What is Like Magic?

Can you imagine waking up to a bright pink box of doughnuts on your doorstep for no reason at all except that someone thought it would make you happy? Or a faraway friend planting a tree in honor of your newborn baby? Or opening up a note from a long-gone favorite aunt telling you to buy yourself a cocktail? And by the way, here’s ten bucks for you to make sure it happens? Days are long and hard and the same for a lot of us, who wouldn’t want to be surprised and delighted by a friend or a family member or a complete stranger?

We are big believers in the power of the small gesture and how it can have such an outsized, meaningful impact on someone’s day.

To us, it’s almost…Like Magic.

The Like Magic Project is dedicated to finding ways to elevate everyday moments. We are craving emotional stories that show how people connect to their children, to their parents, to their grandparents, to their histories, to their communities, to something spiritual and mysterious that make them feel something a little deeper than what they feel when they’re scrolling through their Twitter feeds. We aren’t in search of just ideas either, we want stories. We want to know how people celebrate the big occasions and -- more importantly -- the little ones. We know that kindness lives everywhere.

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Who Are We?

We are Jenny and Jodi, but you can just call us Jedi.

Jodi Levine (left) is a lifelong crafter, 19-year Martha Stewart veteran, and author of the Super Make It book series and blog. Her books, Candy Aisle Crafts and Paper Goods Projects, are all about crafts made from everyday supermarket materials. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times for Kids and At Home sections, Parents and The Today Show. She lives in New York with her husband and two sons.

Jenny Rosenstrach (right) is the creator of Dinner: A Love Story, the award-winning website and newsletter devoted to family dinner, and the New York Times Bestselling author of four books including Dinner: A Love Story, Dinner: The Playbook, How to Celebrate Everything and The Weekday Vegetarians (Fall, 2021). She lives with her husband and two daughters in Westchester County, New York…just up the block from Jodi.

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We hope you enjoy your weekly feel-good dispatch. We very much appreciate your support.