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She is clothed with Strength and Dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.   Fuerza y Dignidad son su vestidura, y sonríe al futuro. Proverbs 31:25

IF I AM AS STEREOTYPICAL AS IT GETS. I am a fruity flouncy bouncy skinny white gay boy who would rather prance somewhere than drive. Growing up “different” in any sense is hard but it’s especially difficult when you are everything gay culture represents. Well, not everything. I barely thought I was anything other than […]

My dad was a dairy farmer in Southern Rhode Island and he told me many times about the Depression years when sad, hungry men would knock on his mom’s door and ask, hat – n – hand, for any work. They would stare at their feet, humiliated but too hungry not to have knocked. Their […]

I look at the world with eyes wide open.

Loss has been the greatest gift. When everything else was stripped away, all that was left was me.

I DREAM ABOUT TRAVELING THE WORLD. Ever since I was young, my dad would always bring my family on road trips, or overseas. As a young child, I never really appreciated going to places because I didn’t have an understanding. As I grew up, I became influenced by my dad’s spontaneity in traveling. I like […]

The truth is I wont ever be happy with the person I am. CHANGE has been my way of coping with myself and with the world around me. I will never stay the same because I refuse to ever be “ME.”

I feel a terrific sense of responsibility as a role model to our students, and particularly when I see a bit of myself in them as they begin to form their adult IDENTITIES. I owe them as much PERSONAL COURAGE as I can muster – as difficult and EMBARRASSING and RISKY as it may be […]

I know that God has plans for me. I believe that I will become an architect and a citizen of the World, whose influences and creations will help build a better society in different places on our Planet.

My wife is EVERYTHING to me! We collaborate on sculptures and enjoy every moment of this wondrous journey together. Words cannot say how lucky we are. Recently we celebrated our 11th year together. We will celebrate many more. Living and learning with the person you LOVE makes the world shine brighter. It’s like eating dessert […]