/post sorta thing

BUT GOD DAMN HDKSBSMSBS

the one (1) day that i need it

screw you

i need to get my stuff compiled somewhere vbsjsbsnsb

[ninsophy]

yet another time i've been thinking of this and yet another time i've failed to find it on pinterest. nice.

[assdevourer]

[shounenchild]

This is how anime characters dance in the end credits after somebody they care about brutally dies

[ninsophy]

holy shit that one batch ended just 3 months ago? oh wowzers

alright, i guess it's time for me to photo and post my last sketchbook!! i recently finished the one that i claimed i didn't enjoy using. i recently bought another one with kraft paper, since i'm doing more drawings from real life lately. i bought a white pencil as well. i'm excited to try this new medium! i'll also be trying my hand at soft pastels and gouaches a lot more probably. they're not turning out great so far but what can ya do lol. these lil guys will be photoed after the canvas croquis xl batch though. and those featured more sketches than featured pieces. hrm... maybe i'll stick one or two kraft paintings here and there, whaddya know!

alr yalls. enjoy the sketches! whenever i decide to upload them

[ninsophy]

That was another sketchbook I got to share with you all! Thanks for following me through my journey once again! I'll start queuing my current sketchbook as well sometime soon

I actually own two rn lol. One had a higher grammage because i wanted to use it for pastel and wet medium but i dont use it much since it wasnt of much quality. Tho I did share one drawing from it at the new year haha

My current sketchbook is a Canson Croquis. I am loving it. I also shared a drawing of it before this batch. The cosmog family one. I am quite proud of that one :)

[ninsophy]

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12.12.2021

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[ninsophy]

YOU'VE SEEN THE BURRITO MAN

now it's

BURRITO WOMAN

[ninsophy]

14.9.2021

[ninsophy]

18.11.2021

[ninsophy]

An artwork born of mistakes

didn't turn out half bad ngl

it really is true your art gets better as you age huh. don't think i coulda pulled this off last year lol

also also it's damn baffling how well this paper holds its ink. this is like 90g/m2 (61lb) and there are about 6 layers in there. it's visible how colors have bled into each other, but the back of the paper is doing mighty fine. wow...

[ninsophy]

18.11.2021