You're Our Hero! Thank You For Our Freedom!

Today, in the United States, we're celebrating Veteran's Day. It's a day we Honor living veterans and those still serving in our armed forces.

These brave men and women have fought and defended our Freedom, have made sacrifices and are putting their life on the line every single day for us. Today, as always, we are ever so grateful for the men and women who protected and are still protecting our Freedom.

Although, each year on the eleventh month and eleventh day, the nation recognizes our courageous service men and women, we must express our gratitude everyday. Their courage, their braveness, their leadership and the ultimate sacrifice they make risking their lives for us, is the reason why you and I are here today.

Be sure to take a moment everyday to express a multitude of gratitude for our veterans and those still serving. They need to know we care, we love, we support, we honor and are truly grateful for them. Without them, we would not have the incredible gift we call Freedom. Thank you so much for ours.

We dedicate this post to our fathers, Daniel Antonio and Jeffrey Capozzi, our grandfather, our aunts and uncles, our cousins and many of our friends, and the millions known and unknown who serve our country in the armed forces. We are ever so grateful.

Many Blessings....

Hugo and Roxanne
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Click Here to watch a Video tribute of our Heroes.

Wisdom Wednesday Quote

"The future you see....

is the future you get."

~ Robert G Allen ~

WE Are the Voice - Updated with Video!

"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."

~Dietrich Bonhoeffer



We recently had the Honor of being a voice for families affected by California's budget cuts in Special Education and Child Development Programs. For those who have followed us through our journey of parenting a preemie born 3 months early with medical challenges, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sharing the many incredible joys with us. And for those who'd love to learn more about our Miracle Mia can do so from the following posts:


Miracle of Life Story - How We Came To Be Believe Achieve Hugo and Roxanne

Miracle Mia's American Idol Story

Miracle Do Happen!

Prayers For Miracle Mia

A Poem for Miracle Mia - A Poem Written While Mia Recovered From Major Surgery


Our family was interviewed by local News station, ABC30, at Exceptional Parents Unlimited (EPU). This is where Miracle Mia receives Speech therapy, Occupational therapy and sees an Early Intervention Specialist. It's programs and centers, such as EPU, that give each child a healthy start. It's a special place where children with disabilities and their families can find support, services and gain a wealth of knowledge.

Our Miracle Mia was born with many medical challenges. Because of being "medically fragile," it delayed her from reaching developmental milestones such as sitting up, walking and even eating. If we didn't have the guidance of the teachers at EPU, it would have been more challenging for Hugo and I to help our daughter in the best way possible. We opted out on skilled nursing services, because we felt what Mia needed most was the unconditional loving care of her parents.

We soon transformed ourselves to being her around the clock nurses. But we still needed a resource to learn how to best help our Mia reach crucial developmental milestones. It was EPU and it's teachers who helped us along our journey to give Mia the healthy start she deserved.

We are ever so Thankful for all we have learned and Miracle Mia is living proof of how crucial programs such as EPU are for families with children of special needs. We find it a blessing to have been asked to be a face and an important voice for families who face losing these important resources.

What needs to be realized is: WE are more than just numbers and names on a piece a paper. WE are Families. WE are Parents. THEY are our Children. And WE are the people who devote every day in giving the best to them. Why make cuts on our Future?

We Believe the children ARE the future.

It would be a honor to have you view the short segment on the importance of early intervention services and to see our happy family during one of Mia's sessions. The segment aired a few Sundays ago and ABC30's website has just been updated with video. Click Here!

Many Blessings....

Roxanne and Hugo
Believe Achieve

SO Thankful Tuesday - The Seven Wonders of the World

There's so much to be Thankful, where do we possibly begin?

We're Thankful for Family, Friendships, our Home, Sunshine, the Rain.....this list can go on forever! But, let's not forget about those "little" things. It's the simple things in life that make each and everyday so wonderful and meaningful. Sometimes, they are so little that they often get overlooked. It's important to remember that hidden blessings are always found in the ordinary!

Here's a special story about those "little things" we often forget about, but make life so wonderful. We read at our friend Arswino's Inspiration and Motivation Blog. It's an incredible reminder of how truly blessed we all are. Enjoy and be blessed.

Many Blessings....

Roxanne and Hugo

Believe Achieve

Junior high school students in Chicago were studying the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of the lesson, the students were asked to list what they considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following received the most votes:

1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids

2. The Taj Mahal in India

3. The Grand Canyon in Arizona

4. The Panama Canal

5. The Empire State Building

6. St. Peter’s Basilica

7. China’s Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student, a quiet girl, hadn’t turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.

The quiet girl replied, “Yes, a little. I couldn’t quite make up my mind because there were so many.”

