My hometown Philadelphia Eagles won the NFC championship last weekend and are playing in the upcoming Superbowl on February 12th in Glendale Arizona. My cousin lives in Glendale, and I will happen to be in Las Vegas all next week for my industry trade show and national buying group meetings. As I continue to pursue […]
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The above photo was taken of my last sunset during my visit to the Galapagos Islands last week. Magical! If you have read my book A Leap Year of Firsts, or have followed my blog posts, you know that I enjoy exploring FIRSTS to experience. Well, my trip to the Galapagos Islands aboard the National
The Galapagos Islands … so many magical Firsts… Read More »
I just finished the book “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying” by Bronnie Ware. If you have not read it, I would recommend doing so. It provides great prospective. The author spent her time as a palliative caregiver. She worked with over a hundred dying people and developed close relationships with them during the
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I created the pictured challenge coin that I plan on carrying with me every day this year. I plan on doing something every day, as I did in my Leap Year of Firsts in 2020, This year it will not be a first every day, although I continue to look for firsts to do. The
Little acts of kindness are NEVER little. EVER! Read More »
What will you experience for the first time? this coming year? One of the things I love to do is travel in order to experience new places, cultures, sights and things. This past year I have had a number of travel firsts as I visited Mt. Rushmore, hiked the Badlands of South Dakota and toured
Happy New Year – A New Year for FIRSTS! Read More »
I just received the note that is pictured above from someone that I met for the first-time last week. She was not of my age, gender, skin color, or religion. We shared a moment in time at a meeting that we happened to attend together. It was my first meeting as a new member of
Sharing a little spirit of the Holidays… Read More »
I spent a VERY cold night on the streets of Center City Philadelphia in December 2020, at the end of my Leap Year of Firsts, with the homeless. On December 5th, for the first time in my life, I laid on cold wet frozen ground in a torn sleeping bag with a tattered rolled up
Another FIRST – My first Audio Book release! The picture above showed up in my Facebook feed this past week to remind me of my first from last December – the publishing of my first book – A Leap Year of Firsts! The picture was taken at my publisher’s Book Baby’s manufacturing facility as my
How time flies – How did a FIRST from the past year influence you? Read More »
I continue to look for opportunities for firsts, just not pressured to do one every day. Although I do have a new daily commitment, that I am NOT writing about. I look to do one act of kindness each day. For my blog today I thought I’d update you on some of my continued firsts…
Continuing to look for opportunities for FIRSTS… just not every day. Read More »
Today is a day we take stock of what we are thankful for. First and foremost, I’m thankful to be “above ground” and alive. I have my health. Having lived on the streets of Philly on a cold winter night for the first time in my life with the homeless in 2020, I’m thankful to
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