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Happy Anniversary

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The Carters are celebrating their 75 years of marriage today. They are the longest in presidential history. Jimmy, 96, and Rosalynn, 93, mark this special occasion in the town where they met nearly one hundred years ago.

May God continue to bless this amazing couple of love birds in paradise after a young midshipman needed a date one evening while he was home from the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis so his younger sister paired him with a family friend who already had a crush on him from way back.

Celia Mi Vida
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As we approach the anniversary of her death, it is most important to recall Celia's life of music and her patriotic integrity. 

Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba"

A Life of Journalism
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My family emigrated to the USA when I was a little boy. The youngest son of professional parents who lost everything and fled for safety in America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. 

MY FATHER

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My father was the oldest son of a self-made man. Antonio J Soto became a Cuban landowner but lost everything to Communism. 

God Bless and Love Them - I Do

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Happy Fathers Day Weekend. Whether you're a father, or by marriage, or a parent who adopted. I love my kids and all my grandchildren.

However, I am a divorced dad living at a distance who at a ripe old age realizes a limited connection to my family. My adult kids are mostly married with children who know how to reach me. I always reached out to them and miss my DaD and grandfathers.

Olivia Graduates

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Why do I consider myself to be the proudest grandpa on earth? My baby girl Sabrina Soto's baby Olivia is a preschool graduate.

This is not just a fancy-schmancy diploma, this is is my baby girl's baby girl graduating from PK aka pre-school, and moving on to the big times, maybe even a Ph.D.

I'm going to continue celebrating with family and friends throughout the weekend and may even shed a few tears of joy.

The Proud Cardinal

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Mi Padre was a baseball fanatic. He named two of his sons after baseball greats and knew a lot about America's favorite past-time.

The St Louis Cardinals were one of his favorite steams. The club was started by the American Association in 1882 as the St. Louis Brown Stockings, who got their name from an earlier National League team. They had another name besides The Cardinals, also the St. Louis Perfectos.

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The keys to a positive career path include a dedicated work ethic, visionary leadership, relationship building, innovative administration and being passionate about developing strong teams that are allowed to be creative, often rewarded and always supported.

My personal definition of success is when my children, friends, present and former students as well as employees seek my advice and don’t need financial assistance.

A FAMILY AFFAIR

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Everyone has a group of people they call family. For better or worse, some are more successful and we wish others were much brighter.

My family members are spread out over this fantastic nation, which years ago opened its arms and accepted us as political refugees.

Every time I travel to Miami, or Los Angeles, I make an effort to see as many of them as I possibly can, but lately, I find some have drunk the Kool-Aid. This is concerning, not because we do not share the same point of view because that is normal, but because some of them should know better.