Sunday, November 22, 2020
Friday, March 6, 2020
HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS
This whole thing started with hearing and reading negative comments about where I live. The comments created the feeling that a prizefighter gets after getting knocked down to the canvas. While sitting there, the fighter contemplates staying down to lose the fight or get up and defend themselves. The decision that I made was to stand up and defend what I believed in.
In the old days families settled in the area where they were born. That was just the right thing to do. Today, things have changed as we have become much more of a mobile society. That is totally understandable. However, it’s important to never forget where you came from. I never believed that speaking badly about anything was good for your soul, especially about your hometown.
So, I got up from that canvas to defend the place that I love. That place is Binghamton in New York. The place where I grew up, the place where my wife and I raised our family. I learned many things about this city while writing this book. Things that I always seemed to be too busy to be bothered to learn in my younger years. I learned about people that came here long ago that cared about others, their families and most importantly the children. What these people did for me and this area created a deep feeling of pride. I can only describe it as a feeling of being home.
HOME Is Where My Heart Is and my heart is in Binghamton, NY.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Smiles from Heaven is a story of love between my wife Barbara and I. Follow the growth of our love from the very beginning to the untimely end. The book takes you to the relationship with my brother Gary as well. Barbara and Gary left us within four months of each other.
Read about their struggles with cancer and more importantly the way they handled a disease that they both knew would be difficult to beat. This book provides a great insight on their thoughts and actions throughout this difficult time for them. Learn the lessons they taught us about living and not the sadness of death.
Follow the path of grief that I went through over a seven year period. How losing Barbara affected my life. Much of the book consists of posts that I made on Facebook that provide a trail of that grief we can all learn from. This book is emotional and inspirational in nature. It will move you towards a better life.
IN THE blink OF AN EYE is a story about one year in my life that events happened I never saw coming. An undetected and difficult to diagnose infection entered my body with no warning.
The year was filled with so many surprises including a near death experience that was avoided only by the grace of God. This will give you a great insight to the feelings I went through and the positive attitude that prevailed.
This surprise infection affected my life in so many ways, not only physical, but also financial as well. I was forced into selling my business and enter into early retirement. It was also the events that gave ma a jump start into writing. “Always look both ways!”
Onora tua Madre is the life story of Celestina Coianiz. Although you do not know her, this story can give you several lessons about life. This is an inside look of a person who came to America from Italy after World War II. She expected much more from America that she ever received. This is the story of my mother’s life and how she struggled through the abuse that she never imagined.
Too many this may seem like just another story about domestic abuse. However it’s important to see how others handle it, in this case how she handled it. At times I even questioned her thought process. When I found out why, it was clear why she stayed.
This is also a story of how a mother truly gave all and did all for her children. Her only concern was for us children and our safety. Although it makes me sad to look back at the life she had, I know it was rich from our love.
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