Life and Family

Seven Things I’m Grateful For

Coronavirus. A.K.A. COVID-19. Are you tired of hearing about it yet? I know I am. Yet, I can’t keep myself away from all of the coverage of it. In the mornings, I listen to the news while I drink my coffee and warm up for my workout. Throughout the day, I keep refreshing my local news websites to check the…

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No Winter Blues for Me: Why I Like Winter

Call me crazy, but there’s a part of me that actually enjoys winter. I’m fairly certain I’m in the minority of the Northeast US population who doesn’t mind the winter. To be fair, I’ll admit that it’s not my favorite season. I don’t like when it gets dark out at 5pm, or when the temperature drops down to single digits.…

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Staying Positive Through Tough Times

Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? The last half of my summer was pretty terrible. Now that it’s over, I’m trying to get back to as normal a routine as I can manage right now. A few days after I wrote my last post, my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. A couple weeks later, he underwent emergency surgery…

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Oh, hey! It’s me again.

For some reason, every time I’m inspired to write again, summer is always the time of year that inspires me the most. It’s strange, because summer is my least favorite season. I hate hot weather and humidity, which can be brutal here in northern NJ. Summer, however, is also the time when I’m the most active. I’m sure that’s is…

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