I have been going through folders of pictures on my computer as I have installed a new gallery on my website. You can see the gallery here: http://gallery.alishama.com

This is last year’s New Year’s Trip to Boston. Had to visit Cheers and have a beer.

Matheus is making progress on his crawling… It is a matter of time now before we start chasing him around the house.

DON QUIXOTE
It is the mission of each true knight…
His duty… nay, his privilege!
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go;
To right the unrightable wrong.

To love, pure and chaste, from afar,
To try, when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star!

This is my Quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march into hell
For a heavenly cause!

And I know, if I’ll only be true
To this glorious Quest,
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I’m laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach the unreachable stars!

Me, mom, and her grandchildren.

Approve Mayoral Control

* Also apologized for being late to graduation. He understood.

A family portrait taken on my brother’s recent visit to NY. I wish my dad was still with us. I miss him dearly. Look at Moma Shama beaming as she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren.

My brother played guest chef… the man can BBQ with the best of them.