“Here’s to the bright New Year, and a fond farewell to the old; here’s to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.”
– Anonymous

Another year come and gone…and as they say, the older you get, the faster it goes.

It’s this final day of the year that we look back at our memories…new friendships made, loved ones lost, old doors closing, and new ones opening.

No matter what has happened, good or bad, look at each as an experience, something from which to live and learn.

Have no regrets.

Take your experiences from 2009, and use them to unwrap the Blessings for 2010.

I want to wish you and your loved ones a
Very Happy and Prosporous New Year!

God Bless You!

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My family's faces of Halloween

Clothes make a statement.  Costumes tell a story.  ~ Mason Cooley

Halloween…ah yes, the one day a year we can be whomever or whatever we wanna be!  Not to mention, you can eat all the candy you want (or as least as much as mom will let you).

Everyone from Cinderella and Harry Potter, to the Devil with the Blue Dress on, to Dr. Evil…pick your passion or poison.  Everything goes!

It’s funny…when we’re young, we want to be cute and precious (or is that the parents’ idea), but as we get older, we look more towards the guts, gore and rock-star status!  I guess that’s just the way life evolves, huh?

Well whomever you want to be on this day of fun, go all out and be creative with your costume…after all, you deserve to be all that you want to be!  Let your costume tell YOUR story!

Have fun and be safe!

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You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.  ~ Erma Bombeck

Tomorrow is the the 4th of July, and the day in which our country celebrates its independence.  What an honor to live in a country so great that we can have the freedom to be who we want to be, and to be able to to come and go as we please.

I want to personally take this opportunity to thank all those brave men and women that are out there fighting for our freedom.  My family, of many generations, was born and raised in this country that we all call home.  If it had not been for these brave souls, that fight for our freedoms, we may have not been able to live the free lives we’ve lived for so many years.  Thank YOU for defending all of us, and for our rights and freedoms!

I also want to acknowledge the AWESOME singer of this video clip, Fernando Varela.  Fernando has been hailed as the Puerto Rican Pavarotti by El Nuevo Día.  I am honored to call Fernando my friend, via Twitter, as well as his siblings Julito (the brother I never had), their sister, Vanessa, and the father that started it all, Julio.  They are a family who have truly touched my heart and it’s an honor to call them mi familia.

Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend, be safe, and May God Bless YOU, your family, and our country!

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