
You Are Essential
100 Inspirational Reminders of How Much You Matter
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Maggie Richardson
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With 100 uplifting quotes and stories, You Are Essential is for the essential people in your life - including you! - who need a reminder that what they do matters.
We all have essential people in our lives, whether they are friends, family, or someone we are meeting for the first time at the doctor's office or grocery pickup line. Designed to be given as an encouragement or thank-you to others or as a self-purchase to remind yourself how much the world needs you, You Are Essential includes:
- Inspirational quotes
- Encouraging stories
This timely and timeless book is ideal for:
- Classroom and online teachers
- Nurses, medical assistants, EMTs, pharmacists, and doctors
- First responders and their families
- Parents juggling both childcare and a career
- Grandparents stepping in to help during turbulent times
- Pastors, youth leaders, and Sunday school teachers
- Grocery store delivery shoppers and postal service employees
- Homeschooling parents and co-op leaders
- Factory workers, car mechanics, restaurant personnel
- And more
The perfect way to let someone know you see all that they are doing and that you're grateful, You Are Essential is a beautiful celebration of the human spirit and a reminder that no matter what, we will always need each other.
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