The teacher said, “Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help.”

The girl hesitated, then read, “I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:

1. to touch…

2. to taste…

3. to see…

4. to hear… (She hesitated a little, and then added…)

5. to feel…

6. to laugh…

7. and to love.

The room was so quiet, you could have heard a pin drop.

May this story serve as a gentle reminder to all of us that the things we overlook as simple and ordinary are often the most wonderful - and we don’t have to travel anywhere special to experience them.

Enjoy your gifts!

Author unknown

Positive NEWS - Peanut Butter and Jelly Making a Difference

Remember eating PB&J's as little kids? We bet for some of us, it's still a favorite snack. Besides being delicious, there's also something comforting about them. Ryan Lewis, an organizer of one of the Peanut Butter Plan gatherings, describes it as an "old friend....everybody ate peanut butter and jelly as a kid."

This same peanut butter and jelly sandwich is gathering strangers all over the nation for a beautiful purpose: to feed those in need.

Jory John, a San Francisco children’s book writer and the Founder of the Peanut Butter Plan, wanted to do more for his community. He was already making PB&J's each week on his own and passing them to those in need. Then, he got the idea of how much more of a difference can be made if there was him plus a few more. This would equal to more sandwiches made and more help in making a difference.

So, John put forth the idea on social networking giant, Facebook. Within the next months, thousands of strangers from all over the nation have put this wonderful idea into action! PB&J handouts have now taken place in Los Angeles; Berkeley; Phoenix; Little Rock, Ark.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Austin, Texas; and even London!

“People are joining from all over the place,” John said. “I thought it was about time to use a social networking site to do some good.”

"The smallest actions make the biggest difference," he said. "There are some cynics who say it's not really curing hunger, and it isn't curing hunger. But it's curing one person's hunger. There's nothing wrong with that."

To read more, visit Imperfect Action or SFGate.
To volunteer, visit http://www.peanutbutterplan.org/

Click Here to watch the Peanut Butter Plan in Action!

Peanut Butter Plan from The Quotidian on Vimeo.

Many Blessings....

Hugo and Roxanne
Believe Achieve

SO Thankful Tuesdays - WE Are the Voice

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

We recently had the Honor of being a voice for families affected by California's budget cuts in Special Education and Child Development Programs. For those who have followed us through our journey of parenting a preemie born 3 months early with medical challenges, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sharing the many incredible joys with us. And for those who'd love to learn more about our Miracle Mia can do so from the following posts:

Miracle of Life Story - How We Came To Be Believe Achieve Hugo and Roxanne

Miracle Mia's American Idol Story

Miracle Do Happen!

Prayers For Miracle Mia

A Poem for Miracle Mia - A Poem Written While Mia Recovered From Major Surgery

Our family was interviewed by local News station, ABC30, at Exceptional Parents Unlimited (EPU). This is where Miracle Mia receives Speech therapy, Occupational therapy and sees an Early Intervention Specialist. It's programs and centers, such as EPU, that give each child a healthy start. It's a special place where children with disabilities and their families can find support, services and gain a wealth of knowledge.

Our Miracle Mia was born with many medical challenges. Because of being "medically fragile," it delayed her from reaching developmental milestones such as sitting up, walking and even eating. If we didn't have the guidance of the teachers at EPU, it would have been more challenging for Hugo and I to help our daughter in the best way possible. We opted out on skilled nursing services, because we felt what Mia needed most was the unconditional loving care of her parents.

We soon transformed ourselves to being her around the clock nurses. But we still needed a resource to learn how to best help our Mia reach crucial developmental milestones. It was EPU and it's teachers who helped us along our journey to give Mia the healthy start she deserved.

We are ever so Thankful for all we have learned and Miracle Mia is living proof of how crucial programs such as EPU are for families with children of special needs. We find it a blessing to have been asked to be a face and an important voice for families who face losing these important resources.

What needs to be realized is: WE are more than just numbers and names on a piece a paper. WE are Families. WE are Parents. THEY are our Children. And WE are the people who devote every day in giving the best to them. Why make cuts on our Future?

We Believe the children ARE the future.

"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."

~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It would be a honor to have you view the short segment on the importance of early intervention services and to see our happy family during one of Mia's sessions. The segment aired last Sunday and ABC30's website has not yet been updated with recent video. But you can still view text highlights of the show and a cute picture of our Miracle Mia playing with friends at EPU. Click Here! We'll post any footage here as soon as possible! We've requested a copy of the special. :-)

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Many Blessings....

Roxanne and Hugo

Believe Achieve



Further Reading:
Believe You Can Make a Difference - Exceptional Parents Unlimited