Esther Grace Earl @riaesther - Tumblr Blog

At [Esther’s] grave, I kept wondering how you thank someone who is gone, how you repay them for them for the deep lasting gifts that their love and friendship brought you when you can no longer do anything for them. She isn’t here. When I’ve lost people I care about, that part never stops feeling new. They aren’t here. It cracks me open each time I think it. “She died” is a past tense problem. “She isn’t here” is a present-tense problem

John Green (You Are Here)

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The beautiful dedication for Esther’s book.

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Click here to vote for TSWGO!

If you can spare a few seconds, please click on this link and hit the pink “vote” button in the top right of the screen.

Since 2007, John and Hank Green have run the Project for Awesome every December on YouTube. Last year, P4A raised $1.5 million, which was split among Save the Children and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and then 20 charities. This year, the two primary charities are Save the Children and Partners in Health, and the rest of the charities are chosen by online votes.

My charity every year is This Star Won’t Go Out. TSWGO was established in 2011 in memory of Esther Earl and has since given over $400k to families who have a child going through pediatric cancer treatment. These financial grants have been used for medical expenses, rent and utilities, and other items needed by the child with cancer.

Imagine the impact $25,000 could have on these families. So, if you have a lil time, please follow this link and vote for TSWGO. Thank you so much 💚⭐️

#p4a 2016

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I dislike the phrase ‘Internet friends,’ because it implies that people you know online aren’t really your friends, that somehow the friendship is less real or meaningful to you because it happens through Skype or text messages. The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they give us comfort and also pull us out of the prisons of our selves

John Green - (from the introduction of “This Star Won’t Go Out” by Esther Earl)

Hey! If you don't know me, my name is April, and I'm raising $400 for This Star Won't Go Out! When I hit $400, I'm donating about a foot of my hair to Children with Hair Loss, a non-profit that has never charged a child for a hair replacement. For those of you who don't know, TSWGO is a non-profit founded in memory of Esther Earl that gives financial grants to families who have a child diagnosed with life-threatening cancer. You can find out more information and donate at my Crowd Rise link! Thank you for your time and contributions! TSWGO 💚

#TSWGO #this star won't go out #Esther earl #children with hair loss #hair donation #fundraiser

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Valentines Day is quickly approaching, and you might be thinking, "I don't know what to get for my special someone." You might also be moaning, "I don't have a special someone!" Well, never fear--TSWGO to the rescue! Esther Day isn't until August 3rd, but why not celebrate on February 14?! TSWGO will mail out a physical card, handwritten and signed, to the person of your choice expressing your heartfelt, non-romantic love and gratitude--you can even send one to yourself! Hurry and fill out the form below; requests will be accepted through February 10th. Make Valentines Day even better by donating to help TSWGO carry out its mission for children with cancer. To order an Esthertine, please visit this link http://www.tswgo.org/esthertine/

The donations from the sale of Esthertines will benefit This Star Won’t Go Out, a non-profit foundation that gives financial grants to families who have a child going through cancer treatment.

TSWGO ♥

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Two years!

It's been two years since the publication of Esther's book. I hope everyone who's had the opportunity to read it loved what was in its pages and that future readers continue to love Esther's life, stories, and message. TSWGO💚

#TSWGO #this star won't go out #Esther earl

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It’s the time of year for John and Hank Green’s Project for Awesome! I’m supporting This Star Won’t Go Out, which is a nonprofit foundation created by some of my favorite people, Lori and Wayne Earl. The foundation was created in honor and memory of their daughter Esther, who passed away from thyroid cancer in 2010.

TSWGO provides grants to families across the nation who have a child going through cancer treatment. These grants can cover medical and travel expenses, mortgage and rent, and anything else the child or family needs because of the strain of treatment. Since 2011, TSWGO has provided over $300k in grants and aided 250 children.

Charities with the most votes in the P4A will receive a grant, so please consider voting for TSWGO, which is near and dear to my heart. So far, their P4A page has four videos, so you can vote four times, once through each video. You’ll have to check the “I’m not a robot” box for the first video you vote on.

