The colors
The warmth
Worked their way deep into our souls
Soaking it all in before it is just a memory
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Sharing our stories, big and small.
It is with a full heart and a full belly that I look out on this sea and see all of my blessings reflected back at me.
Our Thanksgiving day was much the same yet completely different. There were no groceries to buy, no tables to set. But there was family, beauty and celebration of the countless blessings that surround us.
The sky is blue.
The sea too.
Everything kissed by the sun.
It sits on my cheeks, it dwells in my heart.
Such ease, such simplicity, such a heaven.
For Thanksgiving, the Go Moran clan fled gray skies, winter coats and to-do lists for sunshine, swim suits and noon-time rum punches. With children and grandchildren all gathered, Papa and Nana couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate family than to pit cousin against cousin, brother against sister, husband against wife in some “friendly” Family Olympics.
Tagged: Beaches, caribbean, travel, Turks and Caicos
One in five kids in America are living in households without consistent access to enough food. That is 16 million children. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign is ending child hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need, every day. The No Kid Hungry campaign connects kids in need with nutritious food and teaches their families how to cook healthy, affordable meals. The campaign also engages the public to make ending child hunger a national priority.
– http://www.nokidhungry.org
Tagged: charity, Friendsgiving, No Kid Hungry, Share Our Strength, Thanksgiving
I can drive 25 miles east and arrive in Washington D.C., a bustling center of culture, politics and diversity. I can drive 25 miles west and arrive in the rolling hills of Virginia, where fruit farms and wineries dot the landscape, where history breathes. This is a beautiful place; my country, my state, my home.
“O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Tagged: apple picking, Hollin Farms, Virginia
“And to all of the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.”
– Hillary Clinton
“I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.”
– Hillary Clinton
“I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but some day, someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think right now.”
– Hillary Clinton
Tagged: Election 2016, girl power, girls, Hillary Clinton, women
Penny our jack o’lantern
Tagged: farm fun, pumpkins, Ticonderoga
The Westchester Knicks joined forces with Chase and the Village of Irvington to refurbish and repaint the Bobby Speisman Basketball Court at Scenic Hudson Park The basketball court was originally made possible by the Irvington community, Village of Irvington, and friends in memory of Bobby Speisman, the father of three daughters, who was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 which was flown into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
The project culminated with a grand re-opening ceremony, featuring special guest speakers, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and a free youth clinic. Bobby Speisman’s family was on hand for the event, as were New York Knicks Legends John Starks and Larry Johnson.
– Westchester Knicks, Facebook, September 24, 2016
Tagged: basketball, Bobby Speisman Court, childhood, Irvington, New York, travel, Westchester Knicks
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