So… I mentioned I’d be updating this website annnnnnnd, oh, it’s been updated alright! Take a look around, everything is… more. The new design is once again clean and simple as intended, yet still aesthetically pleasing. There’s new content everywhere herein, and new pages as well. New images, images have been cleaned up and specially…
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Busy times a plenty
So much has been happening lately that I’ve been busier than I have in years, but it’s all been great stuff honestly. I am now the Associate Director and Interventionist for Beyond Barriers, a 501(c)3 non-profit working to combat extremism, domestic terrorism, and hatred. I’ve been so busy working with them, going through birthday parties…
Covid-19 in da house
So, my daughter got sent home from the school for the deaf here in Philadelphia, then we got an email from the school, she has been in direct contact with someone who had covid-19 in her classroom. A few days passed and presto… I am sick with most of the primary symptoms and we’re quarantined…
A new dawn
Happy St. Patrick’s day!!! Yesterday was the first day since my father passed, that I could wear a smile for a bit, and while it didn’t last too long, it was a sign. Yesterday showed me that life will eventually hold some semblance of normalcy for me, that I’ll be able to smile and laugh…
My fallen hero
Yesterday I received the most difficult news of my life, at 1:30 am EST my father passed away. A few days ago I made a post about him and his struggle to survive over the last several months in the hospital, but he has lost the battle. He raised me to be kind, caring, to…
Death and dying
The situation I grew up without a father, but my mom married a man who was a family friend when I was 11 years old and he immediately set about to teach me and help raise me. This man was a father to me, regardless of blood ties and he showed me how to be…
Racing for a cause
It’s official, I’ve paid my entry to the “English channel conqueror,” event and America’s Shamrock Run, both for great causes and fitness. I began racing for a cause yesterday and completed my first (of many to come) charity runs. 21 miles, planting five trees… my finisher certificate is below and my medal for finishing is…
My next charity run and update
Charity race As many know I have been doing virtual races to keep in shape and let’s face it, in the age of Covid-19, it’s the safest way to race. My next race is coming up March, 1st, 2021 in the form of the American Shamrock Race, which benefits St. Jude’s Children’s research hospital. This…
Exciting AncetryDNA finds
Back story My blood-related father left my mother and me at two-years-old and I grew up never having known him or what I ethnically am. Several years passed and I kept mentioning wanting to do an AncestryDNA kit and for Christmas 2020, my wife Lady Samantha brought me a kit. I immediately completed the kit…
A little update
I haven’t updated this site in a few days, so I wanted to do a brief one for those who check this site out. I haven’t updated here because I’ve been sick (stomach bug), coupled with not a lot of news over the past few days. So here is a little update on what’s happening……