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Due to major changes in my life, I had to put my business on the side and take care of those changes to be able to focus and make room for what I love to do. It hasn't been easy but with God's help and people that care for me, I made it through.
Now after over a year, I am ready to start making unique creative gifts and share some of my cool crafts with you.
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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath

Where should I start...I guess from the beginning.
Well, I am so overwhelmed by the horrifying sweep that Sandy did...that there are no words to describe the hurt, sadness and pain I feel for all the people that were affected by the storm.
Living in the middle of the storm was the scariest thing that I (as well as the thousands of people along the East Coast) had to experience.
  My deepest sympathy goes out to all the people that lost a loved one, that lost their homes and are trying to recuperate what Sandy destroyed.
  Living in the border line of Zone A and Zone B in Staten Island NY, I was very lucky that my home was not damaged and that my family were home safely when the storm passed.

Minor issues accord though, like a tree fell on my step-daughter's car breaking a mirror and the fences of a couple of my neighbors flew away and power outage for about a day.    But that was nothing comparing to the devastation that surrounded us. Till today there are still thousands of people without power which frightens me because there is another storm on our way tomorrow and the cold weather temperature is lowering by the day.  So,  I decided to take the rest of the week off and dedicate some time to give back to my community.
  Thank you all for your continue efforts in making our communities a great place to live. 

It was madness all over with no power which affected the gas stations, transportation in so many areas like NJ, so many parts of NYC like Manhattan, Staten Island, Red Hook, Canarsie, Coney Island as well as the Rockaway and Long Island. 

I have to say that the past week was hell for me trying to get to work in the city on a packed express bus that was rerouted from a one way 1 1/2 hour ride to a one way 5 hour ride.  That's a total of 10 hours in commute alone in one day to be in the office for 2 hours let's say, it was not worth it.
My step-daughters (Gina, Amanda & Samantha) and my son (Benjamin) had friends that lost their homes and were saddened so they wanted to give back and do something to help out.  We decided to get together and make lunch bags and donate somethings to those in need.
We made over 50 lunch bags with sandwiches, juices and fruits. We also prepared boxes with hats, scarfs, gloves and socks to keep our people warm.  Diapers and other goodies were packed and my son contributed sweaters and pants for the younger crowd.

Seeing the devastation on TV is nothing comparing to what we saw in person.  But we were happy to see so many people coming together to help out, city workers directing traffic, Con Edison all over the place trying to get as much of the power on as they could.  

It was really overwhelming but bitter sweet!

It's going to take a long time for everyone to get their power up and running, for our streets to be cleaned and for people's homes to be rebuilt so we need as many volunteers to help with the cleaning and rebuild process.  If you are interested in volunteering and want to find out how you can help, below I posted some information that was passed on to me by my job and a friend's posting.  I hope that you can join our communities and give us your extra pair of hands.

·        The FEMA website has a Hurricane Sandy portal and an online application for assistance: http://www.fema.gov/sandy . In addition, the FEMA Call Center at 1-800-621-FEMA is operational and can provide assistance. FEMA also has established mobile recovery assistance centers in Brooklyn and Queens.

·        Those individuals who had flood insurance for their homes can reach out to the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) at  http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program. 

·        There is a lot of good information on the internet.  For example, the lawyers at www.lawhelp.org have pulled together a comprehensive list of disaster relief resources.

You can find a location to volunteer at by visiting the Occupy Sandy Relief Webpage. The Website http://www.recovers.org is also working closely with Occupy Sandy, and they have registered well over 5,000 volunteers from around the New York City area who are working on the ground, pooling resources and supplies with local churches, community centers to help communities all around New York and New Jersey.
http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/
Occupy Sandy on Facebook — http://facebook.com/OccupySandyReliefNyc
Lower East Side — https://lowereastside.recovers.org/
Astoria — https://astoria.recovers.org/
Red Hook — https://redhook.recovers.org/
Staten Island — https://statenisland.recovers.org/