You have fifteen hours if you want to upload a video of your own!

To find out more about TSWGO, you can visit their website at TSWGO.org.

Thank you so much for your time. This Star Won’t Go Out. We won’t let it. 💚

#p4a #project for awesome #p4a 2015 #project for awesome 2015

This Star Won’t Go Out is having a Booster t-shirt sale! The design comes in t-shirt and hoodie forms, and the sale ends at the end of November. All funds raised go to TSWGO, which makes a difference in the lives of families with a child with cancer. These funds will help families pay for travel costs, mortgages, rent, and other living expenses so that they are free to focus on their child in treatment.

T-shirt and hoodies can be purchased on the Booster website.

TSWGO ♥

#this star won't go out #tswgo

Happy Esther Day!

Today, be sure to tell the people you love that you love them. Spread the love.

#TSWGO #Esther day

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These #EstherDay ribbons are now available at our #GeekyCon booth! Grab one and give it to a person you love.

#esther day #hpa #geekycon

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#gif warning #MTV movie awards

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A little green bracelet.

A lot of people have asked me about the green wrist band I wear pretty much all of the time. I usually answer “It’s for the foundation This Star Won’t Go Out, which is for kids with childhood cancer” because I don’t have the time to say more, but that is only a very small part of it.

Yes, the bracelet is for the foundation This Star Won’t Go Out, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families ease the burden of medical bills, transportation costs, and any of the other expenses they might have so that they can spend their time and energy on what’s important: loving and caring for their child with cancer. What I love about this foundation is how specific it is, and its goal. They help a very specific problem so that families can, well, focus on being families, and that’s beautiful.

But the main reason why I wear this bracelet is what it represents. This foundation was created to memorialize Esther Earl,a wonderful young woman who died from thyroid cancer at the age of sixteen. Esther was a quirky, nerdy, Harry Potter obsessed (of course I don’t mean that in a negative way!) girl whose wisdom impressed me with every word she said and every dollar she helped to raise for charities like the Harry Potter Alliance. While she was sick, she worked with her chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance to raise money, wrote stories and wrote in her journal (which has since been published), and created videos on YouTube with the channel name CrazyCrayon.

The common thing to say about kids with cancer is that they fought with unrelenting strength and constantly remained positive up until her final days, but this was not Esther. Esther was strong, but she was also tired and frustrated. She tried to stay positive, but sometimes she cried, sometimes she was scared, and sometimes she just hated cancer. Much of the time her bouncy personality overshadowed her physical fatigue, but sometimes it did not, and her illness took over. But through all of this, she was full of love. Full of love for her family, he friends, the nerdfighter community… full of love for writing and Harry Potter, and the little bit of life she had left.

My Esther bracelet, as us nerdfighters call them, stands as a reminder for me. It reminds me that it’s okay to break down in difficult and painful situations, that crying, screaming, and falling apart is okay sometimes, no one worthy of your time and love will expect you to always remain stoic. It reminds me that through those times, I can still find joy. I can still have pockets of time that I can have fun or enjoy my life, when I can breathe during a time of constant drowning.

Most of all, it reminds me of the love my friends and family have for me, and the love I have for them. It reminds me how important love is. It reminds me to tell the people that I love that I love them, because being loved is the best thing in this world.

To say that Esther inspires me isn’t entirely correct. Esther isn’t my inspiration, she’s my mascot, my life coach. She pushes me to be less hard on myself, to enjoy my good days, and to love fiercely. This green bracelet on my wrist reminds me of all of that.

And a lot for one little green bracelet to accomplish.

You can find the Esther bracelet at dftba.com and learn more about the foundation at tswgo.org.

#dearesther

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On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome

In which John discusses writing, the 10th anniversary of first novel Looking for Alaska, and the charities chosen by nerdfighteria to receive grants from the 2014 Project for Awesome.