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Long Island Gratitude List

June 27, 2022 by Angela Carillo

  I love living on Long Island. I'm grateful for so many things that are near by. Here is my Long Island gratitude list. …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Beaches, Gratitude, Long Island, Long Island Soap, Long Island Soap Makers, Manhattan, The City

Collins Street Bakery Fruitcake and my Mom

November 21, 2021 by Angela Carillo

  Don't laugh, but my mom loved Collins Street Bakery Fruitcake. Not any fruitcake, it had to be from Collins Street Bakery. I found this out …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, COllins Street Bakery, Collins Street Bakery fruitcake, Family, Fruitcake, Gratitude, The Big Lie

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Why every woman over the age of 50 should do a photo shoot

July 12, 2021 by Angela Carillo

  I hate having my picture taken.  Forget about doing a photo shoot. I'm not young, and I'm no longer thin. My thighs jiggle and my belly …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Aging, Confidence, Photo Shoot, Women over 50

Lessons I Learned From My Mom

January 2, 2021 by Angela Carillo

Lessons I learned from my mom My mom passed away Christmas Eve morning. We had hospice coming to the house for about 3 weeks, so she died where she …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Family, Lessons Learned, My Mom, Soap

Alegna Soap® Coronavirus Gratitude

My Coronavirus Gratitude List

May 18, 2020 by Angela Carillo

  Coronavirus Gratitude List My friend Marla Bosworth of Back Porch Soap runs a group on Facebook called Natural Beauty and Wellness …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Coronavirus, Coronavirys Gratitude, Gratitude

Alegna Soap®Mom

Some of the Things I Get to Do

March 9, 2020 by Angela Carillo

Mom, this is for you.   I've written before about changing one word to make a big difference in how you see things.  These are some of the …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Mothers, Mothers Day, Things I get to do

What I Learned In 2019

December 30, 2019 by Angela Carillo

At the end of every year, I like to remember what I learned in the year that passed.  2019 was a difficult year for me, for reasons I've shared and …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Customers, Food Pantry, Gratitude, Soap for Soup

Alegna Soap Soup Kitchen

Volunteering in a Soup Kitchen

December 9, 2019 by Angela Carillo

I've always wanted to volunteer in a Soup Kitchen.  Between kids, jobs and running Alegna Soap®, I never could find the time.  When I heard the …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Long Island, Mary Brennan Inn, Soup Kitchen, The Inn, Volunteering

A Break From Soap Making

September 23, 2019 by Angela Carillo

  Please indulge me today.  I took a break from soap making last weekend to visit my daughter in Virginia. We try to go down and visit …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Break from soap making, grandchildren, Grandparent-hood

Retired

Retired

July 1, 2019 by Angela Carillo

  I have officially retired. Sort of. Not from soap making, but from my day job. Let me give you the back story. For the past 20 years …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Alegna Soap, Gratitude, Retired

Home

May 13, 2019 by Angela Carillo

If you follow me on social media, you know that Brian is home from the hospital. May started off pretty scary, Brian had a subarachnoid hemorrhage and …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Family, Friends. Gratitude, Home

kindness of strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

May 7, 2019 by Angela Carillo

    The morning after Brian's incident, I experienced the kindness of strangers. I headed over to Dunkin Donuts, I wanted to pick …

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Filed Under: Gratitude List Tagged With: Gratitude, Kindness, Kindness of Strangers, Pay it forward

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